Programming development environment for intranet and internet applications employing unique project data structure

摘要

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a programming development environment that supports the development of Internet and Intranet applications. The present invention describes a data structure readable by the computer for encapsulating a software project with a project application defined by executable programming logic, and a project environment for developing the application. The data structure comprises a first section comprising the executable programming logic, and all data needed to load and execute the project application on the computer, and a second section for storing other data, including data required to restore the project environment.