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Mendix Maker Meetup - London (2019-10-17)

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Automating the boring stuff Using the Mendix Platform and Model SDK to automate repetitive tasks. Presented by Alistair Crawford and Iain Lindsay at the Mendix Maker Meetup in London on 17th October 2019

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Mendix Platform and Model SDK Iain Lindsay (AuraQ) | Alistair Crawford (Mendix) 17 OCTOBER 2019 Automating the boring stuff
Optimising Business Performance  Introductions  SDK Overview  Core use cases  Getting Started  Samples / examples o Analysing naming standards o Changing colour of microflow activities o Creating validation microflows o Generating model documentation | Agenda
Optimising Business Performance | Introductions  Alistair o https://github.com/mxcrawford  Iain o https://github.com/lindski LinkedIn
Optimising Business Performance | SDK Overview  Two SDKs – Platform and Model  Platform provides access to model server o Creating an app o Creating a branch o Opening a revision  Model provides access to the application model o Retrieve information about all application objects o Manipulate existing objects o Create new objects  Typescript based SDKs o Strongly typed javascript
Optimising Business Performance | Core use cases Migrate Analyse Export Modify Analyse your Mendix applications. Identify duplication, complexity, non conformance to dev standards. Update your Mendix applications. Automate repetitive and/or time consuming tasks Export your Mendix applications to code, documentation or test cases. Convert legacy applications into Mendix applications.
GETTING STARTED
Optimising Business Performance | Basic Knowledge  TypeScript  when.js and Promises o https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/mxsdk/working-with-when.js-and-promises-in-typescript  Mendix documentation o https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/mxsdk/ o https://apidocs.mendix.com/modelsdk/latest/index.html
Optimising Business Performance | Dev environment Dependencies  Node + NPM https://nodejs.org/en/download/  Typescript npm install –g typescript Initialising a new project mkdir my-project cd my-project npm init --yes npm install mendixmodelsdk mendixplatformsdk when @types/when –save tsc --init
Optimising Business Performance | Connecting to the platform  Generating an API key o Developer key not project key
Optimising Business Performance | Connecting to the platform  Creating an online working copy – Existing project
Optimising Business Performance | Connecting to the platform  Creating an online working copy – New Project
Optimising Business Performance |Understanding the metamodel  Reverse engineer an application  Recognisable objects are easier to understand  https://github.com/lindski/mx-sdk-modelexport o Export objects as code functions. o Builds on https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/mxsdk/generating-code-from-the-model
SAMPLES / EXAMPLES
Optimising Business Performance | Analysing naming standards  Enforcing Best Practises o Check your model against your team’s standards Demo: Report on all Microflows that don’t have an appropriate Prefix https://github.com/mxcrawford/sdk-examples
Optimising Business Performance | Analysing naming standards  Set your rules
Optimising Business Performance | Analysing naming standards  Analyse
Optimising Business Performance | Changing colour of microflow activities  Make your model easy to identify  Demo: Make sure all Microflows are set to their correct colour based on the nature of their action  Create Object Change Object Delete Object https://github.com/mxcrawford/sdk-examples
Optimising Business Performance | Changing colour of microflow activities  Load it
Optimising Business Performance | Changing colour of microflow activities
Optimising Business Performance | Creating validation microflows  Typical pattern for committing objects o Main commit microflow o Sub validation microflow  Auto creates validation microflows with basic rules o Treats every supported attribute as required.  Stores microflows in separate folder https://github.com/lindski/mx-sdk-validationcreator
Optimising Business Performance | Generating model documentation  Generate documentation for your application artefacts  Extend with custom documentation o Enrich with Markdown  Generates documentation using Docsify o https://docsify.js.org/#/  Add your own documentation tool o E.g. Confluence https://github.com/AuraQ/MendixDocumenter
Optimising Business Performance | Draw inspiration  Some of many existing examples to be found o https://forum.mendixcloud.com/link/questions/12432  More ideas o Enforcing Best practises and standards  e.g. check and alert for any commits in a loop o Migrating over to Mendix  e.g. convert HTML page to Mendix page o Accessibility  Make sure all pages have h1 widget  Make sure all Delete, New and Save buttons are correct “colour” o Pure fun  e.g. Microflow Art by converting image to Microflow
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| CONTACT 33 Graham Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 2HU 01684 571960 enquiries@auraq.com www.auraq.com

