Developing Widgets

The Tooltwist Development Environment allows Java developers to create Widgets, connect to ERP and other legacy systems, and implement whatever other functionality is required by your website. Tooltwist is based upon a standards compliant J2EE technology stack, so the Tooltwist environment is easily learned by any developer familiar with Java.

The Tooltwist Development Workbench is based upon the industry standard Eclipse IDE, and is immediately familiar to most Java developers.

An extensive and mature API assists developers with many common tasks and integration with many common technologies and systems.

Code generation and validation result in more reliable code than hand written code development environments.

Tooltwist also provides a browser based workbench that simplifies common development tasks, through the use of meta data editors, code generators, and test harnesses.

Tasks such as defining database schemas, creating and testing legacy system interfaces, and configuring menus can be performed from this workbench, which integrates with the Eclipse IDE.

This workbench is also used to upload Widgets and other code into the Tooltwist Controller. Once approved, they can then be used while designing pages, and from there they can proceed on into production.