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Softbench
HP Softbench was one of the first plug-in Integrated Development Environment ( IDE) tool based on the UNIX operating system, UNIX tools and the X Window System.
The main ideas were:
- Tools and data can reside on many different systems across the network
- Tool communication using a Broadcast Message Server
- Common user interface
- Integrated help facility
- Tool Slots
- Encapsulator – tool for encapsulate any CASE tool into a Tool Slot if it supports standard I/O.