New GUI Mathematica Development Environment

By DE Editors

Wolfram Research (Champaign, IL; wolfram.com) has announced the availability of GUIKit, which enables users to construct graphical user interfaces (GUIs) within one programming and scripting language.
Using Mathematica's deployment options, developers can package their GUIKit applications for end-users either as stand-alone client applications or integrated within a Mathematica session. According to Wolfram Research, these applications then enable end-users to perform sophisticated computations with a few mouse clicks, and without requiring any knowledge of Mathematica.

With the GUIKit, users can:

• Build complete platform-independent application interfaces that leverage the computational power of Mathematica
• Extend existing Mathematica functions with user interfaces to facilitate easier or custom user input
• Create wizards for specific Mathematica functionality
• Create GUIs directly from Mathematica
• GUIKit, built for Mathematica 5 or later, can be used to build databases or to generate interactive graphics, presentations, and simulations. A few examples of GUIKit interfaces that are included with the product are calculation tools such as EquationTrekker, import tools, and search tools.