IA334 Designing the Philadelphia User Group Website : Tips and Tricks for Maximum Upgradeability

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IA334 - Designing the Philadelphia User Group
Website Tips and Tricks for Maximum
Upgradeability
RJ Kedziora First Consulting Group rkedziora_at_fcg.
com
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Agenda

• Just what is Upgradeability?
• Presenting the Philly User Group Website
• Tips and Techniques
• General Web Development
• PowerSite
• EAServer
• PowerDynamo
• Database Related

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Upgradeability

• What is it ?
• What do you upgrade ?
• Why ?

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World Wide Webwww.understandingusa.com
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Philly User Group Websitehttp//pbug.fcg.com

• Technologies Used
• PowerSite, PowerDynamo, ASA, PowerBuilder,
  EAServer
• PowerBuilder Web Ring
• www.webring.com
• ListBot
• www.listbot.com

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General Web Techniques

• Cascading Style Sheets
• Database driven website
• Power of SQL
• Common File Structure
• Naming Standards

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Encapsulation Upgradeability

• EAServer and Components
• Business Logic
• PowerSite psInclude
• JavaScript
• Common Page Elements (header, footers)
• Menus

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PowerSite Object Model
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PowerSite - psSession object

• What is a session?
• Store common global information
• Use in conjunction with Encapsulation

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PowerSite Debugging

• Quick Debug
• Single Page
• No setup required
• Debug JavaScript
• No navigation to other pages
• No debugging of server scripts

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PowerSite Debugging

• Project Debug
• Requires setup
• Test a deployed site while you navigate the site
• Debug client and server scripts
• Deploy to PowerDynamo w/Enable Debugging selected
• Set breakpoints

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EAServer Tips and Tricks

• Encapsulate your business logic
• Components are upgraded in one location
• GetContextService(Errorlogging,lel_jag)
• Building Java components
• Create a batch file to build java component

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Web DataWindow

• Using the Web DataWindow
• Make sure the PBL can be found by EAServer
  (System path, Jaguar ClassPath)
• Developing with Web DataWindows
• Modifying the HTML Code Generator
• Turn off Instance Pooling

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PowerDynamo Tips and Tricks

• Creating default homepage
• Using Linked Folders
• Scheduling long running queries

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Database Related

• Database Replication
• Multiple Databases
• Web Site Content and Pages
• Customer-specific data

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Useful Documents / Web Sites

• Larry Chermak series of articles on the Web
  DataWindow
• Beginners Guide to Creating and Deploying a Web
  Datawindow
• HTTP//Sdn.sybase.com

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Questions?

• Thanks for your time
• RJ Kedziora
• (610) 225 - 6779
• Rkedziora_at_fcg.com
• www.kedziora.com