http://blog.luttinger.com/2009/07/24/more-about-enterprise-ria-in-practice/ Cloud, RIA, SaaS, PaaS and Application Infrastructure Software Blog Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.luttinger.com/2009/07/24/more-about-enterprise-ria-in-practice/#comment-202 A reality check on “citizen development” « Business Technology and People Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:03:01 +0000 http://avigdorluttinger.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-202 [...] The temptation of “citizen” application development dates back to the prehistory of the PC – the introduction of micro computers and products such as Framework and dBase. That was the time when we entered the market with Magic Software, and I supported the thesis that 4GL’s enable line of business experts to directly implement business applications shortcutting much of the traditional development and programming process. Reality proved otherwise, showing that such easy to use tools actually amplify lack of IT skills, which sometimes led to very unhappy endings. We revised our approach very fast to target system analysts rather than LOB professionals, and observed amazing results – very small teams providing very rich and comprehensive applications (an example in More about Enterprise RIA in practice). [...] [...] The temptation of “citizen” application development dates back to the prehistory of the PC – the introduction of micro computers and products such as Framework and dBase. That was the time when we entered the market with Magic Software, and I supported the thesis that 4GL’s enable line of business experts to directly implement business applications shortcutting much of the traditional development and programming process. Reality proved otherwise, showing that such easy to use tools actually amplify lack of IT skills, which sometimes led to very unhappy endings. We revised our approach very fast to target system analysts rather than LOB professionals, and observed amazing results – very small teams providing very rich and comprehensive applications (an example in More about Enterprise RIA in practice). [...]

]]> http://blog.luttinger.com/2009/07/24/more-about-enterprise-ria-in-practice/#comment-196 The Extended Enterprise – from vision to reality with Rich Internet Application technology « Business Technology and People Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:08:02 +0000 http://avigdorluttinger.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-196 [...] – I did not figure out yet what’s behind this, but the first RIA example that I described in “More about Enterprise RIA in practice” also originated in that [...] [...] – I did not figure out yet what’s behind this, but the first RIA example that I described in “More about Enterprise RIA in practice” also originated in that [...]

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