Ruth Beers terbush@cs.depaul.edu
Robin Kraft robin_w_kraft@amoco.com
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Final Exam Preparation Questions:
Why would Transaction Processing Monitors (TP) be an appropriate form of middleware to be used when working with finiancial transactions or automatic teller machine transactions?
How is Message-Oriented Middleware(MOM) different from Transaction Processing Monitors?
Describe how SilverStream implements “Session-Level Fail-Over?”
How can you support/integrate new technology and existing infrastructure
without compromising either or both?
The best hope for integrating the unceasing waves of technological
innovation with decades of existing technological infrastructure involves
the use of commodity technology based on current de facto industry standards
or possibly future industry wide standards.
What may SilverStream Data Source objects used for?
What are two of the ways in which NetDynamics Framework provides for Application security? Answer
What is a component transaction manager?
Answer
What are the benefits of component transaction managers?
Answer
Project Introduction:
This team will explore "middleware" products which provide an interactive development environment (IDE), implement rapid application development concepts (RAD) and support interaction with various database applications.
The idea is to explore these issues as if we had been asked to make
a recommendation for the potential implementation of a RAD tool, or whether
one of the other paths would be more appropriate (such as XTML).
Outline
Tony Whalen gives us an overview of middleware products and explores
their advantages/disadvantages.
Tony
Steve Marsten provides us with a review of the SilverStream product.
Steve
Ruth Beers provides a behind the scenes look at NetDynamics.
Ruth
Robin Kraft presents the future of middleware products and RAD for business
distributed applications.
Robin