Fourth-generation languages
D Ceddia
6 points * 4 hours per week * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: CFR2110 and CFR2121, or CFR2201 or equivalent * Prohibitions: BUS3010, SFT2204
Application development using 4GL; introduction to Ingres; the application development environment; fourth-generation data; Why 4GLs? Historical background, evaluation criteria and techniques. Data dictionary concepts, systems prototyping, impact on SDLC, methodologies, recent development. Principles of graphical user interface design. Developing systems in a Windows environment using Ingres/Windows 4GL and Ingres Vision. A user's view of 4GLs - planning for success, defining the strategic use, costing and benefit of the 4GL environment.
Assessment
Examinations: 40% * Practical work: 60%
Recommended texts
Chorafas D N Fourth and fifth-generation programming languages vol. 2, McGraw-Hill, 1986
Date C J A guide to Ingres Addison-Wesley, 1987
Holloway S Fourth-generation systems Nelson, 1991
Malamud C Ingres, tools for building and information architecture Nelson, 1989