The follwoing articles are recommended to be read by beginners as they provide an introduction into key features of the SmartComponent Library framework.

Documentation

• Business Entity Designer Tutorial
• SmartComponent Library Class Reference
• SmartComponent Library Tutorial

Setup of Development Environment

• Add DebugListing as Menu and Toolbar entry in the OpenEdge Architect
• Business Entity Designer Launcher
• Classes recommended for subclassing in a customer implementation of the SmartComponent Library
• Development Environment Setup Checklist
• How do I know the Version of the SmartComponent Library that I am using?
• Installing the SmartComponent Library Eclipse plugin
• Managing AppServer Connections
• SmartDB Upgrade and Migration Routine
• Steps to create a new SmartDB and setup data and config for SmartDB.SmartUser based authentication
• Using the Consultingwerk IDE Templates
• Using the SmartComponent Library Desktop
• Scaffolding utility for common utility classes

Business Entity and Data Access and other Programming related articles

• Business Entity Validation made easy
• Business Tasks of the SmartComponent Library
• Enforcing an index selection for a ProDataset child tables DATA-SOURCE query
• Filtering on calculated fields
• Filtering in a Data Access class on a table that is not part of the (default) data-source
• Named Queries
• Services and the Service Container
• Using Consultingwerk foreach includes
• Using DatasetModel classes to simplify data access from custom code
• Using Invokable Business Entity Methods with Dataset Model Classes
• Using the ServiceAdapter to access a Business Entity to retrieve data from the client
• Using the ServiceAdapter to access a Business Entity to update data from the client
• Using Views with Model classes

JSDO, Web and Mobile

• Generic Service Interface for JSDO with Kendo UI dialect
• Invoking Business Entity Methods through the JSDO
• Video: Exposing a Business Entity to Telerik Mobile using the Generic Service Interface in under 03:30 minutes

SmartFramework

• Accessing Messages from the SmartFramework Message table

• Defining a new form and add it to the menu structure
• Security related functions in the SmartFramework
• Translation with the SmartComponent Library