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From: shapiro@rb-dc1.UUCP (Mike Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: rapid prototyping
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Date: 24 Mar 89 00:29:24 GMT
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In article <3889@bgsuvax.UUCP> payne@bgsuvax.UUCP (Conrad R Payne) writes:
>I was just curious about how widely rapid prototyping is used these days
>for software development.  And further, at what levels is it used, req. specs,
>delailed design, implementation, etc?  From what I've been able to read,
>it's use has been confined to mostly relational database enviroments, and
>to large user interface systems.  Is this the case?  Are rapid prototyping 
>tools available for PC's ?  Anyway, thanks in advance.
>			
>					Conrad R Payne

I used rapid prototypes during the early stages of requirements and
definitions on a recent project.  I then transformed some of the
screen images into code which was included in the product.

The tools I used (all on a PC clone) were Dan Bricklin's DEMO II
Program (a commercial package available from Peter Norton's company)
and a shareware package named TheDraw.

I have also used, in the past, a commercial package called C-Scape
from the Oakland Group.

I don't know how widely rapid prototyping is used, but I have had
success using it to define user interfaces for several PC products.
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Michael Shapiro, Gould/General Systems Division (soon to be Encore)
15378 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128
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