LANSA for the Web allows you to build Web applications quickly and easily. It is a toolkit that integrates seamlessly with the LANSA Integrated Development Environment (either Visual LANSA or LANSA for the iSeries). You can use graphical HTML forms or XML based applications using the same Repository and RDML skill set used to build your iSeries and Windows applications. In fact, a LANSA program can be deployed to the iSeries, Windows or the Web using a single RDML program definition.LANSA for the Web allows you to build dynamic data retrieval applications for the Web. It also allows you to deploy the applications across a number of combinations of platforms including the iSeries and Windows NT. Each of these platforms can be used as the Application/Data Server or the Web Server. In other words, you can choose to deploy your applications in a multi-tiered architecture.LANSA for the Web incorporates a Transaction Server, which provides your user sessions with a persistent connection between their browser and your Data Server. Persistent connections are not available in the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the protocol used in serving the Web.LANSA for the Web shields you from the technologies you have to learn to deploy Web-enabled applications. You do not need to have a thorough knowledge of CGI or Java Servlet programming, HTML or JavaScript or XML. You do not need to learn code-intensive HTML or CGI to build dynamic Web applications. All you have to do is use LANSA’s repository-based 4GL environment to build your application definition. LANSA will automatically generate the HTML or XML pages for you. LANSA for the Web allows the developer to work at the 4GL level, without the need for any skills in HTML, CGI or any other Internet programming interfaces. LANSA for the Web hides the complexity of HTML/XML and CGI programming from you.There is no client side code to develop or maintain with LANSA for the Web. You do not have to be concerned about the operating systems of the client. All the client machines require is a browser that is capable of supporting the HTML generated by LANSA for the Web. Once you have indicated that you want your LANSA application Web-enabled, LANSA will automatically take care of the effort to Web-enable the application for you.The huge growth and demand for Internet access to businesses has prompted LANSA to extend its offering beyond the traditional application development environment. LANSA now offers a set of application specific frameworks to help companies deploy their e-business solutions at an even more astounding rate. The LANSA e-Business Framework Wizard and Commerce Edition are part of the natural evolution of the LANSA product family. Along with LANSA’s powerful application development environment, Web developers will benefit from Commerce Edition (which includes the Database Adaptor and Business Objects) and the e-Business Framework Wizard to help accelerate Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) application development.