Object-Oriented Versus Procedural Versus Data-Centric: A Small Case Study

Christine Bouamalay, Network Systems Engineering, SBC, San Francisco

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Let's consider the attempt to "automate" an existing procedure which creates a simple model routing traffic demands on a network. Prototyped by an engineer, the original uses Excel spreadsheets with embedded macros. What's the best design approach to use in "growing" this into a web application? We'll compare and contrast several approaches: "traditional" procedural coding in Perl; object-oriented using Java/JSP, and data modeling based on both an RDMBS and "XML database."