The SkillFusion Development Engine captures your software design as an entity model and generates a solution to meet your needs.
System architects use the SkillFusion Modeler (included with the Development Engine) to create a UML model of an application. System architects can control features at each tier of the application -
database, business objects, and presentation screens. Then, architects can validate and generate a working application, functional and tuned for several different technical environments.
The table below summarizes the features included in each edition of the Development Engine.
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Standard - .Net Edition
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Premium Edition
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Enterprise Edition
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Modeler and Development Engine
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Creates an object / relational model with UML Class Modeling.
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Imports XMI models from other tools, including ERwin, ER / Studio, and Visio.
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Validates your model (logical validation) to insure that it "makes sense".
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Flexible XML-based design report allows you to track your design progress.
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Model regular, abstract, utility, interface, and association classes.
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Model association, generalization, aggregation, composition, dependency, and realization relationships.
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Customize the look and feel of your design environment with model skins.
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Use Themes to customize the look and feel of your generated GUI.
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Validates your model (physical validation) to insure that the system can generate your model to the selected environments.
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Generates to numerous environments, including:
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Database Generation: Oracle 9i
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Database Generation: SQL Server 7
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Database Generation: SQL Server 2000
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Database Generation: MySQL
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Codebase Generation: Java JSP
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Codebase Generation: Java J2EE
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Codebase Generation: C# .Net
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Generated Features
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Generated applications manage database relationships and are designed for database independence.
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Generated applications include built-in optimistic record-locking that is independent of database vendor and that supports stateless user connections.
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Database connection pools implemented to optimize performance.
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Database fields can be set to use encryption.
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Database field data types include a File data type and numerous standard text, numeric, and date data types.
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Middle Tier Server Application
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Persistence & presentation management
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Clusterable user sessions & encrypted data traffic
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Template screens to improve separation of tiers
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User navigation management-trees, menus, & tabs
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Client-side validation (to minimize server calls)
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Screens for search, sort, and filter & transactions
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Fully customizable report templates.
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Report publication procedure deploys your customized reports into your application.
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Report-viewing is limited to specific users / user groups.
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Reports Switchboard allows dynamic filtering for each report.
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Reports can be created with Crystal Reports (default), Business Objects, or Actuate.
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User / Group security model included with every generated application.
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Screen templates include Login pages and "Forgot my password" pages.
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Security rules are customizable.
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SSL Encryption support.
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Built in protection against cross-site scripting.
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Sensitive data is not displayed in HTML query strings.
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Each screen presentation instance is unique to the current user session. You can control the timeout of screen presentation instances to tighten application security against intrusion attempts.
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All generated code is open and available for you to customize with the IDE of your choice.
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Presentation templates use templates-script, layout, and cascading style sheets, in familiar technologies (JSP / ASP, HTML, and CSS). Screen customization is fast and easy to learn.
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Business Rule wizard creates new rules quickly and easily.
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Business rules are written in the generated software language, enabling you to add complex rules.
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Auto-compile and deploy of new rules as components
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Business rules can deploy automatically against production systems without forcing a re-compile cycle of the larger system.
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Business logic implemented in compiled code-not script.
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Object oriented code base implements an optimized Model View Controller architecture
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Server objects are stateless
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Generated application allows outside applications to integrate through EJB's or .Net objects.
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Consistent object and database structure simplifies integration with legacy systems.
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All generated screens are template based-allowing unlimited customization
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Preps .Net project for compilation and deployment
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Creates Ant (Apache project) scripts to build and deploy Java JSP applications.
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Creates build scripts for JBoss.
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Creates build scripts for WebLogic.
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Creates build scripts for WebSphere.
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Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003
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Linux
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Other Java enabled platforms
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JDBC
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ODBC
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Microsoft Data Access Components
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Microsoft .Net Architecture 1.1
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JSP 1.2
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J2SDK 1.4.2
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J2EE 1.4.2
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Apache Tomcat
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Microsoft Windows
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JBoss
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WebLogic
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WebSphere
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Installed Production Servers
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