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White Papers

  • Agile Database Development
  • Summary
  • In our experience, an emphasis on built-in testing and extensive automation can greatly reduce the labor required to complete a project. Clean database instances, fully tested and with sample data, often take a week to build using traditional methods. We have developed practices that enable production of several new instances a day, or whenever needed. On a larger scale, rather than taking weeks to make several changes to the database structure, with attendant changes to referential integrity, stored procedures, and sample data, these changes can be released in a daily cycle. This paper discusses some of the techniques we use to ensure that database changes are propogated reliably and without impacting applications.
  • Integrating Design into Agile Development Processes
  • Summary
  • In traditional development models, teams often struggle to coordinate specification, design, and built assets. Accurately representing a stable design in the multiple forms necessary for a comprehensive specification, and coping with the usual requirement changes can create headaches for designers and developers alike. To deal with these challenges we have developed a process that applies the principles of agile development methodologies across the entire set of disciplines required to build quality software applications. This white paper discusses how we undertake agile design and development in tandem with one another.
  • Self-Testing Code
  • Summary
  • This white paper presents an overview of the benefits of self-testing code, and discusses some of the techniques that we use to create such code. These include inclusion of assertions, unit tests, and invariant conditions.
  • The EC Wise Approach to Heuristic Evaluation
  • Summary
  • The EC Wise heuristic evaluation methodology is based on an analysis of the source of usability errors and how to prevent them. In performing a heuristic evaluation, we consider the users for whom the user interface is intended, and the tasks that the designer intends them to perform. This paper provides an analysis of how much the three aspects of a user interface ?the information model, the idiom model, and the presentation model ?contribute to the creation of usability problems. This knowledge allows us to focus our evaluation on those parts of the user interface that contribute most to the usability of a system. We discuss those user interface development issues that impact creation of the information model, the idiom model and the presentation model.
  • The Road to .NET: The EC Wise Experience
  • Summary
  • EC Wise started developing solutions with .NET during the beta cycle. We initially identified C# as a language with a structure and a set of features that could maximize our development productivity and enhance our ability to provide effective solutions to our clients. In this white paper, we discuss how .NET programming leverages programmer time, how it enables development work to become more responsive to customer requirements, and the advantages of managing .NET development projects.

Articles

In-depth Pervasive Software

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  • Comparative costs and uses of Data Integration Platforms
  • Summary
  • This original research paper by Bloor Research looks at how data integration platforms are being used in practice, across-the-board, and finds that Pervasive "appears to be the most popular and suitable" product for varied-scale projects.
  • The Business Imperative: Build versus Buy
  • Summary
  • This Pervasive Software White Paper shows you why, and precisely how, packaged integration software applications offer you a compelling alternative to the expensive, time-consuming quagmire of in-house development. It covers your most pressing concerns when you begin to consider a significant integration effort, helping you to weigh preliminary issues and perform the due diligence required to start the decision process. It also present a more in-depth look at the benefits and costs of each approach.
  • Customer Success Snapshots
  • Summary
  • This set of public-use slides shows Pervasive implementations succeeding at all enterprise levels, and in varied scenarios, with agile and thoughtful integration solutions.
  • Pervasive Data Profiler
  • Summary
  • This brochure focuses on Pervasive Data Profiler, a tool that helps you ensure data quality by eliminating the complexity, risk, and expense associated with manually checking data. Versatile and easy to use, it enables you to proactively audit all types of data and automate testing against ever-changing business needs and compliance regulations. You can assess data across multiple data platforms and quarantine questionable data until it can be cleansed, reducing rework later on. Pervasive Data Profiler is ideal for testing large amounts of transactional data, allowing organizations to improve internal controls, increase IT productivity, avoid costly rework, and increase ROI around applications and business processes.
 
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