dev-2: making openedge ® architect work for you david lund product readiness

DEV-2: Making OpenEdge® Architect Work For You

David LundProduct Readiness

© 2008 Progress Software Corporation2 DEV-2: Making OpenEdge Architect Work For You

Questions, Questions, Questions…

What if you could get started today

• Improving the development process

• Improving productivity

• All while working with the code and tools you know and love

Introducing OpenEdge Architect to new users


Enhancing Your Tools!

Home Improvements Software Improvements

Bottom line: You are simply adding more tools to your toolbox


Getting Started Today!

How would your life change…• Setting up and sharing your workspace and projects

– Trading file chaos for workspace order

• Using your new tools– Trading modal tools for modeless perspectives

• Increasing your productivity– Making it easier to find code– Making sure you don’t lose your changes


Trading File Chaos for Workspace Order

Organizing physical files (a.k.a. resources)

• Into logical workspaces and projects

Logical view

Workspace

Project

FolderFiles

Files

Physical view


Why Have Multiple Workspaces?

Because you have• Different applications

• Different releases

• Different environments – Development– Testing– Deployment


You Can Customize YOUR Workspace

Logical view

Workspace

Project

FolderFiles

Files

Setting Workspace Preferences


Why Have Multiple Projects in a Workspace?

Many projects with different behavior and function can co-exist in the same workspace

How to structure projects?• By module• By application layer

(server side, client side, common code)

• By different client types• By database access


You Can Customize YOUR Projects!

Setting project properties

Logical view

Workspace

Project

FolderFiles

Files


Reducing New Developer’s Setup

Exporting and importing projects

Logical view

Workspace

Project

FolderFiles

Files

Properties

Databases

Project


Setting up and sharing your workspace and projects

Migrating your existing application

• Keep your existing directory structure

• Set your PROPATH

• Set your database connections

• Compile and run your code

• Export projects for use by others

Recorded demos available on PSDN with Exchange materials

See the 2 hour session on PSDN titled Moving to OpenEdge Architect which covers all of the basic features


Working with a Basic Application


Trading Modal Tools for Modeless Perspectives

Using Perspective and Views


How Will it Increase Your Productivity?

Perspectives…• Progress® DB Navigator• OpenEdge Tools for Business Logic• OpenEdge Editor• OpenEdge Debugger• OpenEdge AppBuilder

From Your Point of ‘View’


Working with Database Structure AND Data

DB Details - Preview

DB Structure

Progress DB Navigator Perspective

Connection

Information

Connections

SQL Editor


Modeling ProDataSets and Temp Tables

Component Designer

Properties

OpenEdge Tools for Business Logic Perspective


Getting More Details While Editing Your Business Logic

Resource view

Editor

DB Structure View

Task view

OpenEdge Editor Perspective

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Debugging Your Code with Eclipse Standard

Current line of execution

Open programs

Selected line

Breakpoint

OpenEdge Debugger Perspective


Adding to the Tools You Already Know

OpenEdge AppBuilder Perspective

OpenEdge Editor Capabilities available to AppBuilder users

Design Windows

Visual and Code changes are synchronized

AppBuilder Designer


Trading modal tools for modeless perspectives• DB Navigator

• T4BL

• Editor

• Debugger

• AppBuilder

Using Your New Tools

A quick tour …


Finding what you need when you need it

Maximizing your productivity

Locating information• On-line customizable help• Cheat sheets• Search dialog and Search view• Meta Catalog• Class Browser


Making Sure You Don’t Lose Your Changes

Never lose code

changes again!

Recovery options in addition to source code control• Quick Diff• Local History


Increasing Your Productivity

Working with code• Working groups• Locating resource

(Ctrl-Shift-R)• Hyper link navigation

(Ctrl-Click) • Link with Resource view• Last edited program• Recently opened program navigation• Bookmarks and Tasks


Features by Release

Streamlined database connections• Import/Export

database connections

Eclipse based debugger Cheat sheets Customization editor

General usability improvements

New ABL language support

ESB annotations

OpenEdge 10.1B OpenEdge 10.1C

OpenEdge Getting Started:New and Revised Features


Adding Additional Functionality (Plugins)

Sonic™ DataXtend® SI3rd Party Plugins

One active design Workbench provides access to many


Coming in OpenEdge 10.2A OpenEdge Visual Designer Perspective

OpenEdge Visual Designer Perspective

Resourcesview Properties

view

DesignCanvas

Toolbox


What’s All the Fuss?

Everything available in one place (2 + 2 = 5)


For More Information - Go To PSDN

Moving to OpenEdge Architect

http://www.psdn.com/library/entry!default.jspa?externalID=2372

The OpenEdge Architect Experience


OpenEdge Architect Fully Loaded



Getting Access to the Code Samples



PSDN Forums

http://www.psdn.com/library/forum.jspa?forumID=25

http://www.psdn.com/library/forumindex.jspa?categoryID=1

PSDN top level list of forums:

Forum on OpenEdge Architect & Eclipse:


Related Exchange Sessions

DEV-10: Integrating OpenEdge Architect into your Development Environment

– Tuesday 8:00 AM Grand Ballroom A

DEV-21: Embracing OpenEdge Architect – Tuesday 2:00 PM Grand Ballroom G

DEV-34: Writing own plugins for OpenEdge Architect – a developers experience

– Wednesday 9:15 AM Grand Ballroom H

Tonight! Birds of a Feather (BOF) OpenEdge Architect

7:00 PM in Grand Ballroom C-D


In Summary

It’s easy to get started

No need to disrupt current development environment during transition

Feature rich group development tools

Making OpenEdge Architect work for you


Questions?


Thank You

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