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Overview of Application Development

By Thomas Eklund

Other than the Access 2007 article, I wrote this subsection's articles between 2002 and 2004. So, they correspond to the time when I developed some of the applications that are described in the Previous Work subsection. However, these articles still do reflect my views and that's why they are included here.

  • Computer Application Development Process - The actual computer application development process is messier than this article indicates, and there are different methodologies, or ways for handling the relevant stages and steps. However, the basic principles outlined in this article are still useful.
  • Subject Matters and Workflow Role in Application Development - This article addresses usability engineering and database application table structure development related principles that I consider important. I have seen even experienced developers sometimes having trouble with implementing them correctly, especially from usability engineering aspect.
  • Website Layers of Qualities - Research that I did years ago on web design related topics provided inspiration for this article. At the same time I also explored opportunities for marketing certain art objects here in the US.
  • Page-Level Navigation Problems - This article addresses some usability engineering related principles. Years ago, a higher percentage of websites violated the principles that are addressed in this article. However, there are still plenty of websites and other types of computer applications out there that contain multi-directional user interface design which makes application navigation more difficult for the user than it has to be.
  • Convert to Access 2007 - When Is Usage Experience Relevant? - Some discussions that I have had indicate confusion over how relevant is Access 2007 usage experience to actual expert-level application development. This article is based on these discussions and the relevant correspondence.
  • Increasing MS Access mdb File Operating Speed - I wrote this article a long time ago, but it still contains some useful information.