SAS^® AppDev Studio^TM

In the Spotlight SAS® AppDev Studio™ Fact Sheet •   Product Overview •   Key Benefits •   Complete Features List •   Technical Requirements What is SAS® AppDev Studio™? SAS AppDev Studio is an application development product that supports the creation of Java applications, which leverage the back-end business intelligence and analytics power of the SAS server. The primary component is a set of Eclipse Plug-ins that provide SAS development features in the open source Eclipse development environment. It also includes a set of Java components and a developer license of SAS to support local testing of applications under development. Why is SAS® AppDev Studio™ important? Only SAS AppDev Studio offers a broad range of capabilities for quickly and cost-effectively developing SAS business intelligence applications in a variety of languages and platform choices. For whom is SAS® AppDev Studio™ designed? SAS AppDev Studio is designed for IT development managers who have to support the requirements of business units in a timely fashion while controlling the costs of developing, deploying, integrating and maintaining intelligence applications across the enterprise. Key Benefits A risk-free, cost-effective way to develop intelligence applications that leverage SAS® in a variety of languages. SAS AppDev Studio provides a cost-effective SAS environment strictly for applications development. The most commonly used modules can be installed on a desktop PC or laptop. This allows applications to be developed without involving back-end production systems or investing in expensive hardware to mimic the production environment. Faster Java intelligence application development and maintenance life cycles. SAS AppDev Studio includes a rich set of ready-to-use Java components (InformationBeans™ software) and APIs that can be leveraged from SAS AppDev Studio Eclipse Plug-ins, which are included, or from a third-party Java IDE. This reduces the time it takes to develop intelligence applications that leverage SAS. Key Features Stand-alone development environment. SAS AppDev Studio provides a comprehensive collection of SAS technologies that contain everything needed to develop intelligence applications. Developers can program on their local machines without the need to be connected to a network or to access any SAS server in a production environment. In addition, IT managers don't risk influencing the performance of production servers or affecting the response times of end users. A set of Eclipse Plug-ins. Based on the open source Eclipse development platform, SAS AppDev Studio Eclipse Plug-ins improve productivity with intelligent editing capabilities and source code control for team-based development. In addition, the plug-ins are specifically tailored to use the extensive set of Java components from SAS. Applications created with the Eclipse Plug-ins can be easily deployed on various application servers such as IBM WebSphere or BEA WebLogic. Powerful wizards, graphical user interfaces and quick-start templates help generate code automatically, minimizing development time. A multitude of development languages. SAS AppDev Studio developers can choose from a variety of languages and IDEs that support industry- standard communication protocols and technologies. You can use Microsoft environments such as the . NET framework via COM, DCOM or Web services. Languages that support these technologies are Visual Basic, Visual Basic.Net, C++, C#, Delphi, ASP, ASP. NET and ActiveX. You can use any platform that supports the Java EE environment. Applications can be developed as Java applications, Java Servlets or JavaServer Pages. In addition, SAS' fourth-generation languages (the SAS DATA step and SAS Component Language), which are specifically tailored to build back-end intelligence processes, can be fully integrated and utilized within those software environments. For a complete list of key benefits and features, refer to the SAS AppDev Studio fact sheet .

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