Editing OpenLaszlo (section)

{{Short description|Discontinued open-source platform}}
{{Infobox software 
| name                   = OpenLaszlo
| logo                   =       
| screenshot             = GeaBiosOpenLaszloSatelliteMappingApplication2.PNG
| caption                = OpenLaszlo 3.2 application and [[DHTML]] ([[GeaBios]])
| developer              = Laszlo Systems
| discontinued           = yes
| latest release version = 4.9.0
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|2010|10|21}}
| operating system       = [[Windows XP]], [[Windows 7]], [[Mac OS X Jaguar]] or later, [[Linux]]
| genre                  = [[Web application framework]]
| license                = [[Common Public License]]
| website                = {{URL|www.openlaszlo.org}}
}}
'''OpenLaszlo''' is a discontinued [[open-source software|open-source]] platform for the development and delivery of [[rich web application]]s. It is released under the [[Open Source Initiative]] certified [[Common Public License]] (CPL).

The OpenLaszlo platform consists of the LZX programming language and the OpenLaszlo Server.

LZX is an [[Extensible Markup Language]] (XML) and [[JavaScript]] [[Interface description language|description language]] similar in spirit to [[XUL]], [[MXML]], and [[Extensible Application Markup Language]] (XAML). LZX enables a declarative, text-based development process that supports [[Rapid application development|rapid prototyping]] and [[software development]] best practices. It is designed to be familiar to traditional web application developers who are familiar with [[HTML]] and JavaScript.

OpenLaszlo Server is a [[Java (programming language)|Java]] [[servlet]] that compiles LZX applications into executable binaries for targeted run-time environments.