Development Environment Objectives
- Focus on the business problem:
- IBM Cúram Social Program Management™ minimizes the amount of non-business-specific functionality that needs to be developed. Because developers are freed up from some of the more tedious and error-prone aspects of client/server development, they can spend more time on activities directly concerned with the business solution.
- Model-based development:
- The starting point for all IBM Cúram Social Program Management™ software development is a platform-independent application model, developed using the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
- Code generation:
- Many parts of an application are formulaic in nature, and can be expressed concisely through stereotypes and patterns in the application design. By adhering to a model-driven approach, the tools provided with the environment maximize the amount of code that can be generated.
- Avoidance of platform dependencies:
- The IBM Cúram Social Program Management™ architecture packages specific platform dependencies in generated code and infrastructure components, minimizing the effects of changing them at a later stage, and thus maximizing the architecture's portability.
- Use of recognized architectural patterns:
- The IBM Cúram Social Program Management™ architecture makes extensive use of patterns, such as factory and proxy mechanisms, to enhance application maintainability, performance and portability.
- Simplified user interface development:
- Considerable effort can be expended producing quality user interfaces. IBM Cúram Social Program Management™ generates user interfaces based on simple platform-independent definitions, resulting in a dramatic increase in developer productivity.
- Industry-standard applications:
- IBM Cúram Social Program Management™ facilitates easier application development, producing robust client/server applications based on industry-standard technologies. Runtime performance, cross-platform deployment, and user interface elegance are key goals of IBM Cúram Social Program Management™ application development.