Xplan Coding (Xmerge) – Functions
Functions are going to let you take the next step in improving your coding and creating a solid design base that can be used throughout all your templates.
Xplan Coding – Ternary operators
Ternary operators, all in one conditioning expressions can be useful in cutting down your code and offering flexibility to your statements if used well
Xplan Coding – Range() Function
A handy function to know that can be especially useful in cutting out unnecessary table elements and duplication in fact find documents and the like
Quote on the ease of software development with specifications
"Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen" Edward V Berard
True enough even for when building with Xplan :)
Xplan Discussion: Enhancing the help and learning experience (Cont.)
Following on from the previous article that looked at an example of adding a help and information layer to Advice Tools to enhance user learning. We take a broader look at existing state of help and training materials and how these could be enhanced and better utilised.
Xplan Interface: Enhancing the help and learning experience
At the same time as practices and licensees are striving to get the most out of xplan and expand usage and adoption levels, the need for help, guidance and training increases. We look at a simple but powerful approach to instantly informing and guiding users when using advice tools.
Xplan Interface – enhancing the user experience
One of our goals must always be, striving to deliver the best experiences to the user. To that end, this article aims to walk through some concepts that push the boundaries of the interface system as most know it. For advisers and users, hopefully the examples show that you aren’t limited by the system – if you can imagine it chances are you change it and do it. For developers and admin, maybe these will give you ideas or inspiration for even better functionality and things you can deliver to improve your users Xplan experience.
Xplan Xmerge Code – additional currency arguments
Xplan Quick Xplain Additional currency arguments
Steve Jobs quote on quality and craftsmanship
Steve Jobs quote on quality and craftsmanship: “When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”