IBM is announcing a free Web application development tool on Wednesday, featuring a simple user interface to accommodate persons without technical skills in small businesses and other organizations. With IBM Development Engagement Service, or DevEngage, users will be able to build applications that solve daily tasks, IBM said. The tool, built at IBM's Haifa Research Laboratory in Israel, requires no programming IBM is announcing a free Web application development tool on Wednesday, featuring a simple user interface to accommodate persons without technical skills in small businesses and other organizations. With IBM Development Engagement Service, or DevEngage, users will be able to build applications that solve daily tasks, IBM said. The tool, built at IBM’s Haifa Research Laboratory in Israel, requires no programming skills and serves as a user-friendly interactive tool for developing online forms.“This new application development tool will let users with no software development expertise skill create online forms with ease that complete routine tasks,” said Gal Shachor, project lead for this technology at the IBM Research Lab in Haifa, in a statement released by IBM. “IBM wants to ensure users at small- and medium-sized businesses are able to capitalize on modern Web 2.0 technologies in a simple, user-friendly way.” Available as a hosted technology, DevEngage leverages technologies such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. Online forms can be developed with any Internet browser. The tool also features a Java-based server component where an application is constructed. DevEngage is hosted on IBM’s alphaWorks Services. Technology Industry