COM/MTS Guide - Prolifics

Preparing for Application DevelopmentPreparing for Application DevelopmentBefore starting development of your COM application, you may wish to complete thefollowing:! Map the business logic of your application.COM components place the business logic of your application in objects to beaccessed at runtime. You can map out the business needs and logic for yourapplication manually or through a modeling tool.! Build your database schema and a repository based on your database objects.Having a working database schema speeds the development process. Theresulting repository based on that schema contains the necessary informationabout database table and column identification. Your client screens and servicecomponents built from that repository contain the necessary objects for databaseaccess.For more information on using a repository during application development,refer to Chapter 11, “Creating and Using a Repository,” in ApplicationDevelopment Guide.! Plan how components will be used in your application.You can use components:" To implement all of your database access and business logic." To implement repeated tasks in a portion of your application.One way to organize components in your application is to have one group ofcomponents that correspond to database tables and another group ofcomponents that implement the business logic. A component in the businesslogic group could access several database components as it completes a task.2-2 Starting Development