The combination of Enhydra and Platypus has been used to create some real business applications. This page is meant to give a subjective feel for the types of applications that have been created and their level of complexity.
This information will, naturally, change rapidly. We will do our best to keep it up to date with applications that typify the best use of the Platypus tools.
Print Management Extranet | |
Application | Show-Ads Print Management Extranet (SPME) |
Developer | Plugged In |
Deployment | Hosted on customer WAN, maintained by Plugged In |
Architecture | Enhydra/XMLC/Platypus v0.1 with a Sybase database |
Number Deployed | 1 |
Number Scheduled | 4 |
Description | SPME is a job tracking and management system for traditional printing jobs, such as the production of annual reports or the duplication of existing material. It is used by "print hubs", which are entities of a print management company operating within the premises of a client corporation, to control outsourced printing work. Functionality includes job tracking, reporting, printer and client quote generation and system configuration. It is meant to be clonable for a large number of print hubs, 4 more of which are currently scheduled for deployment. The first instance was installed in the headquarters of Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company. |
Real Estate Conveyancing | |
Application | Real Estate Conveyancing System (RECS) |
Developer | Plugged In |
Deployment | Hosted and maintained by Plugged In (Internet/SSL) |
Architecture | Enhydra/XMLC/Platypus v0.2 with a PostgreSQL database |
Number Deployed | 2 |
Number Scheduled | 2 |
Description | RECS is an Internet-based conveyancing system for use by real estate developers (in this case, Lend Lease Development) and their lawyers to track the registration, development, sale and disposition of lots in residential real estate developments. Functionality includes the addition of villages and lots within a development, the writing and editing of contracts against those lots and complete reporting capabilities to track settlements, contracts, lot information and marketing programs. |
As you can see, we have been busy and Enhydra has been good to us. The addition of the Platypus code generation tools means that we can produce an Enhydra application very rapidly once the demonstration HTML has been approved by the client.
We try to produce "clonable" business applications whenever possible. This has worked out well for us, since we can now sell the same application several times (even though most of them are too business-specific to become shinkwrapped products).