WhiteStar Cloud - Up and Running

WhiteStar Cloud - Up and RunningKevin WellerPrincipal, ASAP iSystems & Consultant, WhiteStar Corporation

Basic Data Flow

Email Example

From: [email protected]

To: [email protected]

Subject: WhiteStar Grid Order

COUNTY: CO:Jefferson

LAYERS: plss

COORDSYS: EPSG:4267

FMT: shapefile

Email Subsystems Decomposition

Cloud Deployment

Web Subsystems Decomposition

Domain Specific Language

vs. General Purpose Language

Web Pages, Insurance Policies, Combat Sim, etc.

FME

Dynamic Schemas & Generic Writers

Dynamic Schemas

Generic Writers

Modularization

Components

Why?

Clarity

Scalability

Flexibility

How?

Multiple Workspaces

Custom Transformers

Notifications

Why? Decoupling

Why? Flexibility

Where?

Issues Encountered

Modularity Challenges

Linked Custom Transformer Testing

Version Control Merge Conflicts

Testing Linked Custom Transformers

Running linked custom transformers in Desktop

Workaround: Temporarily Inline

Inline while implementing or making significant changes, then [re-]export

Feature Request

Version Control

“Versioning” of source files in system

Version History/Rollback, Branching & Merging

Examples

Subversion, TFS, SourceSafe, etc.

git + github.com

Merge Conflict Resolution Issue

Merge conflict

Two people affect same file

Automatic & manual

FME Workspaces/Transformers

Opaque File Format

Non-functional changes/rearrangements

Possible Solutions

Workspace/Transformer File Format Enhancements

Non-functional (eg. graphical moves)

Summary

Working system

Scalable

Good DSL

Effective implementation

Thank You!

Questions?

App: cloud.whitestar.com

For more information:

Robert White, [email protected]

Kevin Weller, [email protected]

WhiteStar Corporation and ASAP iSystems

Twitter: @doxotter (Kevin) and @k0rcw (Robert)