Technical Specifications
Guidestar International due care and attention in delivering these country wide solutions has led it to undertake all
of its development in the countries most supported, reliable and expandable software development environment.
As such, it is not constraining itself in improving or enhancing its development solutions.
Software
- DATABASE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with a view to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 in the short / mid-term future
- IDE: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 patched with service pack 1
- WEBSERVER: Cassini (Bundled with VS)
- FRAMEWORK: – Core libraries built using Microsoft.Net Framework 2.0 – GSDS built using Microsoft.Net Framework 2.0 – CTP built using Microsoft.Net Framework 3.5
- REPOSITORY: Perforce
- DEPLOYMENT: Wise Installer
Development Servers
- 2 x SQL Server 2005 with databases for each project (1 x development, 1 x live)
- Web test machine and deployment server (1 x development)
- Clean Build Machine (1 x development)
- Vivisimo search engine box (1 x development)
- Webservers running live website and site administration (2 x live)
- Live Vivisimo server for searching database (1 x live)