9 LINKING PROGRAM CODE TO BACK-END DATA SOURCES
‘Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.’
– Mary Parker Follett
Modern software solutions tend not to rely exclusively on keyboard input and screen output. Although it’s traditional for new developers to cut their teeth on console-based applications which accept keyed values, process them and then output to a screen, this is quite atypical in the commercial sector, highly instructive as it may be! Current solutions are often based on the integration of different technologies, working together.
This chapter focuses on different data sources and demonstrates how they can be incorporated into a ...
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