{"product_id":"what-not-how-the-business-rules-approach-to-application-development","title":"What Not How: The Business Rules Approach to Application Development","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What I think Date has done is nothing less than to lay out the foundational concepts for the next generation of business logic servers based on predicate logic. Such a breakthrough should revolutionize application development in our industry -- and take business rules to their fullest expression.\" --Ronald G. Ross  Principal  Business Rule Solutions  LLC Executive Editor  DataToKnowledge Newsletter The way we build computer applications is about to change dramatically  thanks to a new development technology known as business rules. The key idea behind the technology is that we can build applications declaratively instead of procedurally -- that is  we can simply state WHAT needs to be done instead of HOW to do what needs to be done. The advantages are obvious: ease and rapidity of initial development and subsequent maintenance; hardware and software platform independence; overall productivity; business adaptivity; and more. What Not How: The Business Rules Approach to Application Development is a concise and accessible introduction to this new technology. It is written for both managers and technical professionals. It consists of two parts: Part I presents a broad overview of what business rules are all about; Part II then revisits the ideas in Part I and shows how they fit squarely into the solid tradition of relational technology. Topics covered include: Presentation rules Database and application rules Building on the data model Potential advantages and disadvantages A new look at relational fundamentals Business rules and the relational model Overall  the book provides a good grounding in an important new technology  one poised to transform the way we do business in the I.T. world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968144338997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0201708507","price":91.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780201708509.jpg?v=1770647528","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/what-not-how-the-business-rules-approach-to-application-development","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}