Enterprise Application Development with ArcInfo 8

Author: Thomas John Heavey
Organization: Northwest Software Engineering, Inc.

3310 W. Decatur Ave
Spokane, WA 99205-7412
USA

Phone: (509)325-1779
tomh@nwsoft.com

ArcInfo 8 provides an environment that allows a new level of development and integration with business processes. This paper describes the process to learn ArcInfo 8 and move to a more traditional model of software development that is available with the COM-based ArcObjects. Included are discussions of team selection and training, learning the ArcInfo 8 environment, and architecting your software for enterprise deployment.