Rich Enterprise ApplicationsUsing LCDS to Power Live REAs

Shailesh MangalChief Architect, Zephyr

Apr 22 2009

It is assumed that you...

Are well conversant with JavaLove Flex and stunning UIsAre familiar with LCDS/BlazeDSAre 18 or older

By the end of todays session youd have...

Seen worlds most flexible test management platform built with flex and LCDSLearnt how LCDS can make REA truly dynamicAn idea of some of the common issues of LCDS

Forced to InnovateOur target was to build

A complete dynamic systemRich engaging UIRealtime metricsLive dashboardsInstant global collaboration

REA Cloud

Zephyr is an on-demand Enterprise Test

Management Platform that manages all aspects of the testing lifecycle, integrates various test tools and systems (on-premise and cloud-based) and provides global access, collaboration and management visibility.

ManageTestresourcesReleases/SprintsRequirementsTestcasesSchedulesTestexecu7onDefectsDocumentsAutoma7onCollabora7onRepor7ng&MetricsAllaboveinreal7me.

Zephyr: Worlds Most Flexible Test Management Platform

Zephyr Features

Zephyr in Action

ArchitectureClient

Remote Object Assembler

Orchestration

S1 ...........

Live cycle data Service - What?

A software to analyze, monitor, manage and push data to flex clients.Uses amf over rtmp or rtmpsSupports tunneling & fallback on http Automatic data marshaling and de-marshalling to and from amfScalable: Based on JAVA NIO

Keep in MindObject Model

Hierarchical values or Managed associations

Summary Object v/s Detailed Object

Single Object (getItem) v/s Object collection (fill)

Transient Objects can also be pushed

AOP/Spring: Interceptors are very useful

Fetch on Click or prefetch

Manage Conflict, Transactionality (JOTM/Spring)

Our ChallengesTechnical

Object IDs (NaN = 0)Java 1.5 :- Generics and Auto boxing (Number to Integer, Number to Long), Java EnumerationsData push in complex Object hierarchyWeb.xml filters

More Challenges...

Non TechnicalSkilled resourcesDocumentation or lack thereofBest practicesSupport

What helped us

Documentationhttp://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/es/sdkHelp/programmer/lcdsjavadoc/

http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/es/sdkHelp/programmer/lcds/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

FlexCoders Yahoo groupBooks

The RIA Book

Questions

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