Axure RP
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Axure RP Pro is a wireframing
, rapid prototyping, and specification
software tool aimed at web and desktop applications. It offers capabilities typically found in diagramming tools like drag and drop placement, resizing, and formatting of widgets. In addition, it has features for annotating widgets and defining interactions such as linking, conditional linking, simulating tab
controls, show/hide element etc. There is support for medium-fidelity simulation of Rich Internet Applications. Axure RP can then generate HTML prototypes and Microsoft Word
specifications from the diagrams.
The Axure RP Pro application window is divided into 6 main areas:
Widgets available include:
Other widgets can be simulated by combining existing widgets and assigning specific actions to events such as OnClick, OnMouseOver and OnMouseOut. For example, dynamic panels can have a number of states, each state being activated by clicking on an element such as a tab button, list-box item, or action button. For tabs, this allows constructing a tab
control.
Website wireframe
A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website. The wireframe depicts the page layout or arrangement of the website’s content, including interface elements and navigational systems, and how they work...
, rapid prototyping, and specification
Functional specification
A functional specification in systems engineering and software development is the documentation that describes the requested behavior of an engineering system...
software tool aimed at web and desktop applications. It offers capabilities typically found in diagramming tools like drag and drop placement, resizing, and formatting of widgets. In addition, it has features for annotating widgets and defining interactions such as linking, conditional linking, simulating tab
Tab (GUI)
In the area of graphical user interfaces , a tabbed document interface is one that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents...
controls, show/hide element etc. There is support for medium-fidelity simulation of Rich Internet Applications. Axure RP can then generate HTML prototypes and Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
specifications from the diagrams.
The Axure RP Pro application window is divided into 6 main areas:
- sitemap - a hierarchical list of pages
- widgets
- masters (templates, or reusable collections of widgets)
- page area - the main design area
- page notes and interactions
- widget annotations and interactions
Widgets available include:
- wireframeWebsite wireframeA website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website. The wireframe depicts the page layout or arrangement of the website’s content, including interface elements and navigational systems, and how they work...
: image, text panel, hyperlink, rectangle, table, line (horizontal/vertical), menu (horizontal/vertical), tree - formForm (programming)In component-based programming , a form is an easy way to create a GUI window. A form contains components and controls, which are a high-level representation of standard GUI widgets; it's easier to manipulate the high-level wrappers than to deal with the underlying API.At design time, visual...
controls: button (various shapes, including tab buttons), text field, text area, drop-down list, list box, checkbox, radio button, image map region - placeholder, inline frame, dynamic panel (used to achieve interactivity)
Other widgets can be simulated by combining existing widgets and assigning specific actions to events such as OnClick, OnMouseOver and OnMouseOut. For example, dynamic panels can have a number of states, each state being activated by clicking on an element such as a tab button, list-box item, or action button. For tabs, this allows constructing a tab
Tab (GUI)
In the area of graphical user interfaces , a tabbed document interface is one that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents...
control.
History
- June 29, 2011, Axure RP 6.0 (for Mac)
- April 6, 2010, Axure RP 5.6 (for Mac)
- August 24, 2009, Axure RP Pro 5.6 (for PC)
- February 24, 2009, Axure RP Pro 5.5
- October 15, 2008, Axure RP Pro 5.1
- April 21, 2008, Axure RP Pro 5
- July 2, 2007, Axure RP Pro 4.6
- March 6, 2006, Axure RP Pro 4