As most of you know, I've been pretty busy the last few months. But it looks like over the next few weeks I may be able to find some time to add something that the framework has sorely needed: a sample application.
I'm thinking about a typical inventory management app. Think of a warehouse filled with stuff, some of which have discreet serial numbers, and others which are just parts. There would also be "assemblies", which consist of one or more of each of the two kinds of stuff mentioned. There would also have to be some sort of catalog, which would represent the orderable items. These orderable items could be either individual parts, or they could be assemblies. Those of you who have read <b>Data Model Patterns</b> by David C. Hay (ISBN: 0-932633-29-3) will recognize this as the typical Inventory and Structure parts of his "Things of the Enterprise" chapter. BTW, this is an excellent book - every database developer should have it!
I'm not sure what the app would be able to do beyond taking an order, determining if sufficient inventory exists, and then adjusting the inventory to reflect the shipped items. Here's where I need your help. If you have any ideas about what would make this useful as a learning tool for beginning Codebook developers, please reply to this message with your thoughts.
I also plan on keeping a "journal" of the steps I take in creating the app, so that I might write an updated step-by-step guide. This assumes, of course, that I can somehow find the time to do all this... <b>;-)</b>
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