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Rapid Application Development with OutSystems

By : Ricardo Pereira
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Rapid Application Development with OutSystems

By: Ricardo Pereira

Overview of this book

OutSystems is a software development platform that speeds up the build phase by abstracting code and making almost everything visual. This means replacing textual language with visual artifacts that avoid lexical errors and speed up code composition using accelerators and predefined templates. The book begins by walking you through the fundamentals of the technology, along with a general overview of end-to-end web and mobile software development. You'll learn how to configure your personal area in the cloud and use the OutSystems IDE to connect with it. The book then shows you how to build a web application based on the best architectural and developmental practices in the market, and takes the same approach for the mobile paradigm. As you advance, you'll find out how to develop the same application, and the great potential of reusing code from one paradigm in another and the symbiosis between them is showcased.The only application that'll differ from the application in the exercise is the one used in business process technology (BPT), with a focus on a common market use case. By the end of this OutSystems book, you'll be able to develop enterprise-level applications on the web and mobile, integrating them with third parties and other systems on the market. You'll also understand the concepts of performance, security, and software construction and be able to apply them effectively.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Section 1: OutSystems 101
5
Section 2: The Magical Path of the Backend
10
Section 3: Create Value and Innovate with the Frontend
16
Section 4: Extensibility and Complexity of the OutSystems Platform

Chapter 9: Using Mobile Patterns for Fast Mobile UI Development

The OutSystems platform was so well thought out that the development paradigm is shared between reactive web and mobile.

By this, we mean that the implementation follows the same principles and forms in the development of web and mobile applications. For this reason, OutSystems changed its standard of certifications so that mobile has become a reactive specialization.

In this chapter, we will learn how to develop our screens based on pre-built patterns, templates, and widgets, and what considerations we should have for the mobile concept. This knowledge is useful for us to be able to adapt our applications to devices such as mobile phones and tablets, where the resolution and screen size are smaller compared to computers.

The main differences between web and mobile applications relate to the types of applications and their uses, as they fulfill different goals.

In this chapter, we will highlight the particular...