User Driven Modelling - Detailed Explanation - Part 3 - Criteria Necessary by Peter Hale
Why a different approach is needed Translating concepts into an implementation is difficult. The difficulty of trying to explain the subjects of interest in a call for papers, or proposals illustrates this problem. Because of the ambiguity of words, there is always going to be a problem of... User involvement is important in the development of software but a domain expert does not necessarily possess expertise in software development, and a software developer cannot have expertise in every domain to which software might apply.

Microsoft Great Plains Customization Localization - Technical Overview by Arthur Ferretti
Microsoft Business Solutions has several products, targeted to all the variety of businesses: from small to middles size and large. Microsoft is in the process to transfer all of them to Microsoft SQL Server platform. In this small article we would like to give you highlights on localizing... If you are programmer, business owner, software developer – read this and you will have the clue on where to move on Great Plains Dexterity – this is programming language and application creation environment, designed by Great Plains Software in earlier 1990th.

User Driven Modelling - Detailed Explanation - Part 1 - Research Aim by Peter Hale
This research arises out of projects to create systems to facilitate management of design and cost related knowledge within aerospace organisations, with the aim of using this knowledge to reduce the costs of designing and manufacturing products. This paper identifies ways that problems arising... User Driven Programming (UDP) and User Driven Modelling (UDM) are techniques of End-User Programming, http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bam/papers/EUPchi2006overviewColor.pdf explains End User Programming. ... Model builders do not need knowledge of a programming language, but do need training in how to use...

Microsoft Dynamics GP Customization - Dexterity vs. Extender, Plus eConnect by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Great Plains is currently under substantial technology redesign. To remind you the history – Great Plains Dexterity was architectured in earlier 1990th as IDE and shell, written in C programming language to become in turn development tool and scripting – Sanscript language. ... C programming language was introduced for the majority of old-good-days platforms: Unix, IBM PC/Microsoft Windows, Solaris, AIX, later on Linux. ... This tool is resolving Dex limitation as proprietary scripting language and opens GP objects pool to Microsoft Visual Studio developers.

Chronology: Great Plains Dynamics - Microsoft Great Plains - Microsoft Dynamics GP – Overview by Andrew Karasev
In this small article, following the rules of article format we will give you chronology of current Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0. ERP System usually has its life cycle and it should be considered as market newcomer, matured or phasing out MRP. The ERP life cycle is usually 15 years, however in the... Great Plains Dynamics/Dynamics C/S+/eEnterprise core was Great Plains Software Dexterity – IDE and programming language/shell, written on C programming language. ... Future development confirmed that software world is too complicated and software unification is not that simple • Great Plains...

Microsoft Dynamics GP Customization Notes by Andrew Karasev
In this small article we would like to concentrate on legacy tools, especially on such issues as strategic Microsoft Dexterity customization, integration, reports upgrade and switch to the current of future customizations technologies. As you know Microsoft Great Plains or former Great Plains... Great Plains Dexterity was designed on several fundamental idea, popular in the beginning of 1990th – computer graphical platform and database platform independence, and logically as you might remember the stake was on C programming language, as the hybrid of assembler and at the same time more...

PHP by Nila Priya
The PHP generally stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. It is nothing but a server side scripting language that permits the web developers to generate dynamic content to interrelate with the database. PHP is a scripting language just like the Active Server Pages. ... PHP is a healthy and a good programming language which is akin to ASP and the only difference is that it runs on UNIX servers instead of Windows based servers. ... Scripting language and interpreter is obtained freely and it is mainly used on Linux Web servers.

Declarative Programming - Strategies for Solving Software Problems by Roy Furman, Ph.D
Many software and hardware producers take pride in the exponential pace of technology change, but for users and consumers of their products and services the rapid technological obsolescence often means increased costs, frustrations, and unfulfilled promises. ... Using Declarative Strategies in Commercial Software While declarative programming languages have not received wide-spread commercial usage, the strategy of separating logic, or what, from control, or how, in an algorithm is a powerful, generalized technique for increasing ease of use and extending the longevity of software.

History of End User Programming by Peter Hale
1960s In the 1960s Dartmouth BASIC programming language [7] was designed and implemented at Dartmouth College by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. Over time BASIC became a popular language for home users, and business use, it introduced many people to programming as a hobby or career. ... Alice [4], Programming by Example [2][21], programming with automated assistance [20], and Natural Language Programming [27]. ... Kay developed an integrated programming language and programming environment called Smalltalk [10].

Microsoft Dexterity Source Code Programming by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0, former Microsoft Great Plains, MS Dexterity customization options – overview for programmer, software developer, IT director and ERP consultant Since its introduction as C-Shell computer platform (MAC & Windows) and DB independent programming language and development... When C programming language was a believed panacea to provide application cross-platform expansion, nobody could envision such future toys as web thin client (HTML and JavaScript programming with Java EJB and .NET database connectors), XML (providing simple cross-platform interoperability) and...