'NET Productivity Through Automation

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.NET Productivity Through Automation

• israel_at_iks.co.il
• www.iks.co.il

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Motivation

• Customer Satisfaction
• Speed of Delivery
• Functionality
• Failure rate 30-50
• Quality
• Bugs
• Responsiveness
• Maintenance
• Enhancement

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Motivation

• Customer Satisfaction
• Speed of Delivery
• Functionality
• Failure rate 30-50
• Quality
• Bugs
• Responsiveness
• Maintenance
• Enhancement

Write Less Code
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Data Applications

• Past
• ISAM files
• SQL embedded in C
• Mainframe screens
• Textual user interface
• Manual report coding

• Present
• SQL databases
• Interactive design
• Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Data-binding
• Reused components

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Graphical User Interface

• Past
• OpenLook/Win32 API
• C/C

• Present
• Simpler runtimes
• Visual Basic 6
• Delphi
• .NET WinForms
• Interactive design
• Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Reusable components

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Failed Attempts

• Object-oriented programming
• Reuse
• Object-orient databases
• ODI ObjectStore
• CASE tools
• Microsofts DHMTL
• As alternative to desktop applications
• 4GL data tools
• Out of fashion
• Binary portability
• Java
• Complex libraries/standards
• XML, STL

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Disruptive Technologies

• Web clients
• Complex, slow, non-portable, weak stability
• SQL Databases
• Cross-space/technology boundary
• Latest-generation programming languages
• Java/C
• Design and Documentation
• Lifecycle management tools

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The Future of Software Development

• Declarative
• Aspect-oriented programming
• Iterative
• SQL query refinement
• Richer tools
• Programming constructs (e.g., TD)
• Design and Documentation
• UML?!

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Implementation Concepts

• Data Access
• Best Practices
• Demo ComponentOne DataExpress
• Complex Architectures
• Distributed Systems
• Tasks and Data (TD)
• Demo PrimeData
• Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
• Coding Constructs
• .NET Framework 2.0 Generics
• Aspects
• Extended C

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Implementation Technology

• Reflection
• Code Generation
• DTE
• Visual Studio.NET Add-ins
• Demo
• Control Delegator