West Wind Technologies has released WebSurge version 3.0. This release is a major update to this Http REST Client and Web Load Testing tool for Windows. WebSurge makes it easy to create and test HTTP and REST APIs or any Http content. Test individual requests for API or Request testing, or test under load for heavy duty stress testing. Version 3.0 adds many enhancements and improved performance. New features include the ability to share sessions online, content previewers for Pdf, Images and media, support for Visual Studio .http files and more. A free evaluation version is available and v2 users can upgrade to v3 at a discount.

West Wind Technologies has released Markdown Monster 3.6 of its rich Markdown editor. Markdown Monster makes it easy to create Markdown content with its many easy to use and unobtrusive support features. The tool is equally suited to experienced, code-only users who can UI keep features out of the way, or novices that are just learning to work with Markdown features and want to discover Markdown functionality interactively. Version 3.6 adds a new split sidebar panel, a brand new link checker, improved YouTube embedding and PDF printing and new support for the Admonitions extension. A fully functional evaluation version of Markdown Monster is available for free and registered users of v3.x can upgrade for free.

Web Connection is a rich and mature tool for building HTML Web applications and HTTP REST API Services using Visual FoxPro. You can continue to use the FoxPro tools and IDE you already know to build Web applications. v8.2 is a small maintenance release that fixes a few small bugs and adds a few useful enhancements. There are several fixes and updates to wwDotnetBridge adding better event support and fixing a couple of issues related to .NET support libraries specifically the SFTP/FTP libraries. You can now access .NET fields via an explicit GetField() and SetField() methods. A new wwHeap class allows for fast string and blob iteration and that's been applied in a few places internally. As always, Web Connection is available as shareware. v8 is paid upgrade from prior major versions, but minor version updates are always free and there's a free shareware version available.

West Wind Technologies has released Markdown Monster 3.5 of its rich Markdown editor. Markdown Monster makes it easy to create Markdown content with its many easy to use and unobtrusive support features. The tool is equally suited to experienced, code-only users who can UI keep features out of the way, or novices that are just learning to work with Markdown features and want to discover Markdown functionality interactively. Version 3.5 adds many enhancements including better support for running on ARM devices, a new split panel sidebar and a new and improved PDF engine. A fully functional evaluation version of Markdown Monster is available for free and registered users of v3.x can upgrade for free.

Web Connection is a rich and mature tool for building HTML Web applications and HTTP REST API Services using Visual FoxPro. You can continue to use the FoxPro tools you already know to build Web applications. v8.1 is a maintenance release that fixes a few small bugs and adds a few useful enhancements. You can now create Response output greater than 16mb directly. There are further improvements to the COM Server pool startup to improve stability and performance, and requests now log the size of requests for logging if request content is captured. As always, Web Connection is available as shareware. v8 is paid upgrade from prior major versions, but minor version updates are always free and there's a free shareware version available.

West Wind Client Tools is a suite of FoxPro utility classes that provide Internet and general purpose utility functionality including SMTP Email, full featured HTTP Web and REST service access, FTP, FTPS, SFTP and low level TCP/IP access to your FoxPro applications. There's support for JSON and XML serialization, an easy to use REST Service Client which is ever more important these days. Utility classes include object based data access to SQL Server and Web Data, a light-weight business object framework, a .NET Interop helper component, a configuration management class and a rich library of utility and API functions useful in everyday Visual FoxPro development. Version 8.1 is a service release that fixes a few small issues and adds a few small enhancements to the wwDotnetBridge .NET Interop functionality. Minor version updates for existing v8.0 users are always free, and a free shareware version is also available to try out functionality.

It's been a bit, but Web Connection is turning 8.0 in this major version upgrade for the popular FoxPro Web development framework. Web Connection is a rich and mature tool for building HTML Web applications and HTTP API Services using Visual FoxPro, so you can continue to use the tools you already know to build Web applications. The upgrade brings a completely revamped COM Pool manager that improves reliability and stability and improves server load times significantly which especially impacts high load applications. Additional improvements in the .NET and .NET Core server interfaces improve logging and provide several small admin enhancements. There have been a lot of improvements for creating and calling REST services including new Token Authentication support for services. There are also new wwFtpClient (with FTP, FTPS and SFTP support) and wwZipArchive classes that replace older versions with more functionality and many small enhancements and updates to core library and framework features. As always, Web Connection is available as shareware. v8 is a paid upgrade but we have a 1 year grace period for free updates.

West Wind Client Tools is a suite of FoxPro utility classes that provide Internet and general purpose utility functionality including SMTP Email, full featured HTTP Web and REST service access, FTP, FTPS, SFTP and low level TCP/IP access to your FoxPro applications. There's support for JSON and XML serialization, an easy to use REST Service Client which is ever more important these days. Utility classes include object based data access to SQL Server and Web Data, a light-weight business object framework, a .NET Interop helper component, a configuration management class and a rich library of utility and API functions useful in everyday Visual FoxPro development. Version 8.0 introduces new SFTP support and updates to FTP and SFTP implementations. Notable enhancements include improved performance and features in the JSON serializer and REST Service integration. Additionally, there are several small improvements in wwDotnetBridge, making it easier to work with complex .NET types. Upgrading from previous versions is required for this major release and a free shareware version is also available to try out functionality.