Clarion 101

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Clarion 101 is Clarion Magazine's introductory article series aimed at getting new Clarion developers up and running. But it isn't just for those who are new to Clarion; these articles not only cover the basics, they provide many links into the treasure trove of Clarion Magazine's back issues.

 

Clarion 101: Understanding the IDE, Part 1

Dave Harms kicks off ClarionMag's new Clarion 101 series with an overview of the AppGen, templates and dictionary editor. Also included: links to further reading.
Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006
 

Clarion 101: Understanding the IDE, Part 2

Dave Harms concludes his overview of the IDE with a look at the Clarion language, the ABC class library, the database grammar and file drivers, and the browse/form concept.
Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006
 

Clarion 101: Choosing a Database

Before you can build an application, you need a database. Clarion is amazingly flexible when it comes to database support; flat file, relational, client side code, server side code, SQL, non SQL, it's all there. So how do you decide on a database?
Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006
 

Clarion 101: Describing your Data

One of the reasons for Clarion's popularity is the way it handles data. Bruce Johnson begins a series for Clarion 101 on designing databases and creating data dictionaries.
Posted Friday, October 27, 2006
 

Clarion 101: Understanding Keys and Indexes

Keys and indexes are vital to getting good performance out of your database. But what is a key, and what is an index? And how do you use them? Bruce Johnson explains.
Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006
 

Clarion 101: Designing A Database

The first step in almost any Clarion application is sorting out the underlying database structure. Dave Harms continues the 101 series with a new database for our old friend Bill Gates.
Posted Friday, January 26, 2007
 

Embed Analysis: Which Embeds Do Clarion Developers Use The Most?

Most Clarion developers spend most of their time writing embed code. But new (and sometimes experienced) developers are often faced with a bewildering question: Which embeds should I use, and why? Dave Harms provides some preliminary results on typical usage from the ClarionMag embed analysis project.
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007
 

Embed Analysis Part 2

Which embed points do Clarion developers really use? Dave Harms analyzes ABC embed data from hundreds of TXAs sent in by Clarion developers.
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007
 

Embed Analysis Part 3

Dave Harms concludes the ABC embed analysis series with a look at browse, process and report embeds, as well as embed usage by procedure type.
Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007
 

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