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Component Conversion Utility
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Version
0.1
The CCU is designed to minimize the time needed to
create skeleton code in a variety of languages. It
allows users to define objects in a friendly GUI or to
import code from a text/binary file or a database.
Once components have been created or imported, the CCU
can output many flavors of source code. The app is
perfect for n-tier development in which coders are
generally forced to redefine objects in several
languages (SQL, HTML/JavaScript, Java, etc.). Beyond
just creating table definitions, forms and
accessor/mutator methods (respectively), the CCU
propagates validation code across several languages.
Use the CCU to define basic constraints (String
length, number range/precision, regular expressions,
etc.) and the appropriate check constraints,
JavaScript validation and exception handling code
(respectively) will be created. The CCU is also useful
for creating backwards compatible or cross-platform
versions of code. A handy SQL script, for instance,
might have different syntax for various databases.
Instead of managing multiple scripts, updates can be
made in one place and multiple versions of the code
will be output automatically. Of course, it is
impossible to do perfect translation of certain
algorithms or concepts. It's much easier to debug CCU
output than to rewrite something from scratch, though.
The app will remember which of its guesses you wish to
override. This means that when you make a slight
update to your code, you won't need to re-address any
of your previous output customizations. And when new
languages are released, you can be reasonably sure
that new versions of the CCU will allow you to
extrapolate from your legacy code. If you're
developing an app server or a proprietary language,
contact JShift (sales@jshift.com) for licensing
information. It's much easier to sell a product if
prospective customers have a way to port their
existing code. JShift developers can create plug-ins
for new languages in as little as a few months.
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