WINDEV Concepts

10 Part 1: Main concepts Projects in practice 1 Overview The first step to create an application consists in creating a project. When creating a project, you will be asked multiple questions so that your project meets all your expectations. All project characteristics specified when creating the project can be modified later. Remark : The analyses are presented in Analysis: database structure. 2 Creating the project To create a project : 1. Click in the WINDEV quick access buttons. The creation window appears: click "Project". The project creation wizard starts. 2. Specify the different project options. The main options are as follows: • the type of project . Multiple options are available: application, component, Java application, etc. These options will be presented later. In most cases, a project is used to generate an application (executable). • the operating system (Windows or Linux). • the creation mode (blank project or based on an example). • the runtime mode and the type of executable to generate (if necessary). • the creation mode of the project . You can create a blank project or a project based on an existing example. • the name and location . These options cannot be modified. The project corresponds to a ".WDP" file. All elements associated with the project will be created in the specified directory. • whether the project will be used by several developers . You have the ability to use the source code manager (SCM) to share the project. • the code style . This code style is used to automatically prefix names of controls, windows, etc. It is also possible to automatically add prefixes when creating variables. • the style book . • the supported languages . These languages will be proposed by default if an option can be translated in a control, window, report, etc. 3. Specify whether the project must use a database . If yes, you can use an existing database, or create a new one. 4. Validate the wizard. The created project becomes the current project. Remarks : • If you chose to create a database, the analysis creation wizard will start automatically. • The specified information can be modified in the project description. To open the project description window, go to the "Project" tab, "Project" group and click "Description". 3 Dashboard and project elements 3.1 Dashboard All project managers seek to have a global and synthetic vision of the progress status of the projects they lead. The QA manager wants to know the number of bugs and their priority, and follow up their status. The product manager would like to know what new features are requested by the users. The developer wants to quickly access the most frequently used project elements, sections of code, etc. The dashboard meets all these requirements. Additionally, it contains different indicators or "Widgets". These widgets can be configured by the user: the user can add, delete or resize them. You can also display the project statistics (e.g., the number of windows), the results of different audits (static audit, dynamic audit, etc.).