Developer
Enhanced Templating Framework
This release of QP7 includes an industry changing Framework that enables the developer with a templating to quickly and easily create and manage CMS-enabled websites and applications. The platform supports two Microsoft technologies: Classic ASP and ASP.NET. The key development principle in QP7.Framework is the reuse of template objects a general page architecture which then can be customized for each template page by overriding template objects with page objects.
QP7.6 integrates with Visual Studio .NET 2008 and 2005 to provide its unique templating model. This integration allows programmers to locally create, build, debug and run web applications from within Visual Studio increasing programming efficiency. It provides interaction with templates, pages, objects and formats located inside QP7.Framework. The templating engine has been improved with Smart Assembly and knows which objects and pages should be assembled, reducing development time, and optimizing performance. These minor tasks are now managed for the developer allowing them to focus on building pages and not running scripts.
Multiple developers can create and unit test the parts of the website at the same time reducing the amount of time it takes to build a website. This allows companies with large development teams spread across the globe to easily manage website projects allowing them to segment the work across multiple programmers.
QP7. Apps
QP7.Apps leads the industry with the ability to combine custom software, legacy applications, external applications, and encapsulate SAAS objects into QP7.Framework. Content rich applications can be utilized across the enterprise from formerly isolated solutions.
QP7.Apps robust toolset allows developers to expose complex applications to business users. Example applications include Help, Support, Reports, Analytics, CRM, and ERP. Custom built web applications, such as newsletter, lead management and order processing can also be exposed in the QP7 Backend where web content is managed.
QP7.Apps takes care of single sign-on to multiple applications reducing time and complexity. QP7.Apps enables advanced content management features for use in web sites such as Portals and Social Networks. QP7.Apps developers can create hosted solutions that can be shared, or resold to the Quantum Art user and developer community.
Extended API Functions
The API has been extended to allow for more flexibility and to cover some areas not addressed by the original implementation such as object inheritance, better content link queries and dynamic image support in Form Functions. API has also been extended with functions for Backend Integrated Permissions allowing management of users and user groups from code, and supporting appliations such as Social Networking and Community Sites.