Everything changed when Skyline introduced consistency to the software development process through its eFoundation. Originally launched in 1996, it has evolved into today’s eFoundation.NET, which harnesses the power of the Microsoft .NET framework to create higher quality, more stable applications based upon a solid software infrastructure that has proven itself over years of application development. No longer is it necessary for developers to start from scratch; now they have a perfectly constructed foundation on which to build.

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When developers begin with the verified results built into eFoundation, project expense and time estimates become more reliable, project turnaround times are quicker, and development costs drop. At the same time, eFoundation ensures that quality and consistency are built into applications from the start.

Overall, eFoundation provides a blueprint for handling an application’s organization, business rules, cross-cutting logic, data-access strategy and other elements. Of significance is the fact that this blueprint is supported by framework code, furnishing a foundation on which to build the application. eFoundation also offers support tools, including code generators, unit testing support, document generators and other systems for speeding and easing development. Finally, eFoundation comes complete with supporting documentation and examples.

Both development and ongoing maintenance become simpler due to the consistency afforded through eFoundation, its underlying blueprint ensuring that complex logic is modularized and that all application elements are implemented in the same way across all projects. Because each project is built on a familiar and similar foundation, Skyline can move developers from project to project in order to mitigate client risk if a developer should become unavailable or to handle an unforeseen increase in application scope.

In the end, eFoundation promotes mutual communication and understanding between developers and management because it provides a common context, a consistent language, for constructing applications.

The legacy of eFoundation applications is a series of consistent, solid solutions that organizations can scale to any size, solutions that become far more predictable in terms of cost and development times and far more reliable in terms of quality.