| Base One Foundation Component Library (BFC) | |
|---|---|
| Original authors | Steven Asherman, Arun Kumar |
| Developer | Content Galaxy Inc. |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C++,C# |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | Microsoft Visual Studio,.NET |
| Type | Web application framework |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | contentgalaxy |
TheBase One Foundation Component Library (BFC) is arapid application development toolkit for building secure,fault-tolerant,database applications onWindows andASP.NET. In conjunction with Microsoft'sVisual Studiointegrated development environment, BFC provides a general-purposeweb application framework for working with databases fromMicrosoft,Oracle,IBM,Sybase, andMySQL, running under Windows, Linux/Unix, or IBM iSeries or z/OS. BFC includes facilities fordistributed computing,batch processing,queuing, and database commandscripting, and these run under Windows or Linux withWine.
BFC is based on adatabase-centric architecture whose cross-DBMSdata dictionary plays a central role in supportingdata security,validation,optimization, andmaintainability features.[1] Some of BFC’s core technologies are based on underlying U.S. patents in database communication and high precision arithmetic.[2][3][4]
BFC supports a unique model of large scale,distributed computing.[5][6] This is intended to reduce the vulnerability and performance impact of either depending on a centralized process to distribute tasks or communicating directly between nodes through messages. Deutsche Bank made use of the initial version of BFC to build its securities' custody system and is one of the earliest successful examples of commercial grid computing.[7][8]
BFC implements agrid computing architecture that revolves around the model of a "virtual supercomputer" composed of loosely coupled "batch job servers". These perform tasks that are specified and coordinated through database-resident control structures and queues. The model is virtual, as it uses the available processing power and resources of ordinary servers and database systems, which can also continue to work in their previous roles. The result is termed a virtual supercomputer because it presents itself as a single, unified computational resource that can be scaled both in capacity and processing power.[citation needed]
BFC was originally developed by Base One International Corp., funded by projects done forMarsh & McLennan andDeutsche Bank that started in the mid-1990s.[9] Beginning in 1994,Johnson & Higgins (later acquired by Marsh & McLennan), built Stars, an insurance risk management system, using components known as ADF (Application Development Framework). ADF was the predecessor of BFC and was jointly developed by Johnson & Higgins and Base One programmers, with Base One retaining ownership of ADF, and Johnson & Higgins retaining all rights to Stars risk management software.[10][11] In 2014, BFC was acquired by Content Galaxy Inc., whose video publishing service was built with BFC.[12]
The name "BFC" was a play on MFCMicrosoft Foundation Classes, which BFC extended through Visual C++class libraries to facilitate the development of large-scale,client/server database applications. Developers can incorporate BFC components into web and Windows applications written in any of the major Microsoft programming languages (C#,ASP.NET,Visual C++,VB.NET). They can also use a variety of older technologies, includingCOM/ActiveX,MFC, andCrystal Reports. BFC works with bothmanaged and unmanaged code, and it can be used to construct eitherthin client orrich client applications, with or withoutbrowser-based interfaces.[citation needed]
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