- Introduction to WorkXpress
- Building Your Application
- Examples and Best Practices
- Technical Manual
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| WorkXpress also offers premium enterprise level and onsite training. Please see your sales or support representative for more information. | WorkXpress also offers premium enterprise level and onsite training. Please see your sales or support representative for more information. | ||
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| + | ====== Self-Training Using the WX Wiki ====== | ||
| + | The WX Wiki is a one-stop source for all things WorkXpress. Whether you are building a simple public webform or a robust ERP system, chances are you will find answers to your questions here. And if you don't, that's our mistake, so be sure to contact your support representative and get an immediate answer to your question! | ||
| + | ===== Quickstart ===== | ||
| + | You don't need no stinkin manual huh? Well then, at least watch this 10 minute video that showcases all key aspects of the WorkXpress platform, namely; | ||
| + | * Systems Administration and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Management | ||
| + | * The 5 Building Block of WorkXpress | ||
| + | * The 3 Layers of an Application | ||
| + | * The 4 Development Tools | ||
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| + | ===== Before you build ===== | ||
| + | It's true that an academic study found that with only 2.5 hours of training, students were able to reduce their development times using WorkXpress by 60-90%. But, these students understood the basics, and you will have to as well. Use this section if; | ||
| + | * You have no formal development experience | ||
| + | * You don't have an understanding of relational databases | ||
| + | * You aren't an expert with spreadsheets | ||
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| + | This section will teach you; | ||
| + | - How to think of business concepts as technical concepts. Understanding how to "think technically" is **absolutely critical to your success**! | ||
| + | - That every application has three layers; a data layer, a presentation layer, and a logic layer | ||
| + | - That every application is composed of 5 building blocks; tables, relationships, fields, forms and logic | ||
| + | - That to build in WorkXpress you will need to master the use of 4 tools; An expression builder, a Query builder, a Block Builder, and a Logic Procedure | ||
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| + | === The Good News === | ||
| + | Now here's the good news! If you have a solid understanding of each of these things, you are more than ready to build sophisticated applications using WorkXpress. | ||
| + | ===== Building your Application ===== | ||
| + | Once you are ready to build your application, you will likely encounter two fundamental types of obstacles that will slow your progress; First, you will sometimes not understand how certain tools are intended to be used. Second, you will sometimes be unsure how to translate your business requirement into some combination of the 5 blocks and the 4 tools. Of course, some hurdles could include elements of both. | ||
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| + | For the first type of obstacle, please review the WX Wiki section entitled "Technical Manual". This section catalogs each block, its settings and its intended use. | ||
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| + | The second type of obstacle can be much more challenging. For this, we have created a section "Building your Application", and we have "How-to" articles and "Best Practice" examples that answer all of the most common questions we receive, grouped by feature type. We encourage you to study this section. If you come to understand and master each of the articles herein, there will not be much that you can't build in WorkXpress. | ||
| + | ===== Examples and Best Practices ===== | ||
| + | Would you like to see how other people went about building applications? The examples section features diaries of actual WorkXpress developers building actual applications. It also features a gallery of screenshots and application descriptions that showcase best practices in application design and usability. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Use this section as a resource to get familiar with WorkXpress concepts and capabilities, but also to sharpen your understanding of what constitutes well-designed software. | ||
| + | ===== Developer Resources ===== | ||
| + | There's certain things that only trained developers will need or do. This includes using the WorkXpress API to build integrations, and writing your own CSS style sheets. All of these developer resources are found in this section. | ||
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| ====== Your Assigned Support Team ====== | ====== Your Assigned Support Team ====== | ||
| - | =====Treff LaPlante, CEO and company Founder===== | + | =====Treff LaPlante, CEO ===== |
