Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Georg Heeg Objektorientierte Systeme Baroper Str. 337 D-44227 Dortmund Germany Tel: +49-231-97599-0 Fax: +49-231-97599-20 Email: [email protected] http://www.heeg.de Georg Heeg Objektorientierte Systeme Mühlenstr. 19 D-06366 Köthen Germany Tel: +49-3496-214 328 Fax: +49-3496-214 712 Georg Heeg AG Objektorientierte Systeme Riedtlistr. 8 CH-8006 Zürich Switzerland Tel: +41-1-356 3311 Fax: +41-1-356 3312 Java or Smalltalk? Users Care More About Getting the Right Functions From Their IDE! Georg Heeg - Object-Oriented Systems Georg Heeg May 22, 2000 Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Contents • • • • • • Georg Heeg - The Company Today’s Trend: Low Tech Phenomenon: Java Why Use Smalltalk? Phenomenon: Smalltalk Cincom Smalltalk and the Java Phenomenon • Object Modeling with Smalltalk and Java • Evolving Software Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme About us... • Founded 1987, headquarter in Dortmund, since 1996 in Zurich, since 1999 in Köthen/Anhalt • Consulting- and training company in Smalltalk (and Java) • Hotline support, maintenance, bug-fixes for VisualWorks and Visual Smalltalk • VM-Laboratory for VisualWorks • Porting service of old VisualWorks Applications to 5i.1 • Technology-Partner of Corporate Mission: Make Sophisticated Projects a Success for the Customer! Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme VM-Laboratory for VisualWorks • Since 1987 VM source code licensee of Xerox PARC, ParcPlace Systems, ParcPlaceDigitalk, ObjectShare, Cincom – – – – – – – – – – PCS-Cadmus (MUNIX) Atari Mega ST OS/2 Sinix Z SNI RM 200 - 600 Reliant Unix MIPS-ABI SGI Irix RS/6000 AIX Power2 and Power PC Power-Mac Compaq Tru64 Unix Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Introduction • We are looking at “Standard IT-Projects“ • The environment has a tremendous influence on the project – – – – – Legacy systems Installed data base systems Network infrastructure General IT-Culture of the enterprise Integration into the work process Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Trend Low-Tech Project Requirements • Steam Radio – Which tube? • Transistor Radio – How many transistors? • High Fidelity Radio – Tuner technology (PLL), equipment • Today – Design, price, usability, (Digital-Radio) Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Project • The view from the outside counts! • External view: – Functionality from the user’s point of view – Integration, interoperability – Distribution, maintenance • Internal view: – Programming language – Used Standards – Tools Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Phenomenon Java Java is not perceived as technology “Technology does not play any role any more, today. It is only important that it is Java” Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Phenomenon Java Java has large influence on projects: Requirements, Decisions, Expectations The possibilities of Java determine the requirements of projects Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Java Technology JTS, JDK 1.1.8, Java Servlet, JMS, JRE 1.2.2, Java Media Framework, JDBC, Java IDL, JTA, JDK 1.2.2, BDK, Java 2D, RMI-IIOP, JMAPI, Java Mail, JRE 1.1.8, JDNI, Java Server Pages, EJB, Java Help, COMM, Java Beans, Swing, RMI, JDK 1.0.2, Hot Spot, JMX, JCE, Info Bus, JSSE, JFC, Java 3D, JAF, JAAS Today’s Java technologies including Standard Extension and Enterprise Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Java Technology • Which parts of the Java technology are important for the external view of a project? • All technologies, which influence following external properties of a project: – Integration, interoperability – Distribution, maintenance Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Java Technology • Project Requirements determined by Java: 1. Web-Server Applications (Servlets) 2. Easy distribution (JAR) 3. Runs inside the Web-Browser 4. Write once, run everywhere 5. Interoperability 6. Database access (JDBC) 7. Distributed architectures (RMI, RMI-IIOP, Corba) 8. Application Server (EJB) If it is true, that Java is so dominant, why use Smalltalk? Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Reasons for Smalltalk • Flexibility – – – – Projects with open or unclear concepts Need for prototyping Incomplete specification and modeling „Moving Targets“ • Cincom i-Business-Strategy – Flexibility and speed distinguish between success and failure Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Fast Development • Cincom Smalltalk provides the most efficient system for Object Oriented Modeling • Experiences show up to 20 times faster development and adaptation as Java or C++ Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme The Smalltalk Phenomenon • End-users say: – This software is exactly what I’ve always wanted • Example (many others exist) – Projection of German elections by Infratest Dimap – Every election is a new project – Preparation time sometimes 