Using the Taligent programming model

Taligent frameworks provide generic solutions in a wide range of problem domains. In effect, programmers can pick and choose from a comprehensive set of integrated application capabilities without having to design, write, or debug any of the code that provides those capabilities. Because Taligent frameworks are designed as a "matched set" that work cooperatively, programs written with a particular framework work consistently with each other and with all of Taligent's other frameworks. Instead of having to worry about how the various pieces of an application work with the underlying operating system, programmers start with robust code that already works seamlessly with the rest of the system and then modify it as necessary.

The ease with which an individual programmer can learn to use Taligent's frameworks depends on that person's previous object-oriented design experience, knowledge of framework programming, and knowledge of C++ and OOP. After mastering a few frameworks, most programmers find new ones much easier to learn. The long-term benefits of frameworks far exceed the initial difficulties involved in learning this new way of programming.

Part II, "CommonPoint system architecture," provides an overview of the frameworks in the CommonPoint system. The rest of this section describes some of the benefits that Taligent frameworks provide in addition to the general benefits of framework programming described in the previous section.

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