Develop applications in a Windows environment and then compile and test them in the target environment which might be Windows/.NET, Java/J2EE or the IBM System i. CA Plex supports the development of many different types of applications including client/server, web-based, service-oriented, character-based, batch and wireless device-based, all from a single set of skills and development techniques.

CA Plex is a multi-platform, model-based, architected rapid application development (ARAD) tool that includes architectural and design objects known as patterns. By eliminating the need to code repeatable elements of applications, patterns significantly accelerate time required for projects, which in turn provides a significant cost savings.

Environment:

CA Plex is an Architected RAD tool that combines the techniques of model-based development, patterns and code generation to accelerate the delivery and maintenance of J2SE, J2EE, .NET, and RPG business applications. It supports a variety of databases and data access APIs including Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, ODBC, JDBC and OLE-DB.

Feature:

Hundreds of business objects known as patterns are included with CA Plex. By dragging and dropping them into a design model, the properties are instantly inherited saving time and effort. 100% of the native C#, Java, C++ or RPG code needed is automatically generated, with options to expand to SOA-based and web-based implementations.

Benifits:

Adopting technologies such as Web Services that are key to building a service oriented architecture that addresses not only development but application integration requirements is extremely challenging. CA Plex provides a smart, efficient, single environment to create, integrate and maintain large-scale business applications for multiple platforms.

Web Conference:

The CA Plex/2E Global User Community is presenting a variety of webcasts that will provide an overview of topics that many of our users have been interested in.

This "blitz" format offers you the opportunity to get a fast overview of 4-5 themes via short factual presentations and demos. Each presentation including demo will last 30 minutes at the most.

This web conference is also a chance for you to get a tiny taste of some of the subjects that will be presented in greater depth at the European User Group meetings in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and UK in May and the 4^th Worldwide CA Plex and CA 2E User Conference in Miami/Ft Lauderdale, Florida, September 23-25, 2009.

We hope you'll join us for this informative series of webcasts exclusively for the CA Plex/2E user community.

Lifecycle management:

This webcast for the CA Plex user community will feature an announcement and availability of two new ALM solutions.

CMConnector for CA Plex is designed to place CA Plex objects and models under the CA 2E/CM application lifecycle environment (note: also works with MKS Implementer).

In addition to the CM interface module, CMConnector also contains a powerful “Plex Model Manager” module, which is available as a stand-alone product for customers not running CM or MKS Implementer. The Plex Model Manager module automates much of the Plex model update and extract process, and importantly tracks model updates by object and user.