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    #1

    Alpha Sports

    Is alpha sports sample that ships with alpha five ideal for a production application like an invoice application? can the style be used in real world scenario? like the form Invoices
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    Re: Alpha Sports

    If the Requirements List for YOUR invoicing matches the invoicing in Alpha Sports, then you could probably use the techniques and methods Jet.
    Have you actually designed the application yet with a ERD and Tables?
    A logical diagram is always a good place to start, and it will save a lot of reworking in the future as it forces you to document your ideas.
    See our Hybrid Option here;
    https://hybridapps.example-software.com/

    Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
    You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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      Re: Alpha Sports

      Originally posted by Ted Giles View Post
      If the Requirements List for YOUR invoicing matches the invoicing in Alpha Sports, then you could probably use the techniques and methods Jet.
      Have you actually designed the application yet with a ERD and Tables?
      A logical diagram is always a good place to start, and it will save a lot of reworking in the future as it forces you to document your ideas.
      Ted Thank you for the reply, i don't know what is ERD? How is it?

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        #4
        Re: Alpha Sports

        Hi Jetson,

        I didn't know what it is either, that was until I tapped it into Google. Entity Relationship Diagram.
        Regards
        Keith Hubert
        Alpha Guild Member
        London.
        KHDB Management Systems
        Skype = keith.hubert


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          Re: Alpha Sports

          Jet,
          An ERD is an Entity Relationship Diagram (Keith knew this as something else I bet).
          The purpose of creating an ERD is to identify the components within your proposed application.
          An example would be a Top level which I uploaded showing the Alpha Sports Invoicing Set.

          It goes a lot deeper than that however, as the objective is to map out the processes, the data required to support the processes, and the relationships between the data items to minimise dulpication (Normalisation) and to ensure that the whole lot will link together smoothly.

          Take the Invoice application as an example. You will probably require the following large data blocks.

          Client - who is being billed
          Items - the items to be billed
          Reports - the printed invoice, billing list, period analysis, outstanding items, federal tax calcs by period etc.
          The Client and Items will need to have Add/Amend/Delete as well as reporting functions.

          It goes on as detailed as you want it to, and is not a waste of time when building a large and complex system as you propose to do.
          If you were just building a home based CD list, then doing it "on the hoof" is fine. When you get into multiple tables and processes, it helps clarify your thoughts if you draw the process using something like Visio or the freeware which gives similar functionality.

          I use Visio which I purchased and the free Community versions of Visual Paradigm (For UML and Data Mapping) and Toad for MySQL for Table design.

          Google ERD Examples as there are loads of them.
          Last edited by Ted Giles; 12-17-2011, 02:48 PM.
          See our Hybrid Option here;
          https://hybridapps.example-software.com/

          Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
          You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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            Re: Alpha Sports

            Thanks Keith, and Ted for the detailed overview of ERD.

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