payne@bgsuvax.UUCP (Conrad R Payne) (03/23/89)
Hey gang, I was just curious about how widely rapid prototyping is used these days for software development. And further, at what levels is it used, req. specs, delailed design, implementation, etc? From what I've been able to read, it's use has been confined to mostly relational database enviroments, and to large user interface systems. Is this the case? Are rapid prototyping tools available for PC's ? Anyway, thanks in advance. Conrad R Payne
shapiro@rb-dc1.UUCP (Mike Shapiro) (03/24/89)
In article <3889@bgsuvax.UUCP> payne@bgsuvax.UUCP (Conrad R Payne) writes: >I was just curious about how widely rapid prototyping is used these days >for software development. And further, at what levels is it used, req. specs, >delailed design, implementation, etc? From what I've been able to read, >it's use has been confined to mostly relational database enviroments, and >to large user interface systems. Is this the case? Are rapid prototyping >tools available for PC's ? Anyway, thanks in advance. > > Conrad R Payne I used rapid prototypes during the early stages of requirements and definitions on a recent project. I then transformed some of the screen images into code which was included in the product. The tools I used (all on a PC clone) were Dan Bricklin's DEMO II Program (a commercial package available from Peter Norton's company) and a shareware package named TheDraw. I have also used, in the past, a commercial package called C-Scape from the Oakland Group. I don't know how widely rapid prototyping is used, but I have had success using it to define user interfaces for several PC products. -- Michael Shapiro, Gould/General Systems Division (soon to be Encore) 15378 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128 (619)485-0910 UUCP: ...sdcsvax!ncr-sd!rb-dc1!shapiro