View source for Applied Research Notes (July-August 2011)

== Peter Liu's Applied Research Activity (July - August 2011)==
The goal of my research activity is to create a knowledge base at CDOT-Seneca such that new research students and developers can go through a shorter learning curve in navigating through the huge code base of NexJ Model Server Express.

== Documents Provided by NexJ ==
* Introduction To NexJ Studio Express (open sourced, available on Open Health Tools Platform)
* NexJ Studio Fundamentals (confidential and proprietary)
* Working with NexJ Express Source Code (open sourced, available on Open Health Tools Platform)
* NexJ Studio - Integration Fundamentals (confidential and proprietary)

== Current Findings ==
'''Question:''' Where should one start if one wants to get a '''conceptual understanding''' of the code base of NexJ Model Server Express?
<br><br>One can download '''Introduction To NexJ Studio Express''' from the Open Health Tools Platform. It's useful for getting familiar with NexJ Studio Express. However, one must read '''NexJ Studio Fundamentals''' and identify the concepts as a result. Presently this document in '''not open sourced'''.

This document has useful clues for one to understand how the Persistence engine and the Integration engine are organized in the NexJ Framework (at the source code level).
* In particular, one should understand how '''Class Persistence Mapping''' is done with the NexJ Studio Express.
* Also one must learn the '''NexJ-Scheme''' language.

As for understanding the concepts implemented by the Integration Engine, one must read '''NexJ Studio - Integration Fundamentals'''. Presently this piece of document is '''not open sourced'''.

== Conceptual Comprehension of the Code Base ==
* Goal: Understand the architecture design of NexJ Framework, especially the Persistence Engine and the Integration Engine.