Alexey Miroshnikov InfoStroy Ltd. Locatioin: St.Petersburg, Russia Established: 1990 APL: since 1979 First APL conference: 1990, Copenhagen People: 42+

MODERN APL APPLICATION DESIGN

Alexey MiroshnikovInfoStroy Ltd

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INFOSTROY

Locatioin: St.Petersburg, Russia Established: 1990 APL: since 1979 First APL conference: 1990, Copenhagen

People: 42+

Markets: Construction (planning and estimating software)Investment (asset management and trade settlement software)

Dyalog 2007 GamaGlobal

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THE STARTING POINT

GAMAGlobal Asset Management Assistant

SeMaTrade Settlement Manager

iFundFund Manager

A0Construction Planning and Estimating


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GAMA

Dyalog APL The database management - the file server The user interface – originated from DOS Scalability and load balancing - was not really

addressed Communications are synchronous.

The application - in financial terms the application has financial instruments split between modules


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GAMA

Client Base – 14 companies Biggest installation – 35 workstations

After 12 years GAMA considered as the No. 1 at the Russian investment market and is getting similar position on the rest of the post soviet space.


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SEMA

Delphi The database - Interbase or MS SQL

Server – client server application The user interface – provided by Delphi

5 Scalability was not properly addressed. Communications are synchronous.


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SEMA

Client Base – 4 companies Biggest installation – 15 workstations

SeMa position at the Russian marketis second to none.


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IFUND

Delphi The database - MS SQL Server or any

conventional SQL DBMS. Client-server Could be better user interface. Delphi

5. Scalability - provided Communications are synchronous


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IFUND

One of the best at the Russian market


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A0

Delphi (used to be APL*PLUS II) The database - MS SQL Server – client

server application The user interface – provided by Delphi

5 Scalability was not properly addressed. Communications are synchronous


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A0

Client Base >> 3000 companies Biggest installation – 92 workstations

After 20 years A0 considered as one of the best at the Russian construction market


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PEOPLE

42+ - the staff at the moment

Three development teams Hard to get APLers Hard to find right people Hard to keep them Sharp rise of salaries challenges the

developers time management and project management


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THE GROUTH CHALLENGE

Construction: from 4 workstations per company in average(15 competitors)to big instalations up to 100 workstations [TATOIL](no competition)

Investments: “Think big”…from 200 trades a day to 15,000 trades a dayfrom 5 WS to 40-50 WS per company


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SOME PROBLEMS…

Having something to loose … Too many products Too many development teams Too many software platforms Too many duplications Too old looking user interface Too scale sensitive Too complex to develop and support Too hard to control Not very efficient


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To solve all listed above… Scalable Asynchronous Stateless KISS


THE CHALLENGE WE FACE

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THE APPROACH

Re-use Hybrid if that helps Integrate as much as possible Unify where possible

Only the best and proven tools

Dyalog APL (V11.1 as soon as possible) Depart from Delphi (5->2006->C# in 2-3 years)


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KEEP IT SIMPLE

Parameters

Computation

Input DataOutput Data


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KEEP IT SIMPLE

Parameters

Computation

Input DataOutput Data

Which computation

Where to get the computationparameters

Where to get the input data

Where to store the resultsDyalog 2007 GamaGlobal

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KEEP IT SIMPLE

Parameters

ComputationInput Data

Output Data

Database orData Store

Computationor Service


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KEEP IT SIMPLE

Computation

Database

Computation

Database

Computation

Database

Computation

Database


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ZOOMING IN …

Algorithm (Business Logic) Database

ServiceServiceService

Database


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ZOOMING IN …



Database

Algorithm

Parameters

Input Data

Output Data


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USER



Database

Scheduler

Algorithm

Parameters

Input Data

Output Data


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THE BUS



Database

Scheduler

The Bus


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THE BUS



Database

Scheduler

The Bus


The ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) acts as he intelligent, distributed, transactional, and messaging layer for connecting applications, diverse data, and other services that are commonly distributed throughout an enterprise computing infrastructure.The ESB provides mediation, messaging, events, as well as the Business connection.

A SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) is a framework for integrating business processes and supporting IT infrastructure as secure, standardized components – services – that can be reused and combined to address business priorities.

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CLIENT

The Bus

Sch

edule

r Algorithm (Business Logic) Database

Database

SQL Server

Sync

Async

UI

UI

Data AwareControls (Browsing)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


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DOCUMENT LIFE CYCLE MANAGER

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Document Life Cycle

Manager

Async

Data AwareControls (Browsin

g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async

Data AwareControls (Browsing

)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync


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APPLICATION CONTEXT MANAGER

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Document Life Cylce

Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

SyncApplication Context Manager


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RESOURCE MANAGER

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager


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CLUSTER MANAGER

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager


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SERVER – SERVICE GROUPS

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager

Utility Services

Service Level

Automation

Business LogicDyalog 2007 GamaGlobal

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WHAT IS BEHIND THE BLOCKS

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Sync

Async

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager


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WHAT IS BEHIND THE BLOCKS

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Application Context Manager

Resource Manager


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SQL SERVER

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager

MS SQL Server 2005


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CLUSTER MANAGER

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager

MSCS - MS Cluster Server


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RESOURCE MANAGER

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager

System.Resources + Dyalog APL


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MESSAGE QUEUING

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager

MSMQ


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USER INTERFACE

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager

Developer Express DxperienceXtra Toolkit


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OLD GAMA


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GAMA GLOBAL


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NEW GAMA


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USER INTERFACE

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI

UI

Data AwareControls

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager

Developer Express DxperienceXtra Toolkit


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USER INTERFACE (WEB BASED)

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager


Resource Manager

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Web Server

Web Client

Developer Express Dxperience

ASPx Toolkit Dyalog 2007 GamaGlobal

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DYALOG APL

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI

Data AwareControls

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager


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LOAD BALANCING

Message Queuing

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager


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SCALABILITY

The Bus

Sch

edule


Database

SQL Server

Cluster Manage

r

Document Life Cycle

Manager Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

Async


g)

PresentationManager

Client Manager

UI


)

PresentationManager

Client Manager


Resource Manager


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GamaGlobal

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Alexey Miroshnikov InfoStroy Ltd. Locatioin: St.Petersburg, Russia Established: 1990 APL: since 1979 First APL conference: 1990, Copenhagen People: 42+