It seems like for most of my life, I have been developing software with one development tool or another, but regardless of the tool, I have always sought out and used the best commercial components available, to enrich my applications and meet the demanding needs of users. Yes, components cost money to license, but most will save you hundreds of hours in development and implementation time, and offer advanced features that your users haven’t even thought of asking for…yet.
As a software developer, every once in a while, you come across components that dramatically enhances the functionality of your application, compelling you to tell others about it, and encourage them to explore its potential in their own applications. It is also an opportunity to thank the developer of the component for providing something that means so much to the users of your application, in the hopes that it encourages the developer to continue their efforts; without them, our applications would be ordinary, rather than extraordinary.
With the Servoy development environment, we have a good selection of beans and plugins available that can make a big difference to any software project. In my latest software project, ArchiOffice, which is now being converted to Servoy and is sold to 1000’s of Architects around the world, I have implemented dozens of beans and plugins. I thought it would be beneficial to demonstrate how some are actually used in real software to enhance the application. So, as limited free time permits, I hope to record some demo videos and post these to this thread, sharing my implementation with the Servoy community, in the hopes that it will inspire other Servoyians to use commercial components in their application.