Transcript ThinStructure: An Overview

ThinStructure:
An Overview
Support for ThinStructure demonstration.
Jean Georges Perrin – Annandale, 21st April 2004.
What is Awoma?
 Software Provider with innovative
Development Tools Suite
 Simplify and speed-up development process
 Simplify transition for developers to J2EE and
the Web
 Provide tools for everyone who needs to
build applications quickly
What is not Awoma?
Not a 4GL vendor
Not a generator vendor
Not a “PowerPoint” company
Not a command line environment (except if
you really want to)
 Not a new player in town
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Product Line
 A complete suite for Developers
 ThinStructure (Main Product)
 Easy development framework & toolkit
 DevWorkshop (included in ThinStructure)
 Graphical IDE (Development Environment)
 SysTools
 Unix Commands on Windows NT
 DataTools
 Database Manipulation Tools
 XMLTools
 XML Manipulation Tools
 ReportTools
 Reporting Client
Goals
 Make J2EE development very easy
 Simplify transition for business oriented
developers (I4GL, Cobol, PowerBuilder,
Delphi…) to J2EE
Perfect fit in a J2EE architecture
Web
Browser
WAP
Browser
Web Server
Application
Server
User Agent
ThinStructure
Package
ThinStructure
Libraries
Java
Application
Database
Server
Reuse intelligence
User Interface Intelligence
Ergonomics
Design
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Database Intelligence
Data types
Constraints
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Application Intelligence
Business logic
Separate Roles
 Project Manager
 Web Designer
 Application Developer
Database Support
 Extended Support for:
 IBM Informix IDS 7.x and 9.x (and SE,
OnLine…)
 IBM DB2
 Oracle 9i
 Microsoft SQL Server 2000
 Many more (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP DB…)
 Standard Support for:
 All JDBC & ODBC accessible databases
Extended Database Support
JDBC
Standard
Extended
Database I/O
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Easy API
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Structural data access
Slow
Fast
Fast
Structural data knowledge
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Support for database constraints
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Support and handling of database errors
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Support for system repository
Built-in connection pooling
Support for complex data types
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None
Poor
Fair
Excellent
Java vs. 4GL (1)
 4GL
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Procedural development
“Controlled” events
UI and BL somehow separated (.per & .4gl)
Proprietary solution
Business apps development language
Not a standard in industry
Hard to attract new developers
Java vs. 4GL (2)
 Java
 Object Oriented (OO) development
 Event driven programming model
 User Interface (UI) & Business Logic (BL) tightly
linked
 Open architecture, open standards
 General purpose development language
 Industry standard
 Looks like “hype” to developers
Here comes ThinStructure…
 ThinStructure
 Procedural development (can be combined with
OO)
 “Controlled” events
 UI and BL completely separated (.html & .java)
 Open architecture, open standards
 Business applications framework
 Uses and relies on industry standards
 Looks like “hype” to developers
Demo
 Basic Input
 Using Arrays
 First Master Detail
Basic Input
 Illustration of concept
 Ease of use
Using Arrays
 Arrays are easy to use
 Arrays are very easy to use
 Did we tell you that arrays were easy to use?
First Master Detail
 More concrete
example
 Automatic
recognition
 Primary / foreign
keys to fill
dropdowns
 Required fields,
displayed bold
More “live” demos
 Corporate Web Site
http://www.awoma.com
 Awoma User Community
http://www.awoma.org
Thanks
[email protected] - [email protected]