The AJAX-based product features a visual designer and cross-compiling capabilities for programming in C#, Java, Visual Basic, and Object Pascal. An embeddable Firebird database and Apache Web server also are included for application deployments. With WebOS AppsBuilder, Morfik saves developers from having to learn new languages for Web development such as PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) or Python.

"What this product does is it gives them a doorway into the Web world," said Fuad Ta'eed, business development manager at Morfik and a developer of WebOS AppsBuilder.

"It has a cross-compiler, you write in your object-oriented languages that you're familiar with and it will generate the Web-based application, the HTML, the Web server, the whole lot," Ta'eed said. Web services provide for internal communications within the product.

Beta user Mike Kerner, IT director at manufacturer R.M. Kerner, raved about WebOS AppsBuilder. "It is a very neat tool simply because it allows me to build AJAX-type applications without having to know a lot about Perl and PHP and other server-side tools," Kerner said.

Additionally, the product enables development of applications that can function while disconnected from the Internet and be reconnected later, said Kerner. At this juncture, though, Kerner is awaiting improvements such as code completion.