Progress
Application Development
Environment — Getting Started


Where To Go From Here

This book provides you with a practical introduction to the Progress Application Development Environment (ADE), SmartObject technology, and the basic techniques of AppBuilder application assembly and SmartObject fabrication.

You now have the information you need to create effective, easily maintainable end-user applications that require little or no manually written 4GL code. However, the story does not end here. The Progress Application Development Environment is an open system, many features of which are fully customizable.

For example, you are not limited to the types of SmartObject templates that are represented in the AppBuilder’s Object Palette. While this starter set of templates is designed to address a wide range of database-oriented application development needs, you might want to create your own SmartObject templates based on the business standards and practices of individual enterprises. The ADE gives you the full power to do this and to create your own Cue Cards and Wizards to accompany your custom SmartObject templates.

In addition, the Object Palette itself is customizable, allowing you to add buttons, directory lists, and file filters for the custom SmartObject templates you create (and for the SmartObject masters that are based on your custom templates).

Another aspect of the ADE’s openness and flexibility is its full access to the depth and power of the Progress 4GL and its seamless integration with the Progress RDBMS and DataServer Architecture and with the open AppServer in an n-tier environment.

Progress Software Corporation is fully committed to helping all of its customers make a smooth transition to the new way of building new applications provided by the ADE. This chapter describes the resources available to help you expand and deepen your knowledge, and to gain ever greater control over the power of Progress.

This chapter consists of the following sections:


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