Pierre,
That is fine if you need to or want to do this. I wanted to give
something back to the community. This list has been of great help to
me.
Thank you all,
Tom
On Jul 29, 2005, at 12:04 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote:
Dear Thomas,
Thanks for sharing this great "tutorial" with all of us !
Action: Do you allow me to translate your work to the French dialect ?
If yes, do you allow me to specify, as the credits of the input "©
2005 Thomas J McGrath III" (or any other legal © mention you prefer to
see there, alike your company name) at the bottom of the translation.
If yes, do you allow me to insert this final french issue + your ©
credits as a dedicated pages of my company site, something alike
<http://www.sahores-conseil.com/revprotoway.html> ?
In any way, thanks again. A great work and communication tool !
Best Regards,
Le 28 juil. 05 à 15:25, Thomas McGrath III a écrit :
Dear List Members,
I wanted to share this document that I used when presenting
Revolution to my company/client for consideration in our prototyping
work. Since this list is growing daily, I thought there might be a
few people who would find it useful.
Revolution as a Prototyping Tool
• Prototyping is a process of design and development used to help
model the specifications and requirements for a new application.
• Once a prototype has been developed it can be quickly moved to
alpha or sometimes even beta without dedicating significant resources
and time.
• The nature of the Revolution tool is that it is designed for
rapid development of a graphic/data interface by minimizing the need
to write complex machine level code, using instead English like
syntax, coding shortcuts and object (graphical) libraries and
outputting to any supported OS.
• Using Revolution as a prototyping tool allows the developer to
quickly assemble an elegant prototype. Revolution incorporates the
use of genuine cross platform support without the need for device or
OS specific code compilation, and uses industry standard coding.
Proof-of-Concept Development Challenge
Commercial realities dictate that there are several key elements to
consider when developing a software solution for a client. These are
even more pertinent at the prototyping stage of a project. Some of
these elements may not be considered as essential at the prototype
stage, but they facilitate the acceptance of the final application to
the client.
• Fit for Purpose
The prototype application should effectively demonstrate the client's
needs and requirements. How does one procure the satisfaction of
expectations without exhaustive research into the underlying issues?
This is possible by using a software prototyping tool, which allows a
concept to be modeled, rapidly aiding in the evaluation of a design.
• Time restrictions
In an ideal world one would choose to slow the process down and run
it through deliberate design and development cycles. However,
available resources invariably dictate this process. The choice of
Revolution as a prototyping tool allows us to make maximum use of the
time at our disposal.
• Financial constraints
Optimally, this type of software should provide the capability to
envision and test such a model using local data and resources without
a major investment in database server(s), network hardware and
software, and the major software engineering costs.
• Moving Target
Many clients are not entirely sure of the exact nature of the product
they require. They may also redefine their requirements based on
outside factors and additional functionality that we can offer. A
prototyping tool has the functionality to address such fundamental
alterations readily and easily.
• Scalability
We should be able to demonstrate the scalable qualities of our
proposed application with the prototype. Our client may not have made
a final decision on the level of deployment at this stage. They may
wish to retain the flexibility to investigate alternatives and
additions before committing to a final strategy.
• Real time alterations
Revolution allows the flexibility to make changes while prototyping
with the client and is possible without the downtime incurred for
recompilation.
• Appearance
Revolution is presentable and has the look and feel of a finished
product. While we are at the prototyping stage, we may still be
selling the concept to our client. The appearance of our prototype
can become very significant, without minor visual anomalies drawing
attention away from the salient issues.
• Maintaining the Prototype
Our choice of Revolution as a prototyping tool should allow us to
keep track of version histories and the alterations that we make to
the application. Ideally we should be able to document the changes we
make together with the client requests. We may also require the
facility to control multiple developers working on the same project.
Revolution allows for us to rapidly develop applications in any
peer-to-peer environment.
What Makes Revolution Ideal for Prototyping
Regardless of the application we are modeling, Revolution provides
the tools that allow us to effectively create any prototype. Whether
we need to create Internet, Intranet, database applications, with or
without a SQL backend, Revolution is the answer. Applications
prototyped in Revolution cover just about every market segment.
Developing prototypes using Revolution significantly reduces the time
we spend creating our applications. This is due to the features and
tool sets that are made available to us within the product.
Revolution embraces the main principles of practical object
orientation. These features include the message hierarchy as well as
code and object reuse. Revolution makes it extremely quick to produce
any GUI. There is also an extensive set of shortcuts and plugins that
cover just about everything from simple window creation to the
handling of e-mails.
Having one comprehensive tool that can be used for a multitude of
needs eliminates the cost of having to purchase multiple applications
for prototyping. The initial investment for Revolution is extremely
competitive. This makes tight financial constraints inconsequential
as the product and pricing is as good as and, if not better, than any
prototyping tool currently available.
Revolution applications can be developed on any of the supported
platforms including all flavors of Windows (95/98/NT/2000), Mac OS
9.x and above, and the major Linux distributions. Revolution
applications can be deployed on any or all of these platforms
simultaneously with only minimal or no code changes.
Sincerely,
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