Eiffel Software Inc.'s Eiffel for .NET is now available as part of ESI's EiffelStudio. Eiffel for .NET combines the power of two object technology variants: Eiffel (including Design by Contract, multiple inheritance, genericity and seamlessness of software development) and .NET (including language interoperability, Web services and other advanced facilities).
by Karine Arnout
October 21, 2002
his article describes the goals and scope of the Eiffel language and explains how Eiffel for .NET can interoperate with other .NET languages. The article also demonstrates using Eiffel for .NET to build graphical user interfaces, using Windows Forms, to access databases and develop Web services.
The Fundamentals of Eiffel for .NET
The .NET platform contains some innovative development concepts including language interoperability and extensive support for development of Web services. The .NET platform also provides a rich collection of software facilities (security, component-based development, versioning, memory management, etc.), which make it a powerful development tool in the field of computing. With all of this innovation, Eiffel Software, Inc. (ESI) decided to give Eiffel programmers the chance to benefit from all of these innovations while also giving .NET users a chance to benefit from the power of Eiffel. This effort resulted in Eiffel for .NET, bringing Design by Contract, multiple inheritance and genericity to the .NET world.
Eiffel was ported to the .NET environment from the very beginning of .NET. The first version was called Eiffel#. This version is now obsolete being replaced by Eiffel for .NET.
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his article describes the goals and scope of the Eiffel language and explains how Eiffel for .NET can interoperate with other .NET languages. The article also demonstrates using Eiffel for .NET to build graphical user interfaces, using Windows Forms, to access databases and develop Web services.