| - | LaPlante drives the vision of making complex data driven software applications easy, fast and affordable for organizations of all sizes. The result is the WorkXpress platform, which reduces traditionally complex programming and systems administration tasks to simple point-and-click interfaces in a language that untrained people can understand. WorkXpress has demonstrated development time reductions versus the traditional approach in excess of 90%, and without any programming required or feature loss. | + | {{:start:treff1.png |}}LaPlante drives the vision of making complex data driven software applications easy, fast and affordable for organizations of all sizes. The result is the WorkXpress platform, which reduces traditionally complex programming and systems administration tasks to simple point-and-click interfaces in a language that untrained people can understand. WorkXpress has demonstrated development time reductions versus the traditional approach in excess of 90%, and without any programming required or feature loss. |
| Treff’s guidance helped power the cloud computing based WorkXpress to be noticed by the largest analyst firms in the world including Forrester, Gartner and Tier 1 Research. Each has actively written about the WorkXpress Platform, calling it “disruptive” and a strong performer in the fast growing Platform as a Service space. | Treff’s guidance helped power the cloud computing based WorkXpress to be noticed by the largest analyst firms in the world including Forrester, Gartner and Tier 1 Research. Each has actively written about the WorkXpress Platform, calling it “disruptive” and a strong performer in the fast growing Platform as a Service space. | ||
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| =====Noah Coburn, Manager of Customer Engagements===== | =====Noah Coburn, Manager of Customer Engagements===== | ||
| - | Noah Coburn leads all customer application development and support initiatives at WorkXpress and supervises a team of implementers. At any point in time, Noah will may have approximately ten customer projects in various phases of implementation under his supervision. Noah likes to take a proactive approach to customer communication and personally leads each and every customer meeting. Noah’s track record of success in creating happy customers is unparalleled in the industry today. | + | {{:start:noah1.png |}}Noah Coburn leads all customer application development and support initiatives at WorkXpress and supervises a team of implementers. At any point in time, Noah will may have approximately ten customer projects in various phases of implementation under his supervision. Noah likes to take a proactive approach to customer communication and personally leads each and every customer meeting. Noah’s track record of success in creating happy customers is unparalleled in the industry today. |
| Noah hails from Liberty University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Mathematics. | Noah hails from Liberty University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Mathematics. | ||
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| =====Siobhan Hyser, Customer Application Developer===== | =====Siobhan Hyser, Customer Application Developer===== | ||
| - | Siobhan builds applications for WorkXpress customers. Although a recent addition to the team, she has worked on a wide variety of projects - including a scheduling application for a large lead generation firm, a skills assessment tool for a human resources consulting practice, a project management application for a construction company, and a network monitoring package for an enterprise security company. | + | {{:start:siobhan1.png |}}Siobhan builds applications for WorkXpress customers. Although a recent addition to the team, she has worked on a wide variety of projects - including a scheduling application for a large lead generation firm, a skills assessment tool for a human resources consulting practice, a project management application for a construction company, and a network monitoring package for an enterprise security company. |
| - | Siobhan is able to build complex, custom applications more quickly than development methods. This is made possible by the WorkXpress platform’s visual development environment which allows Siobhan to bring her extensive customer service and business process understanding to bear in delivering exactly what her customers really need. | + | Siobhan is able to build complex, custom applications more quickly than traditional developers. This is made possible by the WorkXpress platform’s visual development environment which allows Siobhan to bring her extensive customer service and business process understanding to bear in delivering exactly what her customers really need. |
| Siobhan’s work is highlighted by streamlined functionality and attractive aesthetics and Siobhan’s customers have shown a fanatical willingness to tell other prospective customers what a great job she has done! | Siobhan’s work is highlighted by streamlined functionality and attractive aesthetics and Siobhan’s customers have shown a fanatical willingness to tell other prospective customers what a great job she has done! | ||
| =====Drew McLain, Director of Technology===== | =====Drew McLain, Director of Technology===== | ||