10 days, only • (Computerwoche 40/99, pp. 71-72) Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme VisualWorks 5i.1 Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 1. Web-Applications • • • • • • VisualWave Mature Web Application server Load distribution Automatic HTML generation Session management Server monitoring All possibilities of a VisualWorks Application Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 2. Easy Distribution (JAR) • Parcels provide the same services – – – – transport of classes, methods, static variables dependencies between Parcels automatic load of missing Parcels versioning • Parcels provide more than JAR – pre- and post-actions during load – dynamic load and unload any time – with/without Source Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 3. Runs inside the Web-Browser VisualWorks PlugIn sends shows •Plugin –VM –Plugin-Image loads •Web-Server –HTML page –Parcel Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 3. Runs inside the Web-Browser <EMBED NAME="VisualWorks Calculator" SRC="Calculator.pcl" WIDTH="233" HEIGHT="245" ALIGN="BOTTOM" TYPE="application/x-visualworks-parcel" VWOPEN="CalculatorExample" PLUGINSPAGE="vwplugin-install.html"> Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 4. Write once, run everywhere • Binary compatibility since 1982 (ST80) • Abstraction from platform specifics – file system – operating system calls – user interface • selectable Look&Feel since VisualWorks 1.0 (1991) Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 4. Write once, run everywhere • VisualWorks 5i.1 VMs are available for – – – – – – – – Win 95/98/NT/2000 Apple Macintosh Solaris HP-UX AIX Tru64 UNIX SGI Linux 86 Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 5. Interoperability/Integration • DLL&C-Connect for all platforms – Prerequisite for COMConnect – Used in DatabaseConnect • COMConnect for Windows platforms – COM Client – COM Server – e.g. SAP-Connect, RoseLink • XML support – Help system, source code Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 6. Database access (JDBC) • Connections to – – – – Oracle Sybase SQL Server ODBC • Low-level interfaces like JDBC • High-level object relational mapper – Gemstone/S Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 7. Distributed Architectures DST (Distributed Smalltalk) • First Corba ORB (Developed by HP) Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 8. Application Server (EJB) • Opentalk – currently in beta – Frameworks for protocols • Gemstone/S EJB with persistence Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme VisualWorks 5i New in VisualWorks 5i – – – – – Name-Spaces StORE XML Microsoft SQL-Server Extended Parcels Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Smalltalk and the "Software-Crisis" Object Oriented Programming 4th, 5th Generation Lanuages 4GL, 5GL CASE Structured Programming Normed Programming Subroutines Procedures Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Change and the "Software-Crisis" Cost(change) = changeFactor * size(change) + projectFactor * size(project) In most software life cycles the projectFactor >> 0 and thus the cost of a change is dominated by the project size, not the size of the change. Users don‘t understand this. $€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€ Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 1. Imperative Software World • Computer Oriented: Von Neumann Computer: CPU + Memory => Procedure + Data Structure • Most programming languages have: Statements + Declarations • Analysis methods describe: Information + Functions Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 2. Functional and Logical Software World • Mathematics Oriented • Declarative programming languages: – Functional programming: Lisp, Miranda – Logic programming: Prolog – Set programming: SETL • No Representation of Time Dynamics are represented by tricks Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme 3. Object Oriented Software World • Who is Responsible? • Oriented to Concepts of the Application Domain • Concepts are mapped directly into Software • "Modeling instead of Programming" Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Modeling in the Good Old Days Patient Form 1:1 Dentist Phenoma model File Person Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Traditional Computer Modeling States Data structures Processes Procedures “link“ Phenoma Person model running program Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Object Oriented Modeling Concept Class 1:1 Viewpoint of the Domain Recognize, Define Phenomon “The World“ Instance model Object Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Object Oriented Modeling • The viewpoint determines the modeling • “The correct model” does not exist! • For an Application there are only – adequate models and – not adequate models Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme What is this? • Wooden body in the form of a cylinder with approx. 