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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

Summary

In this chapter, we saw how the development paradigm for mobile applications is identical to the reactive web development paradigm, which makes the learning curve much easier. The application and use of patterns, templates, and widgets is similar on both types, and in the mobile version, they are adjusted to the devices on which they will be shown.

We also realized that in the case of mobile, we have several considerations, both in the development and in the choice of solutions, in order to deliver the best possible product to our customers.

Something we discovered is the fact that we can take advantage of the capabilities and functionality of the devices on which the applications will be used by implementing plugins.

In addition, we verified that the OutSystems platform offers a good variety of distribution solutions, facilitating our work in delivering our applications to our end customers.

Now we need to figure out how we can improve our functionality through...