As in the pig in Lion King?...
The smart client application I've been building the last few months is called Project Streams. Since I'll be demonstrating it as an example of a .NET 2.0 Smart Client application using several IssueVision best practices, it seemed a good time to release the hounds.
What is Project Streams? Here's the Blue Book description: Project Streams is a framework to access the resources that support the project life-cycle and everyday business processes.
We're going for a sophisticated simplicity, integrating .NET 2.0 Smart Client technology and the web to produce something potentially great. A key feature of Project Streams is seemless integration with Microsoft Sharepoint. The screenshot below demonstrates how a Project Stream's project resources include its Sharepoint Document and Picture Libraries. Select the project, click the tab, and bam, there's its documents in SharePoint. Add to that Click Once for distribution and updates, SQL Server Reporting Services for rich reporting, one-click access to company forms and documents, integrated weblogs, a Windows Mobile version in the works, Microsoft Office .NET application tie-ins...well, you get the picture. We might have something useful.
I'd love to talk about this more, but I have to get packed up for Bean Town and Code Camp 4. Here's the Project Streams Community Server site I put online earlier this week. Http://projectstreams.com, baby! The blog and forums will provide a good bit of technical information pertaining to Project Streams and Smart Client development. I'll also be hoping for input on a possible Open Source model for Project Streams. (By the way, the rumors that I'm building Project Streams simply as an excuse to put another Community Server site online are completely unfounded. Heh.)
The idea was that I would post this before I do my IssueVision/Project Streams talk, people might go to check out my blog, say "Hmph," then see the link to projectstreams.com and say, "Ohhhh."
I won't be checking in over the weekend, so see you on Monday when the Waltham Wildness ends.
