[e4-dev] Why XML UI is important for us

[kfang@xxxxxx]

Hi,

Here, I want to introduce our experiences concerning the XML UI
description:

1.       Why XML UI?
                My company (CCR) is one of most important reinsurance
company in the world. Our application is a specific enterprise ERP
application, which manages the contracts, the claims and the accountings
with different kinds of insurance companies. Precisely, It has already more
than 1500 UI forms. The UI change is our frequent activity in software
development and the time to market is critical. The UI development in Java
presents a lot of problems:

      -   High technical knowledge in UI programming for all UI developers,
there is no separation between Component developer and Domain developer.
      -   UI quality depends on Java developer skill level
      -   Impossible to control UI Theme and to enforce UI Guidelines
      -   UI Ergonomic is always ignored by Java developer

XML UI is very important for us because we want a declarative UI
description instead of a programming UI description. We think also that the
UI description has to be independent of computer programming language.
We look for a standard XML UI solution since long time ago. But
unfortunately, we had to develop and maintain our own XML UI solution since
xx years ago.

2.       About on XWT
We have followed closely the progress of XWT since beginning. All features
provided seems very powerful. It is what we wait for since long time.


On waiting for e4



Kaiping FANG

Systems Architecture Manager
CCR
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