Multimedia Guide and Reference


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VisualAge enables you to quickly make client/server applications.

VisualAge makes you more productive by providing interactive visual programming tools and a set of parts that represent the client/server spectrum. You create applications by assembling and connecting parts. In many cases, you do not even have to write code.

If you do need to write code, VisualAge provides a state-of-the-art, integrated development environment. The programming language you use is Smalltalk, an industry-standard, highly productive, pure object-oriented language.

The Multimedia feature of VisualAge helps you become more productive by providing a set of parts that represent the multimedia spectrum. You create your applications by assembling and connecting these parts. In many cases, you do not even have to write any code.

Multimedia is the combination of animation, sound, video, and other media into interactive computer applications. It is the interactive aspect of computer applications that makes multimedia different from other kinds of video and audio entertainment.

Using multimedia in your VisualAge application can enhance the quality of communication. Multimedia presents information in a richer, more sensory form that people are familiar with from their experiences with television, movies, and videos. Multimedia applications can convey information in a number of exciting ways that were not previously possible. The result can be reduced training time and greater personal productivity.


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