Tutorial 1: Modeling a Simple Application

In this tutorial, you model an application that enables you to locate a product from a database, retrieve its ID and other descriptive information, and then convert its listed price from one currency to another.

Prerequisites

You have met the prerequisites listed in Modeling Your First Application with Visual Composer.

Process

This tutorial consists of the following sections:

Creating the base model to select a product from a list of product records retrieved from the database
(Product Information Application )

In this application, users select the number of product records to retrieve from the database, to display selected information about each product.
Creating a simple application based on a standard Web service that enables you to display the monetary rate for converting one currency to another
(Currency Conversion Application)

In this application, users enter the source and target currencies, and thereby retrieve the relevant conversion rate.
Adding a popup window – based on the currency-conversion component – to the base model for converting the price of the selected product from one currency to another
(Product Information Application with Embedded Currency Converter)

The Currency Converter application is embedded in the Product Information application, to serve as a popup window for displaying product price in a different currency.

Next Step

Begin the tutorial with the section Creating the Base Model for Retrieving Product Information.