| - | Drew oversees all platform development at Express Dynamics turning vision into a reality and delivering the first software platform of its kind, the WorkXpress™ engine. Drew has broad experience in platforms, systems, scripted and compiled languages. | + | {{:start:drew1.png |}}Drew oversees all platform development at Express Dynamics turning vision into a reality and delivering the first software platform of its kind, the WorkXpress™ engine. Drew has broad experience in platforms, systems, scripted and compiled languages. |
| Drew began his career as a web developer working for both Global Internet Associates and GE Capital Mortgage Services. At GE, Drew became the lead programmer for the division's intranet and after successful completion of this project he assumed similar responsibilities for GE's Supply and Support division. | Drew began his career as a web developer working for both Global Internet Associates and GE Capital Mortgage Services. At GE, Drew became the lead programmer for the division's intranet and after successful completion of this project he assumed similar responsibilities for GE's Supply and Support division. | ||
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| Drew is a graduate of Kutztown University where he earned a Bachelor's of Computer and Information Science and Technology. | Drew is a graduate of Kutztown University where he earned a Bachelor's of Computer and Information Science and Technology. | ||
| - | ====== Self-Training Using the WX Wiki ====== | ||
| - | The WX Wiki is a one-stop source for all things WorkXpress. Whether you are building a simple public webform or a robust ERP system, chances are you will find answers to your questions here. And if you don't, that's our mistake, so be sure to contact your support representative and get an immediate answer to your question! | ||
| - | ===== Quickstart ===== | ||
| - | You don't need no stinkin manual huh? Well then, at least watch this 10 minute video that showcases all key aspects of the WorkXpress platform, namely; | ||
| - | * Systems Administration and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Management | ||
| - | * The 5 Building Block of WorkXpress | ||
| - | * The 3 Layers of an Application | ||
| - | * The 4 Development Tools | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===== Before you build ===== | ||
| - | It's true that an academic study found that with only 2.5 hours of training, students were able to reduce their development times using WorkXpress by 60-90%. But, these students understood the basics, and you will have to as well. Use this section if; | ||
| - | * You have no formal development experience | ||
| - | * You don't have an understanding of relational databases | ||
| - | * You aren't an expert with spreadsheets | ||
| - | |||
| - | This section will teach you; | ||
| - | - How to think of business concepts as technical concepts. Understanding how to "think technically" is **absolutely critical to your success**! | ||
| - | - That every application has three layers; a data layer, a presentation layer, and a logic layer | ||
| - | - That every application is composed of 5 building blocks; tables, relationships, fields, forms and logic | ||
| - | - That to build in WorkXpress you will need to master the use of 4 tools; An expression builder, a Query builder, a Block Builder, and a Logic Procedure | ||
| - | |||
| - | === The Good News === | ||
| - | Now here's the good news! If you have a solid understanding of each of these things, you are more than ready to build sophisticated applications using WorkXpress. | ||
| - | ===== Building your Application ===== | ||
| - | Once you are ready to build your application, you will likely encounter two fundamental types of obstacles that will slow your progress; First, you will sometimes not understand how certain tools are intended to be used. Second, you will sometimes be unsure how to translate your business requirement into some combination of the 5 blocks and the 4 tools. Of course, some hurdles could include elements of both. | ||
| - | |||
| - | For the first type of obstacle, please review the WX Wiki section entitled "Before you Build". This section catalogs each block, its settings and its intended use. | ||
| - | |||
| - | The second type of obstacle can be much more challenging. For this, we have created a section "Building your Application", and we have "How-to" articles that answer all of the most common questions we receive, grouped by feature type. We encourage you to study this section. If you come to understand and master each of the articles herein, there will not be much that you can't build in WorkXpress. | ||
| - | ===== Examples ===== | ||
| - | Would you like to see how other people went about building applications? The examples section features diaries of actual WorkXpress developers building actual applications. It also features a gallery of screenshots and application descriptions. Use this section as a resource to get familiar with WorkXpress concepts and capabilities. | ||
| - | ===== Developer Resources ===== | ||
| - | There's certain things that only trained developers will need or do. This includes using the WorkXpress API to build integrations, and writing your own CSS style sheets. All of these developer resources are found in this section. | ||