20 cm (8 inch) height and 6 mm (1/4 inch) in diameter. • In the center of the cylinder are a drilling of 1 mm and this are filled with pressed graphite. • At end end the cylinder is conically tapered. • The graphite can be transferred to other bodies by rubbing. Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme What is this? • Plastic tube in the form of a cylinder with approx. 20 cm (8 inch) height and 6 mm (1/4 inch) in diameter. • Inside is another plastic tube with 2 mm (1/12 inch) in diameter and at the top there is a metal ball. • The inner tube is filled with a viscous liquid. • The liquid can be transferred to other media with the help of the ball. Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme What Does Little John Care About? Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme What Does Little John Care About? DRAW Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme About Pencils and Ball Pens • The object oriented (and Jonny’s) viewpoint: – Pencil = something, you can write and draw with – ball pen = something, you can write and draw with Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Class Hierachy Pen draw Pencil BallPen draw draw Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Jonny (Smalltalk) Boy hand Somewhere in class Boy you can write: hand := Mommy givePen. ... hand draw (Instance Variable) Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Jonny (Java) Boy private pen hand; Somewhere in class Boy you can write: hand = Mommy.givePen(); ... hand.draw() (Instance Variable) Lets evolve the application, what else does Jonny care about? Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme What Does Little John Care About? Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme What Does Little John Care About? PULL Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme About Wagons • The object oriented (and Jonny’s) viewpoint: – Wagon = something, you can pull (and sit in) Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Class Hierachy Vehicle sitIn Wagon Car pull makeNoise Trabi Van makeNoise stink lookOut Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Jonny (Smalltalk) Boy hand Somewhere in class Boy you can write: hand := Daddy getWagon. ... hand pull (Instance Variable) Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Jonny (Java) Boy ? private object hand; (Instance Variable) Somewhere in class Boy you want to write: hand = Daddy.giveWagon(); ... ((Wagon)hand).pull() ? Then you have to change the pen example (check all occurences of hand): ? ((Pen)hand).draw() Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Change and Java Cost(change) = changeFactor * size(change) + projectFactor * size(project) In Java the projectFactor >> 0 and thus the cost of a change is dominated by the project size, not the size of the change. Users don‘t understand this. $€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€ Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Change and Smalltalk Cost(change) = changeFactor * size(change) + projectFactor * size(project) In Smalltalk the projectFactor = 0 and thus the cost of a change is defined by the change size. Users DO understand this. $€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€$€ Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme What is Software? • In Java – Software is a program which is started • In Smalltalk – Software is a system which is modified Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Evolving Software Smalltalk Java Add the new feature Add the new feature - Add new types - Check entire source code to use the new types Stop the application server Load the parcel - Load the JAR file Start the server Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Proven Technology • Cincom Smalltalk is used – – – – – – – – – 24 hours 7 days a week 52 weeks a year in banks in the automitive industry in insurance in university administration in internet services in intranet applications in more than 1,000 companies world wide since more than 10 years Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Conclusion • Cincom Smalltalk – – – – – – is faster in development than Java is faster in adaptation than Java fulfills the Java-Requirements maps easily onto Customers’ thinking enables evolving servers is proven technology Smalltalk is the superior alternative to Java Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme You can reach me Georg Heeg: [email protected] http://www.heeg.de/~georg Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Discussion Georg Heeg - Objektorientierte Systeme Georg Heeg Objektorientierte Systeme Baroper Str. 337 D-44227 Dortmund Germany Tel: +49-231-97599-0 Fax: +49-231-97599-20 Email: [email protected] http://www.heeg.de Georg Heeg Objektorientierte Systeme Mühlenstr. 19 D-06366 Köthen Germany Tel: +49-3496-214 328 Fax: +49-3496-214 712 Georg Heeg AG Objektorientierte Systeme Riedtlistr. 8 CH-8006 Zürich Switzerland Tel: +41-1-356 3311 Fax: +41-1-356 3312