Going All In

Using a Framework to Develop a Winning Application

Don Bakke, President, SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.

Survey Says…• Commuter Modules

• Modified Filing Systems (MFS)

• Established Conventions or Standards

• Reusable Code

• Modular Code

What is a Framework?• Another industry buzzword without a consensus on its

definition

• Another industry buzzword that Bob Carten likes to use to look smart

• A philosophical and practical method for developing robust, scalable, and manageable software applications

• All of the above

Why Use a Framework?• Automated Development

• Focus on Software Requirements and Objectives

• Reduced Development Time

• Provides Structure

• Long Term Manageability

What is the half-life of Plutonium?

24,360 years

94Pu

(244)

Where are Frameworks Used?• Object Oriented Languages

• Web Technologies

• Mobile Platforms

• Often come with Tools to help implement the framework

• Everywhere

What does an OpenInsight Framework Look Like?• There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s

• There’s no right (or established) way to create anOpenInsight framework

• In some ways OpenInsight is inherently a framework

• Frameworks generally aren’t created, they evolve

• Many Revelation developers already have the building blocks of a framework

SRP’s Interpretation of an OpenInsight Framework

• Form Management

• Database / Table Management

• Code Management

• Application Management

Form Management• Templates

• Event Commuter Modules

• Promoted Events

• Design Standards

• Naming Standards

Table Management

• MFS Shell / “Action” Commuter Modules

• Symbolic Logic in MFS Commuter Modules

• Naming Standards

SCIENCE