May 01, 1996
6th Annual Jolt and Productivity Awards
No caffeine puns, we promise! Just the tools we feel are the best in the business. Check out the languages and development environments, libraries and components, design and management tools, utilities, books, and more that took the coveted can in 1995.
Alex Dunne
May 1996: Jolt Awards - 1995 Winners
Books
Special
Utilities
Design and Management Tools
Libraries and Components
Languages and Development Environments
JOLT WINNER:
- Thinking in C++, by Bruce Eckel (PTR Prentice Hall Inc.)
PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:
- About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design, by Alan Cooper (IDG Books Worldwide Inc.)
- A Discipline for Software Engineering, by Watts Humphrey (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.)
- What Every Programmer Should Know About Object-Oriented Design, by Meilir Page-Jones (Dorset House Publishing)
Design and Management Tools
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JOLT WINNER:
- Rational Rose/C++, Rational Software Corp.
PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:
- MKS Source Integrity, Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
- Quantify, Pure Software Inc.
- Track Record, UnderWare Inc.
Languages and Development Environments
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JOLT WINNER:
- Delphi, Borland International Inc.
PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:
- Java, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Symantic C++, Symantec Corp.
- Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp.
JOLT WINNER:
- Poet, Poet Software Corp.
PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:
- Distinct TCP/IP SDK, Distinct Corp.
- ILOG Views, ILOG Inc.
- Net.h++, Rogue Wave Software
JOLT WINNER:
- Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Corp.
PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:
- Ecco Professional, NetManage Corp.
- Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communications Corp.
- PartitionMagic, PowerQuest
JOLT WINNER:
- Object Master for Windows, ACI US Inc.
PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:
- BoundsChecker for Windows 95, NuMega Technologies Inc.
- ForeHelp, ForeFront Inc.
- Visual Parse++, SandStone Technology Inc
