“How do I convert my Oracle Forms applications to…?” I have been getting this kind of question ever since JDeveloper 3.0 was released. As soon as BC4J (now ADF BC) was created, we started seeing the handwriting on the wall.…
The Challenge of Converting Oracle Forms to ADF (or other J2EE)
Tagged with: ADF, Forms converter, Formspider, Java EE, Oracle Forms, PL/SQL
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Posted in BLOG, Consulting, Development, Products
Case Study: “The Object Interaction Repository”
Dulcian was building the recruiting system for the United States Air Force Reserve. Most of the core user interface screens needed to be images of the paper forms that applicants fill out as part of enlisting in the Air Force.…
Tagged with: case study, code generator, Database design, Extract transform load, XML
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Posted in BLOG, Clients, Consulting, Development, Products
What is the role of the database in web architecture?
Many web developers think that the answer to this question is: “As a useless artifact fit for a museum”. Probably the most common perspective among JavaEE developers is: “As a place to store persistent copies of our classes”. Organizations having a…
Even if a Generic Rules Engine does not exist, that doesn’t mean you have to hand code!
If your system includes a big, odd calculation, you should think really hard prior to hand coding it. If there are a hundred rules or more and they fall into some kind of nice pattern, you can probably create a custom…
Tagged with: Business rules engine, code generator, Software repository, User interface
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Posted in BLOG, Clients, Consulting, Development, Products
Making a data entry application look like a real website
Dulcian was tasked with creating a very complex data entry application (filling out the entire application for entrance into the military) that a senior in high school could use with no training whatsoever. The application needed to be attractive, easy to…
Tagged with: code generator, design, Web application
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Posted in Clients, Consulting, Development, Products
“We don’t want to be dependent upon Oracle.”
I have lost a lot of projects due the little sentence: “We don’t want to be dependent upon Oracle.” (I just lost another one this week.) It has been used to justify all sorts of crazy decisions such as: Spend millions of…
Tagged with: Database management system, DBMS, Oracle, Total cost of ownership
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Posted in Consulting, Development, Products, Resources, Training
Business Rules – Object Rules
Object rules are the primary type of rule with which we have to concern ourselves. They include everything we can say about the “stuff” in our system. Database people would call these entities; OO people would call them classes. “Stuff” is the…
Tagged with: Business rule, Class diagram, Data model, UML, Unified Modeling Language, User interface, Validation rule
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Posted in Consulting, Development
Business Rules Architecture
Business rules people may not really like this architecture. It is pretty technical. But I am not trying to build pretty documents, draw pictures, or talk to users for the sake of making them feel loved and understood. I am…
Tagged with: Business process, Business rule, Data validation, Extract transform load, User interface
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Posted in Consulting, Development
The Business Rules Perspective
“Business Rules” is not simply a technology, it is a fundamentally different approach to systems engineering. Years ago, when I first heard the term “business rules,” I remember thinking that we had some up with a new buzzword meaning the same…
Tagged with: Business rule, Business rules approach, Unified Modeling Language
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Posted in BLOG, Consulting, Development
Changes in direction that the IT industry should have never made
From where the industry was when I started Dulcian back in 1995 to where it is today, I have seen massive changes in direction. Many of these changes make me miss the “good old days”. I would like to point…
Tagged with: Business rule, Commercial off-the-shelf, Database design, Open source
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Posted in Consulting, Development
