TenFoldTools
TenFoldTools are the part of EnterpriseTenFold SOA that applications developers use to describe applications requirements. Generally, an applications developer enters requirements information into a TenFoldTools transaction, which in turn saves that information in the TenFold Dictionary.
Only a few aspects of TenFoldTools are highlighted in this document, and only briefly. In our experience, it is easy for a reader who has seen other simple tools to imagine that he or she understands TenFoldTools from a few examples. But, it is entirely too easy to underestimate the power of TenFoldTools, as they - coupled with the TenFold RenderingEngine - are absolutely unique and unlike other applications development technologies. We believe that "a picture is worth a thousand words," which, applied here, means actually using TenFoldTools is better and easier than reading about them.
| TenFoldTools | Description |
| TenFoldConnect |
TenFoldConnect is a family of transactions that an applications developer can use to define file, message, database, and API connections between a TenFold-powered application and both legacy and 3rd-party systems, industry consortium communication protocols, et cetera. A TenFoldConnect premise is that the TenFold-powered application must accommodate existing interface methods and frequencies since changing legacy and 3rd-party applications to accommodate a new application economically is impractical.
TenFoldConnect transactions configure versatile, built-in integration facilities in the TenFold RenderingEngine. |
| TenFold ComponentWare | TenFold ComponentWare is a family of pre-built, rules-driven, reusable components that support complex-but-fundamentally-similar business functions like workflow, business rules, billing, et cetera. Because you do not need to build these features separately for each application, TenFold ComponentWare produces immense improvement in both applications development productivity and product functionality. |
| TenFold AutoTest | TenFold AutoTest is a TenFold-powered application that automates applications testing to verify business-solution correctness and prevent inadvertent applications regressions when you make a change. TenFold AutoTest lets an applications developer unit, system, performance, stress, and regression test an application. |
| TenFold Analyzer | TenFold Analyzer is a TenFold-powered, multi-dimensional, high-performance, interactive analytical tool that lets you obtain and analyze applications database information simply and quickly. TenFold Analyzer is similar to commercially available OLAP tools. |
| TenFold Reporter | TenFold Reporter is a TenFold-powered application that lets applications developers describe, maintain, and package reports as part of an application. |
| TenFold Librarian | TenFold Librarian is a TenFold-powered application that applications developers use to describe and change a complex application quickly and without tedious, error-prone steps that occur often in programming. |
TenFoldTools accomplishments
TenFoldTools let a small team of business and IT professionals enter an applications requirements description, immediately demonstrate and use portions of an application, and complete a high-quality, powerful application significantly faster than with any other technology. TenFoldTools:
- Empower IT professionals with super productivity - TenFoldTools and TenFold RenderingEngine supercharge IT professionals by automating tedious, detailed programming tasks. These automata free IT to focus on applications benefits, features, behavior, and infrastructure instead of spending most of their time working on repetitive technology details.
- Let business people be applications developers - TenFoldTools are easy to understand and use so business people can participate in many aspects of applications development and maintenance. When business people participate, the traditional requirements gap disappears, and companies become more agile in pursuing and capitalizing on business initiatives.
- Make it easy to enter applications requirements quickly - TenFoldTools let applications developers enter applications requirements significantly faster than they could write requirements documentation.
- Make changing an application fast - Since EnterpriseTenFold SOA renders each applications component from TenFold Dictionary requirements descriptions, you need only change requirements to change applications behavior.
- Generate requirements and end-user documentation - TenFoldTools produce high-quality applications documentation from your applications definition. As you change your application, you can use TenFoldTools to regenerate your applications documentation.
- Save requirements in a database - TenFoldTools validate requirements as applications developers enter them and save them in TenFold Dictionary for easy change during applications development and maintenance.
- Require minimal inputs - TenFoldTools suggests most fields for you as you define parts of an application, so with very little typing you can begin to use and review each portion of an application as you describe it.
- Accept specific requirement details - Once you use an applications component, TenFoldTools make it easy for you to enter more-detailed requirements to change behavior. So you enter very little to get something running and demonstrable, then you enter more details to zero in on the applications behavior that you desire.
- Manage production-applications change control - TenFoldTools features make it easy for you to manage production applications changes. PromoteProduct lets you identify new features for production and gives you tools to promote and automatically regression test new application versions.