Echo Web Framework - Developer information for creating AJAX web applications using the Echo2 and Echo3 frameworks

EchoStudio to be Open Sourced

tliebeck — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:50:16 +0000

Hello all,

EchoStudio will soon be available as an open-source project.

The current thinking is to license EchoStudio under a strong copyleft license, i.e., a modified GPL license with a provision to allow use within the Eclipse environment (required as the GPL can technically otherwise prohibit such use). The idea is that everyone should be able to freely use and contribute to it, but without the ability to commercialize it.

Echo v3.0.2 and Echo-Extras 3.0.3 Maintenance Release

blueshift — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:39:54 +0000

A new stable release of Echo is available.

Echo3 3.0.1 Released!

edge — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:14:52 +0000

Echo3 is a light-weight open-source framework for developing rich single-page web applications. The server-side Java API enables fast & complex client/server applications using a Swing-style component API. The identical JavaScript API allows the easy development of pure client-side applications using the very same clean and intuitive programming model. New components can be easily adopted for both platforms.

Echo3 has had a very long beta phase and the 3.0 release is rock solid and incredibly stable. It is being successfully used in multiple large scale enterprise applications.

Echo3 highlights

Fast, scalable and stable
Light-weight (less than 1MB JARs, no dependencies)
Hybrid Java/JavaScript programming model Develop pure client side or server side web applications
Advanced features such as sever side push, tab focus management
Component based and very intuitive API
Eclipse plugin for visual editing and Maven artifacts available
Manages quirks & supports legacy browsers

The project has recently seen a lot of activity powered by current Echo3 users who recognize the strength and quality of Echo3 in contrast to its competitors and who want to see Echo3 develop further.

Planning for 3.1 is currently underway as is an update of the website, forums, etc.

To find out more about Echo3 visit http://echo.nextapp.com or find us on GitHub https://github.com/echo3

The download artifacts are available on our community website.

The latest releases Echo3 3.0.1, Echo3 Filetransfer 3.0.2 and Echo3 Extras 3.0.1 are also available under Maven Central for easy integration into Maven-compatible dependency managers.

IDE project definitions and 3rd party dependencies included in GitHub

blueshift — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:13:44 +0000

Chris an I committed IDE project definitions for IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse in the current development branch "master" on GitHub. the 3.0.x maintenance branch on the other hand does not include these changes. It's recommended to use IntelliJ as IDE which is also freely available. Eclipse has some limitations i.e. the inability to nest projects.

Echo3 Community Meeting in Ulm, Germany on 2013-04-18

blueshift — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:08:58 +0000

Hello everybody!
I would like to invite everybody to participate in our small Echo3 Community get-together which will take part on 18. April 2013 starting at 10am in Ulm, Germany.

Echo3 RC1 Now Available

tliebeck — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:50:21 +0000

The first release candidate of Echo3 is now available. This release is identical to the very well tested SVN 2270 version. An updated release of Echo3 Extras will follow in the near future; in the interim the Echo3 Extras build 1386 should be used.

EchoStudio3 Beta2 Now Available

tliebeck — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:07:02 +0000

Beta2 is a complete re-imagining of EchoStudio for Echo3. The Form and StyleSheet editors have been redesigned, and now provide support for undo/redo along with faster and easier property editing. The product has been moved from a downloadable plugin to a proper Eclipse update site, such that users can easily upgrade to later releases.

A new default theme has been added to the application templates, reminiscent of the Echo3 demo application. The public domain Tango icons are additionally included. Together they can be used to create great looking applications with little effort.

All property editors have been overhauled for both efficiency and ease of use. Experienced users can (optionally) enter properties as text strings directly into property tables. For example, one could simply type "2px red" directly into a border field. Most property editing dialogs have been redesigned as well. A new menu editor allows for visually creating Extras MenuBarPane, ContextMenu, and DropDownMenu components.

Echo3, Extras Beta8 Released

tliebeck — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:15:04 +0000

Beta8 adds a much improved TabPane with the capability to render custom graphic borders around tabs. RichTextArea has been overhauled; enhancements include improved aesthetics, cross-browser support, a more standard document format, and new features such as table editing. In server-side Java applications, text components can now progressively notify the server as a user types, making it possible to create "auto complete"-type components with only Java code. Architectural improvements have been made to the framework itself, including new APIs for component developers to receive keyboard events without worrying about browser peculiarities, and an easy and fast API for rendering image-based borders.

New File Transfer Library

tliebeck — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:35:48 +0000

A new Echo3 File Transfer Library has been under development during the past several months. As often requested, the upload components now provide notification of uploads from within user interface threads, avoiding unpleasant work for the developer. A new MultipleUploadSelect component is also available which wraps the Flash-based SWFUpload multiple file upload component. The MultipleUploadSelect component can be safely used in situations where Flash installation is not a certainty in the intended deployment environment, as the component will fall back to the traditional browser-based upload when Flash is not available. Other new features include the ability to limit global file upload bandwidth for a server, and to programmatically cancel in-progress uploads.

Early Access: "CoreDoc Explorer" Echo-based JS API Documentation Viewer

tliebeck — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:29:47 +0000

A new documentation browser is available for the Echo3's JavaScript API, and it's written in Echo. The "CoreDoc Explorer" tool can also be used to browse your own CoreDoc-generated documentation.

The "CoreDoc" tool itself has been around for some time. It is used to generate API specifications for code written using CoreJS' "Core.extend()" JavaScript inheritance model. The Echo3 JavaScript API Specification has always been generated with this tool. Previous versions were only able to output HTML, but the latest incarnation outputs XML files that are browsable by the Echo-based "CoreDoc Explorer" application.

Click here to see the Echo3 documentation using CoreDoc Explorer. Note that this documentation is for the latest SVN versions of CoreJS, Echo3, Extras, and FileTransfer (exp branch).