So ... What is Web Objects?

1. A web applications server
2. A system that generates mappings from objects to relations
3. A component based HTML generator
4. An IDE for developing web applications
5. A set of Frameworks

A web applications server

stores and runs your applications

the application is served to clients

any changes to the application are automatically served

WebObjects supports HTML and Java user interfaces

EOF - enterprise objects framework

converts rows of data in a relational database into objects

can put business logic (Java methods) into data classes

generates SQL for database queries

Component based HTML generation

pre-built dynamic components

WebObjects framework maps directly to HTML

component based rather than object based

create reusable components

IDE

xCode - editing Java and managing project

WebObjects Builder - HTML editor, supports Web Objects tags, code generation and component binding

EOModeler - creates EOF models of relational databases

Java Browser - for examining APIs

A system that generates mappings from objects to relations

A component based HTML generator

Frameworks

Mac OSX supports many frameworks including WOFramework and EOFramework

Library

your code calls the library functions to provide services

Framework

Inverted library - it calls your code when appropriate

Your code specialises frame work classes for your application by inheritance

WebObjects does 80% of the code for you