Unify Newsletter May 2010

Download and share Team Developer code samples, libraries and training slides.

Looking for more information on how the new TD 6.0 tree control works or how to include a WPF control into your application? The new Team Developer Community Wiki is your first point of contact. The new TD Community Wiki contains samples and technical slides on the technologies introduced with TD 6.0 and SQLBase 11.6. The Wiki also allows you to upload and share your code samples, libraries and tech details with other community members.

Create Mobile Business Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and WebOS Using Team Developer

Mobile devices are conquering the world quicker than anybody would have thought three years ago. Thanks to the proliferation of the Apple iPhone, iPad and competitors such as Google Android based devices, mobile computing has become a powerful reality. Corporations and software solution providers now have the challenge to quickly integrate the new mobile world into their offerings.

Diversity is a big challenge in the mobile devices market. Users can own a variety of devices having very dissimilar Operating Systems and software development approaches. For ISVs and corporate IT wanting to mobilize parts of their business apps, there is a need to support various Operating Systems like Apple iOS, Google Android and HP WebOS. Each of them has a different software development language and development approach. Getting business apps out to the user is different, depending on the mobile platform.

One might need to submit the app to the Apple App Store to get it out to the users. Leaving it to Apple to whether the app becomes approved or not. Deployment to Android devices faces the challenge of very diverse Android OS versions out there. And again you need to learn and know the deployment processes for at least three different platforms, iOS, Android and WebOS.

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OUR SOLUTION TO THE MOBILE DIVERSITY CHALLENGE

What if you could simply avoid all these obstacles and challenges for mobile business apps and create a single mobile app platform that supports all devices and mobile OSs including future developments?

Here is the Unify Team Developer story on how to tackle the mobile diversity challenge.

One app for all mobile devices.
One app supports all mobile screen resolutions and device specific app design styles.
Central cloud hosting removes the need to update apps installed on client.
No client side app installation and synchronization with host computer.

TEAM DEVELOPER 6.0 .NET HELPS YOU TO OVERCOME THE MOBILE CHALLENGE QUICKLY.

Use TD 6.0 .NET to build or reuse your existing business logic into a .NET Class Library using the speed and power of Team Developer and its built-in Business Framework. The application GUI can be created in Visual Studio using ASP.NET and the Google iUi toolkit to create apps that take over the look and feel of the hosting mobile OS.

Get TD Community Wiki sample sources

Blog article on mobile business applications

Calling .NET Assemblies from Team Developer

Team Developer 6.0 unleashes tremendous power and flexibility, including the ability to call .NET assemblies from Team Developer Win32 and .NET applications.

You can create and consume non visual .NET assemblies in Team Developer 6.0 allowing you to use the richness of the .NET Framework library. Use custom compiled assemblies produced with different languages such as VB, C# and of course Team Developer 6.0, allowing you to share your work with the growing .NET community.

To learn all that is necessary for using .NET assemblies from within Team Developer, download and read the white paper. The download file includes the white paper along with samples to help you quickly understand how the powerful new technology works.

TD Community Wiki resources

New Unify Office Opens in South Korea

Unify has opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea. Unify Korea will serve to expand Unify�s offerings to the growing South Korean market.

�We are excited to offer solutions and local technology expertise to meet the demands of the Korean market,� states Frank Verardi, vice president of Americas and Asia Pacific sales. �The Korean economy has increased significantly, driven mostly by the growing world stature of Korean businesses. With the opening of Unify Korea, Unify can now provide high grade software and services specializing in archiving and migration solutions.�

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Read the press release

March Webinars

Join us for the March webinar on:

Supporting Mobile Applications with Team Developer 6.0

Thursday, March 31, 2011
8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern / 5 pm CET
International Time

Presenter: Gary Bettencourt, Senior Software Engineer

You can now reuse Team Developer business logic from within any .NET language and .NET IDE. You can also build .NET Class Libraries (DLLs) using TD 6.0. Once that is done, the TD business logic can be consumed using C# or ASP.NET in Visual Studio. This session demonstrates how TD business logic can be compiled to .NET, plus how to use C# to consume TD business logic for Desktop and Web applications. Additionally, we will show you how to create ASP.NET web pages that consume TD business logic including ASP.NET apps for iPhone and other smartphones.

View archived webinars

Available videos include:

Deploying TD Apps as WPF Apps to the Browser
Migrating existing TD apps to Team Developer 6.0
Using XAML to update the User Interface

Click here to see the latest webinar recordings.

Unify Academy

Bring yourself and your company up to speed with Team Developer .NET application development for free!

Reward yourself with the TD 6 Training Certificate. The test is free but not easy to pass. You have to correctly answer 90% of the test questions. If you pass the test and receive the certificate it really means you know a lot about the technical details of Team Developer 6.0. Now talk to your boss and have a chat about your salary :)

Maybe you are looking for a new job, having the TD 6.0 Training Certificate helps you to prove your knowledge to an employer looking for TD 6 capable engineers.

In any case the Unify Academy Training Certificates support your personal career.

Social Networking

Your community repository for code samples, libraries, XAML samples and technical details about Team Developer and SQLBase

The Unify user community is quite active and vibrant and has created several Social Networking initiatives. Here is a quick list of community networking sites.