CodeFutures Press Releases

CodeFutures has announced the General Availability of Release 3.0 of its award-winning FireStorm/DAO tool that makes software developers more productive by generating the Java code for accessing databases. CodeFutures' code generation approach cuts development costs through higher developer productivity, better software quality, and lower maintenance costs.

"CodeFutures emphasizes the importance of a technology-independent Java persistence tier based on the Data Access Object (DAO) Core J2EE Design Pattern. FireStorm/DAO is unique in offering multiple Java persistence technologies (EJB CMP, JDBC DAO, and Hibernate DAO) in the same product. This means that CodeFutures can offer advice to customers on the best Java persistence technology for an application, rather than promote a single technology as the perfect solution for all applications." explains Andy Grove, Chief Architect, CodeFutures Software

"The primary benefit of FireStorm/DAO is that it immediately cuts development costs. Database access code can be produced about twenty times faster with FireStorm/DAO, which cuts the overall development costs by about one third." says PJ Murray, CMO, CodeFutures Software

FireStorm/DAO is available in Enterprise, Architect, and OEM editions. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition allows new custom code generation templates to be developed and integrated with the FireStorm/DAO Studio environment. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition includes the source code for the Java code generation templates.

About FireStorm/DAO

FireStorm/DAO is a database access tool that adopts a pragmatic approach of generating Java source code for data persistence that is a direct mapping of a particular relational database schema. It is also possible to define complex multi-table queries and to leverage existing database logic contained within stored procedures.

FireStorm/DAO is based on the Data Access Object design pattern and is available in Enterprise, Architect, and OEM editions. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition allows new custom code generation templates to be developed and integrated with the FireStorm/DAO Studio environment. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition includes the source code for the Java code generation templates. The code generation templates are written in Java, which means that Java developers have a very short learning curve before they can start customizing the code generation.

Additional information on FireStorm/DAO is available here:
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FireStorm/DAO is available for download here:
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About CodeFutures

CodeFutures is the leading supplier of database performance tools. The benefits provided by CodeFutures' database access tools are higher developer productivity, better software quality, and lower maintenance costs. CodeFutures' first product, the award-winning FireStorm/DAO, makes Java software developers more productive by generating Java DAO ( Data Access Object) code for accessing relational databases.

CodeFutures' products are used by corporate Java software programmers for Java persistence in sectors such as television (BBC Technology, Turner Broadcasting), finance (Lehman Brothers, BACS), military systems (BAE, Lockheed Martin), government (Missouri Lottery, Port of Barcelona), IT consulting (Siemens Business Systems, LogicaCMG, BearingPoint), retail (MetCash, Ahold USA), high technology (EMC, Macromedia), and industry (Suzuki, AREVA).

Labels: Data Access Object, Database Access Tool, FireStorm/DAO, Hibernate DAO

CodeFutures is shipping the Apache Derby, the open source version of the IBM Cloudscape database, with its award-winning FireStorm/DAO tool that generates the Java persistence code for accessing databases. Shipping Apache Derby allows CodeFutures to include demonstration applications that are ready to use. Apache Derby and IBM Cloudscape are full-featured, robust, small-footprint databases. CodeFutures' code generation approach provides faster and cheaper application development, higher quality applications, and more predictable and consistent results. CodeFutures approach ensures that the focus of software developers is solving business problems.

"We needed to ship a database with a very small footprint and zero administration with FireStorm/DAO so users could try some demonstration applications and have a local development database ready for use. We had already added support for Apache Derby and IBM Cloudscape due to strong customer demand, so there was no additional work to ship it with FireStorm/DAO." says PJ Murray, CMO, CodeFutures Software.

"CodeFutures' new Firestorm/DAO release can help developers quickly and easily design Java applications for the Apache Derby and Cloudscape databases" says Grant Hutchinson, manager IBM database server marketing. "This capability will help to build on the momentum that Derby and Cloudscape currently have within the open source market."

"Apache Derby is based on JDBC and ANSI SQL standards and has the features of much larger database systems. That makes it ideal an ideal database to use locally for development and transition to production environments. Of course, there is always the option of switching to IBM Cloudscape with professional support." says Andy Grove, Chief Architect, CodeFutures Software.

FireStorm/DAO is available in Enterprise, Architect, and OEM editions. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition allows new custom code generation templates to be developed and integrated with the FireStorm/DAO Studio environment. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition includes the source code for the Java code generation templates.

About FireStorm/DAO

FireStorm/DAO is a database access tool that adopts a pragmatic approach of generating Java source code for data persistence that is a direct mapping of a particular relational database schema. It is also possible to define complex multi-table queries and to leverage existing database logic contained within stored procedures.

FireStorm/DAO is based on the Data Access Object design pattern and is available in Enterprise, Architect, and OEM editions. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition allows new custom code generation templates to be developed and integrated with the FireStorm/DAO Studio environment. FireStorm/DAO Architect Edition includes the source code for the Java code generation templates. The code generation templates are written in Java, which means that Java developers have a very short learning curve before they can start customizing the code generation.

Additional information on FireStorm/DAO is available here:
/firestorm/

FireStorm/DAO is available for download here:
/products/firestorm/download/

About CodeFutures

CodeFutures is the leading supplier of database performance tools. The benefits provided by CodeFutures' database access tools are higher developer productivity, better software quality, and lower maintenance costs. CodeFutures' first product, the award-winning FireStorm/DAO, makes Java software developers more productive by generating Java DAO ( Data Access Object) code for accessing relational databases.

CodeFutures' products are used by corporate Java software programmers for Java persistence in sectors such as television (BBC Technology, Turner Broadcasting), finance (Lehman Brothers, BACS), military systems (BAE, Lockheed Martin), government (Missouri Lottery, Port of Barcelona), IT consulting (Siemens Business Systems, LogicaCMG, BearingPoint), retail (MetCash, Ahold USA), high technology (EMC, Macromedia), and industry (Suzuki, AREVA).

Labels: Data Access Object, Database Access Tool