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Application generators: a case study

Published: 07 June 1982 Publication History

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Hamilton Brothers Oil Company recently implemented a complex accounting and finance system. This system contains 157 reports, 53 online screens, and 1,320 data elements. The system was designed, developed, and implemented in 20 months. Most of the approximately 300 programs contained in this system were developed with an application generator. Using an application generator allowed the project team to complete the coding and unit testing in three months. Based upon the experience acquired in this effort, many benefits appear to be gained by using an application generator in the system development process. These include reduced coding, faster testing, and enforced structured development. However, these benefits must be weighed against the constraints associated with an application generator. These include potential file and processing inefficiencies, limited language syntax, and minimal debugging facilities.

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  • (1984)Application generatorsProceedings of the 1984 annual conference of the ACM on The fifth generation challenge10.1145/800171.809609(94-101)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1984
  • (1982)Application generatorsProceedings of the June 7-10, 1982, national computer conference10.1145/1500774.1500822(389-392)Online publication date: 7-Jun-1982

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AFIPS '82: Proceedings of the June 7-10, 1982, national computer conference
June 1982
857 pages
ISBN:088283035X
DOI:10.1145/1500774
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Published: 07 June 1982

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  • (1984)Application generatorsProceedings of the 1984 annual conference of the ACM on The fifth generation challenge10.1145/800171.809609(94-101)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1984
  • (1982)Application generatorsProceedings of the June 7-10, 1982, national computer conference10.1145/1500774.1500822(389-392)Online publication date: 7-Jun-1982

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