5. The Application
PRWD Business System for
Manufacturers
‣ Developed during September ’08 -
February ’09
6. The Application
PRWD Business System for
Manufacturers
‣ Developed during September ’08 -
February ’09
‣ Provides process automation and
support to manufacturing businesses
7. The Application
PRWD Business System for
Manufacturers
‣ Developed during September ’08 -
February ’09
‣ Provides process automation and
support to manufacturing businesses
‣ Designed using a UCD (user-centred
design) process
9. Technical Challenges
‣ Must run as a desktop
application
‣ Save local user
preferences and logins
‣ Display and print PDFs
‣ Must interoperate with
web server backend
‣ Deploy to varied OSs
10. Technical Challenges
‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone
application browser-based window
‣ Save local user
preferences and logins
‣ Display and print PDFs
‣ Must interoperate with
web server backend
‣ Deploy to varied OSs
11. Technical Challenges
‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone
application browser-based window
‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is
preferences and logins provided
‣ Display and print PDFs
‣ Must interoperate with
web server backend
‣ Deploy to varied OSs
12. Technical Challenges
‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone
application browser-based window
‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is
preferences and logins provided
‣ Display and print PDFs ✓ PDFs viewable via plugin
‣ Must interoperate with
web server backend
‣ Deploy to varied OSs
13. Technical Challenges
‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone
application browser-based window
‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is
preferences and logins provided
‣ Display and print PDFs ✓ PDFs viewable via plugin
‣ Must interoperate with ✓ Full support for
web server backend XmlHttpRequest
‣ Deploy to varied OSs
14. Technical Challenges
‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone
application browser-based window
‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is
preferences and logins provided
‣ Display and print PDFs ✓ PDFs viewable via plugin
‣ Must interoperate with ✓ Full support for
web server backend XmlHttpRequest
‣ Deploy to varied OSs ✓ Cross-platform installer
provided
35. Benefits
‣ Minimal learning curve
‣ Standard cross-platform browser
‣ Doesn’t do more than it needs to
‣ Can operate entirely offline
36. Benefits
‣ Minimal learning curve
‣ Standard cross-platform browser
‣ Doesn’t do more than it needs to
‣ Can operate entirely offline
‣ Good security model
37. Benefits
‣ Minimal learning curve
‣ Standard cross-platform browser
‣ Doesn’t do more than it needs to
‣ Can operate entirely offline
‣ Good security model
‣ Free development tools
38. Thanks for listening
For more information about PRWD,
visit http://www.prwd.co.uk or call us
on 0161 918 6729