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"Given the clear shortcomings of HTML for data management and the relative newness of the demand for data-active Web pages, it's not surprising that many Web/database connectivity products have crafted solutions around building data-management extensions to HTML. However, we believe extending HTML into a database programming language probably won't be enough in the long run. Most successful programming languages have gravitated toward a visual front end (toolbars, drag and drop, wizards, etc.) Even experienced programmers find this approach faster and easier--as long as they can get at the underlying code. Along these lines, Tango Enterprise has a
jump on the field, not only among the products in this
roundup but also among Web application-development products
in general." Without being flashy, Tango has a user
interface that allows creation of sophisticated data-driven
Web applications even if you don't know the details of SQL,
a scripting language, or HTML. Tango also has HTML
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"A Webmaster wishing to provide database access over the
Web would normally write a suite of CGIs in C, PERL,
AppleScript or UserLand Frontier. With the right design and
enough time, it is a surmountable but difficult task to get
data from an ODBC database displayed on a Web page. We found
that in the time it would have taken us to write only the
specifications for this coding ballet we could finish the
entire job using Tango Enterprise." |
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"Tango's intuitive visual development environment enforces development productivity without learning C++, Java or PERL. If you're looking for a foolproof web development environment, you can confidently invest your efforts in Tango" |
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"Tango is the most cross-platform and, therefore, most scalable middleware product on the market. It also has the best interface of the middleware products reviewed here." |
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"If you...are committed to implementing a company intranet, and are short on staff or time, consider cutting in with Tango Enterprise. This is a fascinating and helpful database tool." |
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"Fast, intuitive, and easy to use, the product consists of two intranet/ Internet rapid application development modules, Tango Editor and Tango Server. Editor is an icon-based drag-and-drop tool that shields developers from the intricacies of the product's C++ foundation. In fact, to use Editor, developers need little or no knowledge of C++, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), Perl, HTML, or any other alphabet soup acronyms that comprise Web development components." |
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