Re: Developer 2000 - Strengths & Weaknesses
Date: 1997/03/16
Message-ID: <01bc31bc$470a47c0$4508bacc_at_mctaylor>#1/1
Interesting how so many decisions can be reached while so many questions remain to be answered! Designer/2000 in my opionion is an excellent repository for storing all of your requirements and for generating your logical and physical data designs.
On the code side, however, Designer/2000 can generate Developer/2000 applications. This is not a particularly good GUI environment in my opinion (and I'm stuck with it at my current job!!!).
[Quoted] The 'generated' applications are for the most part inflexible, modal and
unimaginative. If that fits the bill for your applications, certainly go
for
it! In our case we were unable to generate many applications from the
CASE tool that were acceptable in terms of how the user interface
actually functioned.
When looking at Developer/2000, look further if you can! Oracle recently signed agreements to provide C++ Builder from Borland which is the Delphi environment ported to C++. Look hard at it if you are still able. Much more flexible than Forms allows.
Personally I am a big fan of Delphi, but the C++ builder offers the same level of flexibility.
Just my opinion, of course! You will have no shortage of opinions on this....
[Quoted] Aaron Neal <UGVD44A_at_prodigy.com> wrote in article
<5gecvg$en8_at_newssvr02-int.news.prodigy.com>...
> My company is currently searching for an Application Development tool for
> our enterprise wide development. We have about 15 developers 50 systems
> and 60,000 transactions / day on our mainframe computer. The goal is to
> eliminate our Mainframe by year 2000. We have already decided that
> Oracle will be our DBMS, Designer 2000 will be our Data Modeling tool and
> the next logical leap would be Developer 2000 for our ADT.
>
> My question. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Developer 2000.
> I'm interested in what the people who use it think, not what the vendor
> tells you. Any suggestions of other tools that might be comparable?
>
> Any and all comments will be appreciated
>
> Aaron Neal
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 16 1997 - 00:00:00 CET