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WINDEV concepts

Overview

WINDEV is a powerful Windows-focused Integrated Development Environment, that includes all the tools required to design and develop applications.

In "WINDEV concepts", you will find the main concepts for creating a powerful WINDEV application.
Some concepts are followed by a "Practical" section that presents some features of the editor.

Below is the table of contents:

Part 1 - Main concepts

Project and Analysis
Projects in practice
Application development cycle
UI: Windows
Modal, non-modal or MDI windows
Internal window
Window templates
Windows in practice
Types of standard controls
Smart controls
Controls in practice
Control templates
Print: Reports
Report templates

Part 3 - Databases

Analysis: database structure
Analysis in practice
Types of accessible data files
HFSQL Classic
HFSQL Cient/Server
HFSQL Client/Server cluster
HFSQL: files physically created
Binding controls to data
Queries
Embedded queries
Table/Looper controls
Universal replication
3-Tier architecture

Part 4 - Advanced concepts

RAD (Rapid Application Development)
UML models
UML models in practice
User Groupware
User Groupware in practice
Multilingual applications
Multilingual applications in practice
Optimizing an application
Distributing Reports and Queries
UMC: User Macro-Code
User Macro-Code: UMC in practice
Available tests
Debugger
Unit tests/Automated tests
Unit tests on the executable
Testing an application

Part 5 - Setup

The WINDEV Framework
Modes to install an application
Deploying a WINDEV application
Monitoring your applications

Part 6 - Communication

Managing emails
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Managing sockets
WINDEV and telephony
Web services