DEV-2: Making OpenEdge ® Architect Work For You David Lund Product Readiness

DEV-2: Making OpenEdge® Architect Work For You

David LundProduct Readiness

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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

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Enhancing Your Tools!

Home Improvements Software Improvements

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

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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

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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

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Why Have Multiple Workspaces?

Because you have• Different applications

• Different releases

• Different environments – Development– Testing– Deployment

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You Can Customize YOUR Workspace

Logical view

Workspace

Project

FolderFiles

Files

Setting Workspace Preferences

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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

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You Can Customize YOUR Projects!

Setting project properties

Logical view

Workspace

Project

FolderFiles

Files

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Reducing New Developer’s Setup

Exporting and importing projects

Logical view

Workspace

Project

FolderFiles

Files

Properties

Databases

Project

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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

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Working with a Basic Application

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Trading Modal Tools for Modeless Perspectives

Using Perspective and Views

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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’

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Working with Database Structure AND Data

DB Details - Preview

DB Structure

Progress DB Navigator Perspective

Connection

Information

Connections

SQL Editor

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Modeling ProDataSets and Temp Tables

Component Designer

Properties

OpenEdge Tools for Business Logic Perspective

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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

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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

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Trading modal tools for modeless perspectives• DB Navigator

• T4BL

• Editor

• Debugger

• AppBuilder

Using Your New Tools

A quick tour …

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Adding Additional Functionality (Plugins)

Sonic™ DataXtend® SI3rd Party Plugins

One active design Workbench provides access to many

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Coming in OpenEdge 10.2A OpenEdge Visual Designer Perspective

OpenEdge Visual Designer Perspective

Resourcesview Properties

view

DesignCanvas

Toolbox

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What’s All the Fuss?

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

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For More Information - Go To PSDN

Moving to OpenEdge Architect

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

The OpenEdge Architect Experience

http://www.psdn.com/library/entry!default.jspa?externalID=4092

OpenEdge Architect Fully Loaded

http://www.psdn.com/library/entry!default.jspa?externalID=3778

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Getting Access to the Code Samples

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

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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:

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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

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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

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Questions?

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Thank You

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