Aonix, a provider of solutions for safety- and mission-critical applications, released the latest version of the ObjectAda development environment, targeting Linux as the first supported operating system. In addition to supporting an Eclipse-based development environment targeting mission-critical software solutions, ObjectAda 8.2 integrates a number of product enhancements.

With a newly developed capability to attach the symbolic debugger to a running Ada application, ObjectAda has become especially useful for situations in which programming errors do not surface until after the test and debug phase of development has been completed.

ObjectAda 8.2 is the first ObjectAda release where developers can choose between the traditional Aonix IDE for development and the new AonixADT Eclipse plug-in. AonixADT incorporates Ada-project awareness, an Ada-language sensitive editor, Ada-language compile and build capabilities, and a complete Ada debugger interface, enabling Ada developers to enjoy state-of-the-art interface capabilities geared to maximize developer ease and efficiency.

By delivering the powerful combination of Eclipse and best-of-class Ada technology, Aonix provides a modern and robust development environment that increases developer productivity. Since AonixADT is based on Eclipse, this same integrated development environment also supports development with the Java, C, and C++ languages.

"Aonix has a long-standing reputation of supplying high-quality development tools based on industry accepted standards," said Jacques Brygier, VP Marketing of Aonix. "Increasingly, our Ada development customers require large-team access to broad ranges of integrated development tool technologies. By basing AonixADT on the popular open-source Eclipse development environment, Aonix maximizes the ease with which the various best-of-breed technologies can be integrated."