Pathmaker Programming Guide

2 Preparing for Pathmaker
Application Development
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Proper design, planning, and setup are critical to the ultimate success of a Pathmaker
application. This section describes the tasks that should be completed and itemizes the
issues that need to be addressed while preparing for a Pathmaker application
development effort. This section is of interest to you if you are responsible for
organizing a development effort or for designing a Pathmaker application.
Prerequisites Individuals preparing for a Pathmaker application development effort should be
familiar with the following Tandem products:
Data Definition Language (DDL)
Pathway
COBOL85 or C
NonStop SQL or Enscribe
Enform, FUP, PERUSE, TEDIT, SCUP
In addition the following skills and knowledge are needed:
Understanding of the architecture of applications produced using the Pathmaker
product and the concept of a Pathmaker project, as described in the Introduction to
Pathmaker manual.
Ability to design a Pathway requester-server application.
Naming conventions for Pathmaker objects (services, requesters, and so on).
Details are in this section.
Note Anyone new to the Pathmaker product should use the product to develop a test application before
designing a production application or planning a production application development effort. Developing a
test application provides an opportunity for you to thoroughly understand the process of creating
Pathmaker services, servers, and requesters, to look at the source code that the Pathmaker product
generates, to understand what information an application developer needs to most efficiently use the
product, and to decide how Pathmaker projects should be customized for your particular development
environment. Refer to Section 3 of this manual for an overview of Pathmaker application development.