Overview
. Prologue . Use Cases . Introduction . Features/Samples . Roadmap . Call for Action
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Preface:Introduction
One Tool Visual FoxPro One Vendor Language Inheritance
Different Devices RIA UI War is and Over Form Factors
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Preface:Introduction
One Tool Visual FoxPro One Vendor Language Inheritance
Different Devices RIA UI War is and Over Form Factors
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Context:
Xbase++ 2.0 . Scheduled Release: Q1/Q2Q12011 2012 (Arctica) . Unified-SQL and Universal-SQL CTP . PostgreSQL Isam Access .
Visual Xbase++ 3.0 . Planned Preview: Q4 2012 (PolarFox) . Visual Design Tools . VFP Modernization (Runtime and Transpiler)
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Use Cases
Mobile Application Dynamic Web Page Web Application (like uservoice.com): • 6
(Add here your or your customer‘s Forms, Image Creation demands…)
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Intro (What‘s the idea behind it!)
Intermediate Code:
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Intro
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Features (1/2)
Easy to Use
• Edit and run • Compiler error messages with great detail
Very Fast
• Executes compiled native code versus interpreted code • Uses random distribution on multi-core servers • Dynamic I/O chunking for large data upload/download • Developer can use threads to offload work or even defer results
Secure
• Code injection doesn‘t work as it executes compiled code • AES encryption comes with Xbase++ • Ready-to-use authentication and user account management (RBAC) included
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Features (2/2) Feature-Rich and Innovative
• Application configuration management • Interceptors for flow control • Caching to avoid repeated data gathering • WebSockets for peer-to-peer connects • Ajax with XML and JSON right out of the box
Most Web Servers are Supported
• Native IIS and Apache • FastCGI for interfacing with literally any web server
Full Xbase++ 2.0 Language
• No limits • Open, full access to any language extension • Customizable, you can create your own commands • No runtime fees, no per-site or per-CPU fees
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Some Features in Detail
. Error Management . Builder, compiler and linker all generate well- documentederror.cxp error messages . Code Locality sample.cxp . Allows you to implement page-global functionality, add classes or just to structure your code . Session/Page/Application/Site Data . Persistence engine for any runtime data type . Content Types . By default, pages return HTML content . But can return anything you want . Images, PDF files Dynamic Image . Binary data . XML / JSON
(c) Alaska Software Inc. jQuery UI
. There are many HTML/UI Javascript frameworks out there! . We decided to go with jQuery: . Best architecture Index . Easy to hide (we don‘t like Javascript) Grid
. Good datasource binding Suppliers
(c) Alaska Software Inc. MobileApp
. Different form factors require specific UI . Don‘t try to re-create a desktop form on a smartphone . Sample uses Dojo as the UI . Implementation consists of: Project . 6
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Feature Roadmap
Predefined Application Packages CTP • Authentication • Account Management
MVC2 CTP
• Model/Controllers Demo
Future Releases
• Declarative namespaces for the view engine (like JSF) • Automated Master/Slave, Master/Master replication for any datasource
(c) Alaska Software Inc. Summary
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(c) Alaska Software Inc. Call For Action . Join the CTP, influence the future of your tool chain . Start developing Web or Connected Mobile applications, just think about the added value for your existing VFP solution . Actively promote
. Think about that: . MS dumped Visual FoxPro as a tool . But the language moves forward! . Differentiate between the tool and the language!
(c) Alaska Software Inc. (c) Alaska Software Inc. This is a preliminary document and may be changed substantially prior to final commercial release of the software described herein. The information contained in US Headquarter: this document represents the current view of Alaska Alaska Software, Inc. 1133 Broadway Suite 706 Software on the issues discussed as of the date of New York, NY 10010, USA publication. As Alaska Software is required to respond to Voice: +1 (646) 218-1280 changing market conditions, this information provided Fax: +1 (646) 218-1281 should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Alaska Software. Alaska Software cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication. This material is for informational purposes only. European Headquarter: Alaska Software Inc., Germany Revision 1.0, October 2011 Hauptstrasse 223 65760 Eschborn-Niederhoechst Copyright 2011 Alaska Software Inc. All rights reserved Germany Xbase++, Visual Xbase++, Universal-SQL and