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Unix Application Migration Guide (Patterns & Practices)

ISBN: 0735618380
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 134

Authors: Microsoft Corporation

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• UNIX Application Migration Guide
• Preface
• How This Guide Is Organized
• Who Should Read This Guide?
• Document Conventions
• More Information
• Feedback and Support
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Why Move from UNIX?
• What Are the Migration Options?
• What Are the Benefits of Windows 2000?
• Migration or Coexistence?
• Summary
• Chapter 2: Windows and UNIX Compared
• Windows Evolution and Architecture
• UNIX Evolution and Architecture
• Comparison of Windows and UNIX Architectures
• Summary
• Chapter 3: The Migration Process
• Organizational Structure and the Development Life Cycle
• Overview of the Migration Process
• Assessment and Analysis
• Planning the Migration
• Creating the Development Environment
• Migrating the Application
• Testing and Quality Assurance
• Creating the Live Environment
• Summary
• Chapter 4: Assessment and Analysis
• Gathering Data
• Evaluating Migration Objectives
• Evaluating the Application
• Defining the Migration Strategy
• Chapter 5: Planning the Migration
• Starting the Migration Project
• Cataloging and Managing Risks
• Creating a Project Plan
• Planning the Project Resources
• Planning Execution
• Chapter 6: UNIX and Windows Interoperability
• Windows to UNIX Connectivity
• User Authentication and Authorization
• Resource and Data Sharing
• Choosing Interoperability Solutions
• Further Reading
• Chapter 7: Creating the Development Environment
• Development Environment Overview
• Configuring the Development Environment
• Populating the Development Environment
• Using the Development Environment
• Building and Debugging with Interix
• Building and Debugging with Visual Studio
• Automation Script for Visual Studio
• Chapter 8: Preparing for Migration
• Preparing the Code for Migration
• Migrating Scripts
• Chapter 9: Win32 Code Conversion
• Processes
• Signals and Signal Handling
• Threads
• Memory Management
• Users, Groups, and Security
• File and Data Access
• Interprocess Communication
• Sockets and Networking
• The Process Environment
• Multiprocessor Considerations
• Daemons and Services
• Appendixes
• Chapter 10: Interix Code Conversion
• How to Convert the Code
• Processes
• Signals and Signal Handling
• Threads
• Memory Management
• Users, Groups, and Security
• File and Data Access
• Interprocess Communication
• Sockets and Networking
• The Process Environment
• Daemons and Services
• Functions to Change for Interix
• Code Examples
• Chapter 11: Migrating the User Interface
• Comparing X Windows and Microsoft Windows
• User Interface Programming In X Windows and Microsoft Windows
• Window Management
• Device Management
• Displaying Text
• Drawing
• Timeouts and Timers
• Migrating Character-Based User Interfaces
• Porting OpenGL Applications
• GDI
• Mapping X Windows Terminology to Microsoft Windows
• Mapping X Windows Tools to Microsoft Windows
• User Interface Coding Examples
• Chapter 12: Testing the Migration
• Overview of the Test Life Cycle of the Migration Project
• Stage 1: Plan the Migration Test
• Stage 2: Define the Lab Strategy and Build the Test Bed
• Stage 3: Design the Test Plan and Test Cases
• Stage 4: Execute the Test
• Stage 5: Evaluate and Analyze Results
• Types of Testing
• How to Create a DTP and a DTC
• Reporting and Release Processes
• Appendixes
• References
• Chapter 13: Creating the Live Environment
• Operating a Mixed Environment
• Deploying the Migrated Application
• Networked File Systems and Application Servers
• Support and Maintenance Systems
• Chapter 14: Migrating Fortran Code
• Data Gathering and Analysis
• Development Tools and Resources
• Design and Validation
• Migration Planning
• Porting UNIX Fortran Source to Win32
• Debugging Fortran from Visual Studio
• Summary
• Chapter 15: Roadmap for Future Migrations
• Migrating to XML and Web Services
• Migrating to the Microsoft .NET Framework
• Accessing the .NET Framework from Interix
• Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers and Migration
• High-Performance Distributed Computing
• List of Figures
• List of Tables