Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Progress OpenEdge Studio

Where to go from here

This book provides you with a practical introduction to the OpenEdge Studio, SmartObject technology, and the basic techniques of AppBuilder application assembly and SmartObject fabrication. You now have the basic information you need to create effective, easily maintainable end-user applications that require little or no manually written 4GL code.

However, the OpenEdge Studio is an open system, many features of which are fully customizable. For example, you are not limited to the types of SmartObject templates that are represented in the AppBuilder’s Object Palette. While this starter set of templates is designed to address a wide range of database-oriented application development needs, you might want to create your own SmartObject templates based on the business standards and practices of individual enterprises. The OpenEdge Studio enables you to create custom SmartObject templates and the Cue Cards and Wizards to accompany them. You can then add buttons, directory lists, and file filters for the custom SmartObject templates you create (and for the SmartObject masters that are based on your custom templates).

The OpenEdge Studio enables you to create applications using an assortment of technologies, deploy those applications in different environments, and integrate them with non-OpenEdge applications. Table 4–2 lists some of the possibilties you might want to explore and where you can read about them in the documentation set.

Table 4–2: Information in the documentation set

Subject	Document
Designing applications with service oriented architectures (SOA).	OpenEdge Getting Started: Application and Integration Services
Using the AppServer for OpenEdge applications.	OpenEdge Application Server: Developing AppServer Applications
Developing applications for the Web.	OpenEdge Getting Started: WebSpeed Essentials
Integrating with non-Progress 4GL applications.	OpenEdge Development: Open Client Introduction and Programming
Developing Web services.	OpenEdge Development: Web Services
Messaging and external applications.	OpenEdge Development: Messaging and ESB
Deploying applications.	OpenEdge Deployment: Managing 4GL Applications
Using the OpenEdge RDBMS.	OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration
Debugging applications.	OpenEdge Development: Debugging and Troubleshooting
Developing repository-based applications.	OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Getting Started
Basic reporting.	OpenEdge Reporting: Query/Results for Windows
Using SQL with the OpenEdge Studio.	OpenEdge Data Management: SQL Development