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Mendix Maker Meetup - London (2019-10-17)

  • 1. Mendix Platform and Model SDK Iain Lindsay (AuraQ) | Alistair Crawford (Mendix) 17 OCTOBER 2019 Automating the boring stuff
  • 2. Optimising Business Performance  Introductions  SDK Overview  Core use cases  Getting Started  Samples / examples o Analysing naming standards o Changing colour of microflow activities o Creating validation microflows o Generating model documentation | Agenda
  • 3. Optimising Business Performance | Introductions  Alistair o https://github.com/mxcrawford  Iain o https://github.com/lindski LinkedIn
  • 4. Optimising Business Performance | SDK Overview  Two SDKs – Platform and Model  Platform provides access to model server o Creating an app o Creating a branch o Opening a revision  Model provides access to the application model o Retrieve information about all application objects o Manipulate existing objects o Create new objects  Typescript based SDKs o Strongly typed javascript
  • 5. Optimising Business Performance | Core use cases Migrate Analyse Export Modify Analyse your Mendix applications. Identify duplication, complexity, non conformance to dev standards. Update your Mendix applications. Automate repetitive and/or time consuming tasks Export your Mendix applications to code, documentation or test cases. Convert legacy applications into Mendix applications.
  • 7. Optimising Business Performance | Basic Knowledge  TypeScript  when.js and Promises o https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/mxsdk/working-with-when.js-and-promises-in-typescript  Mendix documentation o https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/mxsdk/ o https://apidocs.mendix.com/modelsdk/latest/index.html
  • 8. Optimising Business Performance | Dev environment Dependencies  Node + NPM https://nodejs.org/en/download/  Typescript npm install –g typescript Initialising a new project mkdir my-project cd my-project npm init --yes npm install mendixmodelsdk mendixplatformsdk when @types/when –save tsc --init
  • 9. Optimising Business Performance | Connecting to the platform  Generating an API key o Developer key not project key
  • 10. Optimising Business Performance | Connecting to the platform  Creating an online working copy – Existing project
  • 11. Optimising Business Performance | Connecting to the platform  Creating an online working copy – New Project
  • 12. Optimising Business Performance |Understanding the metamodel  Reverse engineer an application  Recognisable objects are easier to understand  https://github.com/lindski/mx-sdk-modelexport o Export objects as code functions. o Builds on https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/mxsdk/generating-code-from-the-model
  • 14. Optimising Business Performance | Analysing naming standards  Enforcing Best Practises o Check your model against your team’s standards Demo: Report on all Microflows that don’t have an appropriate Prefix https://github.com/mxcrawford/sdk-examples
  • 15. Optimising Business Performance | Analysing naming standards  Set your rules
  • 16. Optimising Business Performance | Analysing naming standards  Analyse
  • 17. Optimising Business Performance | Changing colour of microflow activities  Make your model easy to identify  Demo: Make sure all Microflows are set to their correct colour based on the nature of their action  Create Object Change Object Delete Object https://github.com/mxcrawford/sdk-examples
  • 18. Optimising Business Performance | Changing colour of microflow activities  Load it
  • 19. Optimising Business Performance | Changing colour of microflow activities
  • 20. Optimising Business Performance | Creating validation microflows  Typical pattern for committing objects o Main commit microflow o Sub validation microflow  Auto creates validation microflows with basic rules o Treats every supported attribute as required.  Stores microflows in separate folder https://github.com/lindski/mx-sdk-validationcreator
  • 21. Optimising Business Performance | Generating model documentation  Generate documentation for your application artefacts  Extend with custom documentation o Enrich with Markdown  Generates documentation using Docsify o https://docsify.js.org/#/  Add your own documentation tool o E.g. Confluence https://github.com/AuraQ/MendixDocumenter
  • 22. Optimising Business Performance | Draw inspiration  Some of many existing examples to be found o https://forum.mendixcloud.com/link/questions/12432  More ideas o Enforcing Best practises and standards  e.g. check and alert for any commits in a loop o Migrating over to Mendix  e.g. convert HTML page to Mendix page o Accessibility  Make sure all pages have h1 widget  Make sure all Delete, New and Save buttons are correct “colour” o Pure fun  e.g. Microflow Art by converting image to Microflow
  • 24. | CONTACT 33 Graham Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 2HU 01684 571960 enquiries@auraq.com www.auraq.com