<s>
Servoy	B-Language
is	O
a	O
development	O
and	O
deployment	O
platform	O
for	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
,	O
written	O
itself	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
which	O
uses	O
JavaScript	B-Language
as	O
its	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
adopt	O
the	O
native	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
any	O
platform	O
or	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
using	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
CSS	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
was	O
created	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
to	O
make	O
enterprise	O
business	O
application	O
development	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
introduced	O
many	O
innovations	O
for	O
that	O
purpose	O
:	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
instead	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
development	O
framework	O
with	O
building	O
blocks	O
that	O
are	O
added	O
through	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
,	O
a	O
web	B-Application
client	I-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
4GLs	B-Language
in	O
terms	O
of	O
how	O
applications	O
are	O
developed	O
but	O
unlike	O
many	O
4GLs	B-Language
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
proprietary	O
languages	O
and/or	O
databases	O
,	O
being	O
based	O
instead	O
on	O
open	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
consists	O
of	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
designer	O
,	O
is	O
event-driven	B-Application
and	O
runs	O
scripts	B-Language
through	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
allows	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
deployed	O
on	O
a	O
native	O
Smart	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
(	O
Rich	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
)	O
and	O
on	O
a	O
pure	O
HTML	B-Language
Web	B-Application
client	I-Application
from	O
the	O
same	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
and	O
user	O
interface	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
offers	O
a	O
free	O
community	O
edition	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
use	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
applications	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
on	O
all	O
popular	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
other	O
UNIX	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
eWeek	O
and	O
MacUser	O
Magazine	O
gave	O
Servoy	B-Language
a	O
4	O
mouse	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
developed	O
with	O
Servoy	B-Language
can	O
access	O
data	O
from	O
all	O
popular	O
SQL	O
back-ends	O
such	O
as	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
Informix	I-Application
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
and	I-Application
Firebird	B-Application
,	O
and	O
combine	O
data	O
from	O
different	O
databases	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Servoy	B-Language
suite	O
of	O
products	O
consists	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Servoy	B-Language
Developer	O
and	O
ServoyCloud	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
applications	O
by	O
creating	O
user	O
interface	O
forms	O
and	O
connecting	O
their	O
elements	O
to	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
within	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
(	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
also	O
offers	O
a	O
runtime	B-Device
version	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
standalone	O
Servoy	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Servoy	B-Language
Application	O
Server	O
includes	O
the	O
Servoy	B-Language
Headless	B-Application
Client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
client	O
allows	O
other	O
applications	O
to	O
execute	O
Servoy	B-Language
business	O
rules	O
including	O
using	O
them	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
headless	B-Application
client	O
also	O
allows	O
batch	O
processing	O
and	O
scheduled	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
has	O
a	O
partnering	O
network	O
of	O
about	O
200	O
companies	O
—	O
the	O
Servoy	B-Language
Alliance	O
Network	O
(	O
SAN	O
)	O
—	O
that	O
offer	O
Servoy	B-Language
development	O
,	O
Servoy	B-Language
components	O
(	O
Beans	O
and	O
plugins	O
)	O
,	O
consulting	O
or	O
hosting	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
is	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
Jan	O
Aleman	O
and	O
Jan	O
Blok	O
,	O
who	O
met	O
while	O
studying	O
computer	O
science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
,	O
B.V.	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
2001	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
to	O
commercialize	O
the	O
new	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
Servoy	B-Language
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
opened	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
currently	O
locating	O
in	O
Westlake	O
Village	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
outgrown	O
its	O
initial	O
4GL	B-Language
replacement	O
roots	O
,	O
Servoy	B-Language
started	O
to	O
serve	O
ISVs	B-Application
(	O
Independent	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Vendors	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
soon	O
became	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
ISVs	B-Application
to	O
quickly	O
rewrite	O
for	O
the	O
Internet	O
with	O
full	O
Web	O
2.0	O
functionality	O
(	O
RIA	B-Application
,	O
AJAX	B-Device
,	O
data	O
broadcasting	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Servoy	B-Language
4.0	O
was	O
released	O
during	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2006	O
with	O
a	O
move	O
from	O
Servoy	B-Language
's	O
proprietary-based	O
IDE	B-Application
to	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tech	O
analysts	O
and	O
tech	O
journalists	O
took	O
great	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
Servoy	B-Language
4.0	O
release	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
slew	O
of	O
articles	O
and	O
mentions	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Servoy	B-Language
5	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
and	O
client	O
code	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
under	O
both	O
an	O
AGPL	O
and	O
commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
Servoy	B-Language
introduced	O
the	O
Titanium	O
edition	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
upgrade	O
from	O
the	O
NG	O
Client	O
.	O
</s>
