TechCon2003 provided attendees with a multitude of real-life solutions to common application development challenges. BASIS demonstrated choices of the many practical alternatives for writing database independent applications and deploying applications on the Web. TechCon2003 also explored the new language features of BBj®, the exciting BASIS IDE, and the immediate availability of the ability to implement Web services with BASIS products. This issue of The BASIS Advantage contains articles covering all of these topics, plus more. Peruse these articles and view the sample code to obtain valuable ideas for incorporation into your own applications. In addition, this issue includes information about Sun's latest release of the Java Virtual Machine. If you missed TechCon2003 in Albuquerque, dust off your travel gear and join us at TechCon Europe 2003 in Germany in October!

FEATURES

ATI: Customization For Niche Markets Breeds Success
By Elisabeth Monaghan
Software application developer Dave Landgrebe has a knack for uncovering niche markets overlooked by other developers. Through cultivation of applications for these markets, Landgrebe has clearly developed a winning formula.

New Language Features Give Programmers More Choices
By Dr. Kevin King
Traditionally, application developers depend on language providers for current and powerful features. BASIS continues its tradition of providing such features with BBj 3.x, which includes the Multiple Document Interface (MDI), InterProcess Communication (IPC), Progress Bars, Popup Menus, Memory Graphing, and Automatic Licensing.

Capitalizing on BASIS's Open Architecture
By Dr. Kevin King
Specialized application development provides an organization with rich functionality. However, many of these specialized applications require access to the organization's legacy data. This article provides an overview of how BASIS's open architecture facilitates XP Office Suite, Cold Fusion, WAP-enabled phones, CGI Scripts, and other commercial applications accessing the BASIS filesystem data via existing BASIS tools.

BASIS International Offers a Choice of Databases
By Nico Spence and Jeff Ash
The BBj Filesystem Plugin gives developers the option to create database independence with minimal code changes to existing applications. This article discusses these two alternative ways to make an application database-independent and what performance overhead, if any, is associated with such a change.

Enterprise Manager - Administration Made Easier
By Jeff Ash
The BBj 3.0 Enterprise Manager includes a number of new features, which simplify BBj Services administration. This article describes the latest improvements to the Process Manager, ODBC and JDBC connection manager, Open File Viewer, and the Log File Viewer.

Speeding Up the Development Process - The BASIS IDE
By Michael Phelps
Software development has come a long way since the days of the READY> prompt. The dawn of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Internet connectivity spawned sweeping changes. BASIS continues development of the BASIS IDE to simplify the ever-increasing sophistication and complexity developers face creating applications in the 21st Century.

Writing a Web Service in BBj
By David Wallwork
Web services is one of the hottest new technologies today. This article explains how to write a Web service for BBj programs.

Web Deployment Options With BASIS
By Dr. Kevin King
The growing use of the Internet, intranet, and extranets in organizations generates an increasing demand for BASIS products running over the Web. As the World Wide Web continues to revolutionize the way organizations conduct business, application developers must respond to the myriad of requests for Web-enabled features. BASIS provides a variety of choices to deploy applications on the Web.

NEWS

BASIS Presents Reseller Briefings
Nico Spence, BASIS's Chief Marketing Officer, plans to meet with BASIS resellers and developers to present an overview of BASIS's marketing strategy for the domestic market.

TechCon2003 in Europe October 1-2 Aachen, Germany
TechCon Europe 2003 features "real-life functionality" and presents the many choices for application deployment, which developers can use to enhance their applications and increase their return on investment.

	COLUMNS
	What's Brewing With Java By Greg Grisham Director of Vertical Market Applications Greg Grisham details the latest enhancements in Sun's 1.4.2 JVM.
	Tech Resource Zone By Janet Smith This column addresses common questions regarding the new licensing features in BASIS products.

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