Transforming and Streamlining a Complex Development Process - Dyalog APL in Jewelry Industry

Explore a 23-minute conference talk from Dyalog '23 detailing the transformation of a complex development process in the jewelry industry. Learn how BIG, a company integrating data from 1,000 retailers, leveraged Dyalog APL to streamline their operations. Discover the journey from a C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, MSSQL, and KendoUI-based system to a more efficient Dyalog-based production environment. Gain insights into handling messy retailer data, implementing various data retrieval methods (APIs, FTP, CSV, XML, JSON), and creating custom reports using Jarvis and SQAPL. Understand the full system complexity, outbound integrations, and the benefits of replacing C# with APL. Conclude with suggestions for UI improvements and an overview of the new production setup, showcasing how Dyalog APL enables faster and more flexible responses to customer needs in the jewelry industry.

Introduction
About BIG
Disrupting the Jewelry Industry
Original architecture
Messy retailer data
Enter APL
The full system complexity
Replacing C# with APL: CSV
Getting data from APIs
Getting text and Excel data
Getting XML and JSON data
Getting data via FTP
Outbound APIs, FTP, SQL, JSON
Outbound integrations
Custom reporting
Reporting with Jarvis and SQA
Conclusions
Suggestion: UI
The new production environment