1.Introduction

WebSquare5 consists of the Engine and the WebSquare5 Studio (development tool). The Engine receives requests from the browser and displays the WebSquare5 XML files on the browser in an HTML-compatible manner. The developer can create web UI on the WebSquare5 Studio.

1.1Studio

WebSquare5 Studio is a WYSIWYG-style integrated development tool. Developers can draw UI, add scripts, and test the web UI on the same environment. This document describes usage of WebSquare5 Studio IWD(Intelligent Web Designer).

1.1.1Specifications

Table 1-1.WebSquare5 Studio (IWD) Specifications

OS

Type

Bit

Remarks

Windows

Stand-alone

32-bit


64-bit


Eclipse Plug-in

32-bit

See 1.1.3 Eclipse Support.

64-bit

See 1.1.3 Eclipse Support.

1.1.2PC Requirements

PC requirements for smooth installation and operation of WebSquare5 Studio are as shown below.

Table 1-2.PC Requirements

Item

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Pentium 4

Pentium 4 (2.8Ghz)

RAM

2GB

4GB

OS

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 (32/64-bit)

Windows 7/8/10 (32/64-bit)

HDD space

1GB

10GB

Display

1024 * 768

1280 * 1024

1.1.3Eclipse Support

Table 1-3.Eclipse Support

Item

Description

Eclipse Support

  • 2020-03

  • 2019-12 (Studios released on and after 2020/06/12.)

  • 2019-06

  • 2019-03

  • 2018-12

  • 2018-09

  • 4.8 (Photon)

  • 4.7 (Oxygen)

  • 4.6 (Neon)

  • 4.5 (Mars)

JDK Support

  • Java 1.8 or higher

Others

  • CSS3

  • Chromium 64

JDK 1.8

Eclipse 4.2 and previous versions do not provide official support for JDK 1.8.
Restrictions

(1) Only Window OS is to be supported.
(2) Minimum JRE(JDK) 1.8.0_2xx is required.
(3) openjdk-1.8.0.242-1.b08.x86_64 : Due to an internal bug, Eclipse projects are not created and WebSquare Studio does not normally function. Use other versions.
(4) Newly provided WebSquare Studio does not contain JRE any more.
(5) Java SE 8 and higher versions are not supported.

1.2Engine

The WebSquare5 Engine is provided as a JAR file and to be installed on the web server. The server specification on which the WebSquare5 Engine is to be installed depends on the specifications of the web server. It is recommended that the operator should configure the web server depending on the services to be provided through the web such as file upload/download.

1.3Specifications

Table 1-4.Range of Support

Item

Range

Installation Server

  • OS

    • Unix

    • Linux

    • Windows

    • z/OS

  • JVM

    • 1.4 or higher (Same as those supported by the JVM of the WAS because WebSquare5 Engine runs on the WAS.)

Development Environment

  • OS

    • Linux

    • Windows

    • Mac OS X

  • JDK

    • JDK 1.5 or higher

(App Running)

Client

  • Linux

  • Windows (XP/7/8/8.1/10)

  • Mac OS X

  • iOS

  • Android

1.4Browser Support

Web

IE8 or higher (IE10 or higher to support HTML5 features.)

Other web browsers not including IE follows the evergreen policy (to support only the latest and the previous versions.)

Mobile

Andorid

Safari (iPhone, iPad)

Evergreen Browser Policy

Automatically updates the browser without user’s initiation.
Guarantees successful execution on the latest and the previous versions.
Other web browsers than the IE adopt the evergreen policy.