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Java SDK - Early release

Oct 6, 2002, 10:15pm
I've made an early release available of the Java framework I created to
develop the Tekadence Magik module for bot development. I don't know if
anyone else is working on a new Java implementation of the AW API, but it
was easy enough to do myself. There is a lot of the API that hasn't been
exposed yet (I'm working on it), but there is also a lot that is there. I'm
more interested in building up a high-level object framework than just
simply doing the JNI work, so I'm trying to put a lot of though into design.
In any case, what's there I've posted on my website - including javadocs and
some sample code.

http://www.axlogic.com/aw

-j

Bot development for Magik

Sep 27, 2002, 5:27am
Just wanted to announce that I have released a *beta* version of a new Bot
development kit for Tekadence Magik:

http://www.axlogic.com/aw

For those of you who have never heard of Magik (probably most), it is a new
visual development tool similar to VisualBasic - but for creating Java
applications. I am one of the creators of Magik, but also I'm a long time
fan of AW and creating Bots for AW. I couldn't resist the temptation of
building a Tekadence module, and I think there is a lot that can be
exploited.. such as the ease of which you can talk to WebServices,
Databases, and JavaBeans - and also the robust scripting layer allowing you
to program using standard Javascript.

The functionality of the module is pretty limited right now, but easily
expanded since the framework is all in place - namely the JNI layer that I
had to develop first. I think that this is a pretty cool tool, and would be
interested in anyones opinion on what I have in place so far, so please feel
free to check it out and let me know what you think!

If you are interested in Magik itself, you can check that out too - and you
will need to download it use the new module I made:

http://www.tekadence.com

-j

Bot development for Magik

Sep 27, 2002, 5:27am
Just wanted to announce that I have released a *beta* version of a new Bot
development kit for Tekadence Magik:

http://www.axlogic.com/aw

For those of you who have never heard of Magik (probably most), it is a new
visual development tool similar to VisualBasic - but for creating Java
applications. I am one of the creators of Magik, but also I'm a long time
fan of AW and creating Bots for AW. I couldn't resist the temptation of
building a Tekadence module, and I think there is a lot that can be
exploited.. such as the ease of which you can talk to WebServices,
Databases, and JavaBeans - and also the robust scripting layer allowing you
to program using standard Javascript.

The functionality of the module is pretty limited right now, but easily
expanded since the framework is all in place - namely the JNI layer that I
had to develop first. I think that this is a pretty cool tool, and would be
interested in anyones opinion on what I have in place so far, so please feel
free to check it out and let me know what you think!

If you are interested in Magik itself, you can check that out too - and you
will need to download it use the new module I made:

http://www.tekadence.com

-j

Bot development for Magik

Sep 28, 2002, 4:38pm
It's actually free to try with the evaluation version of Magik... but yes,
the price tag is probably out of the league of most "hobbyists". I will be
posting some of the bots that I make using Magik on the website, that can be
launched with WebStart (requires Java). I just posted the first one in fact:
"BabelBot". It uses the BorlandBabel web service to translate messages from
the bot into various "languages". If you want to check that out you can, I
think it's within your price range ;-)

http://www.axlogic.com/aw


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Bot development for Magik

Sep 29, 2002, 6:01pm
We just switched our hosting service provider last week and there have been
a few glitches. For the most part the site has been up, and will be back up
soon (probably by the time you read this), but thank you for the heads-up.

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Bot development for Magik

Oct 1, 2002, 3:51pm
I'm not a business expert either, but since you asked, it's not at all
stupid to make software that only big companies can afford. It obviously
depends on where the target market is for the product. In the case of Magik,
at $500 it is unfortunately priced out of the hobbyist market, but it is
well below the cost of both VB Professional and LabView, and is the same
price as Flash MX and in the ballpark of REALBasic. That being said, it
would be great to have a lower cost version of Magik available - minus some
features - that could be sold for $100-200 (or even less).

I think there may be a misperception here that I'm trying to sell Magik to
this usergroup, which is not the case. I just thought there may be some
general interest in a new type of development tool for creating bots. The AW
stuff is something that I did in my own time, outside of my work at
Tekadence, and is not something I'm trying to sell. In fact things like the
JNI wrappers and the Java framework that I made to do this, I will
undoubtedly release after I've cleaned it up a bit. For some reason though,
you guys seem more interested in the price of Magik, then you are about a
new technology that might offer something unique to the AW development
community. Oh well.

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Bot development for Magik

Oct 1, 2002, 11:13pm
Ok. That's cool. I asked you guys what you think, and you are telling me -
but I have to admit that I was hoping for more of a review of the actual
product than the pricing model. I'm also assuming that I'm not the only
professional developer on this usergroup who can afford to evaluate and
purchase software, but I could be wrong there too.

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Global Mode

Oct 3, 2002, 7:05pm
I'm not sure, but you might want to try using:

AW_ENTER_GLOBAL

I'm not using the VB sdk, so I couldn't tell you if the attribute constant
is different there, but in the aw.h file it is defined as it is above.

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Java SDK - Early release

Oct 6, 2002, 10:15pm
I've made an early release available of the Java framework I created to
develop the Tekadence Magik module for bot development. I don't know if
anyone else is working on a new Java implementation of the AW API, but it
was easy enough to do myself. There is a lot of the API that hasn't been
exposed yet (I'm working on it), but there is also a lot that is there. I'm
more interested in building up a high-level object framework than just
simply doing the JNI work, so I'm trying to put a lot of though into design.
In any case, what's there I've posted on my website - including javadocs and
some sample code.

http://www.axlogic.com/aw

-j

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