NAME

softbench − SoftBench Software Development Environment

DESCRIPTION

The SoftBench and Encapsulator products are designed to improve programmer and team productivity by providing a software development environment that:

• Facilitates rapid, interactive program development and simplifies program maintenance and porting in a distributed computing environment. 

• Is easy to learn and use. 

• Can be easily customized to leverage a customer’s existing environment, processes and tools. 

SoftBench

SoftBench is an integrated set of X11/Motif window-based programming tools and a Tool Integration Platform.  Together they provide an integrated software development environment targeted at the program construction, test, and maintenance phases of software development. 

The SoftBench product is composed of:

• A language-sensitive Program Editor and Program Builder to support rapid, interactive program construction. 

• A Static Analyzer and Program Debugger for understanding the structure and behavior of complex applications in order to support program test, maintenance, and porting. 

• A Development Manager used to manage the versions of files the SoftBench tools operate on. 

SoftBench programming tools are integrated via services that include:

• A tool communication architecture designed to support a task-oriented environment of cooperative tools. 

• Support for a distributed software development environment allowing remote tool execution and remote data access. 

• A graphical, OSF/Motif user interface. 

• A pervasive, interactive help system. 

Encapsulator

Encapsulator delivers the customizability benefit of SoftBench.  It allows users to customize and extend the SoftBench environment by:

• Automating custom development processes.  Encapsulator is used to define actions to be executed whenever specific events occur in the SoftBench environment. 

• Adding the SoftBench graphical user interface to existing HP-UX utilities, customer tools, and third-party tools. 

These extensions are made to the environment without modifying the source code of the tools that are encapsulated. 

Product Information

SoftBench and Encapsulator run on HP 9000 Series 300/400 and HP 9000 Series 700/800 computers under HP-UX and on other platforms.  Contact your HP Sales Representative for ordering information. 

AUTHOR

SoftBench was developed by HP. 

SEE ALSO

The following references are contained in other manuals shipped with SoftBench software, and are not included in this manual. 

softbench (1), encapsulate (1), encaprun (1), softbench (5), softbuild (1), softdebug (1), softdm (1), softedit (1), softeditsrv (1), softmsg (1), softstatic (1). 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

SoftBench supports both 8-bit and 16-bit languages. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.03: April 1994