Introduction

The following articles are recommended to be read by beginners as they provide an introduction into key features of the SmartComponent Library framework. The articles below introduce the framework’s core concepts, walk you through setting up a suitable development environment, and cover essential topics such as business entities, data access patterns, JSDO/web/mobile integration, and SmartFramework features. Use this collection as a guided reading path to get productive quickly with the SmartComponent Library.

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 Progress Developer Studio

• 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