Stepping up to LANSA Version 11

Much has changed in LANSA Version 11. It opens up many new opportunities for the way you do application development and exciting new possibilities for the types of applications you can deliver.

At the same time, LANSA Version 11 continues to fully support all the applications you have today and the techniques you use today to do application development. This upwards compatibility means that you can approach the upgrade assured that you can remain in control and determine for yourself when and how you begin to adopt the new features.

We have laid out five simple steps for realizing the maximum benefit from LANSA Version 11. One of the steps is to perform the upgrade. The other steps introduce new features and new techniques. You do not have to complete all the steps or use all the features.

As well as charting a course for a staged and controlled upgrade and adoption of new LANSA Version 11 features, our steps detail the benefits you will gain at each step along the way as well as the things you need to know and other supporting materials.

Stage one is to simply upgrade to LANSA Version 11 and enjoy immediate benefits without any change to the way you develop applications today. The other steps introduce new features and new techniques. You do not have to complete all the steps or use all the features.

If you have one or more developers who continue to perform LANSA development using LANSA for iSeries, then you should follow these steps:

• Read the Recommended Steps for Existing LANSA for iSeries customers
   
• Download the Recommended Steps for Existing LANSA of iSeries customers (PDF 189KB)

If you are already developing in Visual LANSA today, then you should follow these steps:

• Read the Recommended Steps for Existing Visual LANSA customers
   
• Download the Recommended Steps for Existing Visual LANSA customers (PDF 190KB)