Introduction
The Blue Application Platform Concepts and Principles Guide aids designers and programmers in the understanding of the Blue Application Platform and how to build Business Service Applications using this platform.
This guide includes:
- an introduction to the concepts of the Blue Application Platform and the principles of designing Business Service applications using BlueAP
- a description of the methods employed during the design of Business Service applications using BlueAP
- a description of the component parts of the Blue Application Platform with an outline of how these are used to build Business Service applications using BlueAP.
Glossary
- BlueAP System – the collection of Business Server applications built using the Blue Application Platform together with the BlueAP kernel processes (that manage the system) running on a network of host machines.
- BlueAP – Blue Application Platform – the Platform Library used to build BlueAP applications
- BlueAP Applications – Business Service applications built using the Blue Application Platform libraries
Related Documents
The following documents are also available:
Blue Application Platform – Application Designers Guide
This document describes how to design Business Service applications using BlueAP. Using a typical example application, the different stages of developing are presented and each of the functions of BlueAP are explained and illustrated.
Blue Application Platform – System Administrator’s Guide
This document describes the role of a BlueAP System Administrator, for both installing and configuring a BlueAP System e.g. a collection of Business Service applications running over multiple nodes. In addition, the practices for normal day-to-day running, routine maintenance and system recovery are described.
Who should read this document
This document is intended for system architects and designers who are required to develop applications, including servers, clients, databases and gateway servers to run in a BlueAP environment.
In addition, this document provides an overview and introduction to BlueAP useful to IT Managers and System Administrators. The document answers the following questions:
- what is BlueAP?
- what are its aims?
- which services does it provide?
- what are its advantages?
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