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Groove Networks Announces Plans to Make
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET the Recommended Tool for Groove
Developers
Immediate support for Windows Forms and future
add-in module will significantly enhance the productivity
of Groove developers
BEVERLY, Mass. - February 13, 2002
Groove Networks™ Inc., the leading provider of decentralized
software for secure business collaboration, today announced
plans to dramatically enhance the productivity of Groove®
developers through its support for Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET. In the first quarter of 2002, Groove Networks will
ship the Groove Developer Pack that supports the use of
Windows Forms for creating Groove tools and applications.
Later this year, the company will provide an add-in module
for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET that will further enhance
productivity by making it easy for developers to create
Groove tools and applications in this familiar, language-independent
development environment.
Groove Networks is demonstrating its support
for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET at the VSLive! Developer
Conference in San Francisco this week by highlighting custom
Groove tools built as Windows Forms, and by demonstrating
its add-in module for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The
demonstration shows developers how they can extend the value
of the applications they've built with Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET by leveraging the unique peer services provided
by the Groove platform. VSLive! attendees can see firsthand
Groove Networks' support for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
at the Microsoft and Intel [106-108] booths from Feb. 13-15.
"Today, the text-based approach to developing
tools and applications for Groove is just too cumbersome
for most developers. With our support for Windows Forms,
and the development of our Groove Toolkit for Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET later this year, we will cut the time
it takes developers to build Groove tools or applications
by 75 percent, or more. The difference will be that dramatic,"
said Jack Ozzie, Groove Networks' vice president of developer
services. "In the short term, the message is quite
simple: If you use Windows Forms to build applications today,
then you can develop tools and applications for Groove as
well," Ozzie continued. "Moreover, the .NET applications
you build can automatically inherit the people-to-people
peer services that the Groove platform uniquely provides."
"The integration of Groove Networks'
Developer Toolkit with Visual Studio .NET is an exciting
development for developers building collaborative applications,"
said Marie Huwe, general manager for the Developer and Platform
Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "We're thrilled
to have Groove Networks as a new Visual Studio .NET Integration
Program member, further enhancing the delivery of tools
and services to our mutual customers."
Phased Support
With the first phase of Groove Networks' support for Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET, developers will be able to create Windows
Forms applications and components with Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET, leverage Groove peer services from any language
supported by the Microsoft .NET platform, and then deploy
their application as a custom Groove tool. In the second
phase, developers will be able to create and test custom
Groove applications without having to leave the familiar
environment of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. With the Groove
Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET, developers will be able
to use any of the languages supported by the Microsoft .NET
platform, including Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Visual
C# .NET. In both phases, developers will be able to create
applications that can inherit the unique services of the
Groove platform, including automatic firewall traversal,
end-to-end security, and continuous data synchronization.
"Groove Networks' support for Visual
Studio .NET will make life for developers much easier,"
said Tim Knip, chief technology officer of Suite75,
a firm in the Netherlands that develops solutions for the
construction industry. "The power of this new development
environment shouldn't be underestimated. It will simplify
Groove tool development considerably."
"The introduction of Groove development
tools within Visual Studio .NET will significantly enhance
Groove developer productivity," said S.B. Chatterjee,
a senior consultant with KeyTech, LLC of Hartford, CT. "For
example, using the corporate data warehouse as a source,
a developer can help accelerate the flow of information
within a company by developing customized Groove collaborative
applications. This could be very significant for enterprise
application development."
Developer Resources
Also available today are enhanced resources that enable
developers to create applications and solutions for the
Groove decentralized computing platform. Groove developers
can visit the Groove DevZone (http://devzone.groove.net)
to download the latest Groove Development Kit (GDK) and
API references for the Groove client and platform. The new
GDK features additional documentation, code samples and
enhanced utilities, as well as Groove-specific development
tools such as Groove's Tool Creator and Tool Publisher.
About Groove Networks
Founded in October 1997 and headquartered in Beverly, Mass.,
Groove Networks Inc. provides software and services that
enable organizations to extend critical business processes,
projects, and meetings across time, space, and organizational
boundaries. For more information about Groove Networks,
visit http://www.groove.net.
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