About This Book

This book is an orientation guide for programmers who are new to Caché or who are familiar with only some kinds of Caché programming. It focuses on server-side programming.

It consists of the following topics:

• Introduction to Caché Programming

• A Closer Look at ObjectScript

• Basic Ideas in Class Programming

• Caché Classes

• Caché Objects

• Persistent Objects and Caché SQL

• Namespaces and Databases

• Caché Security

• Localization Support

• Development Tools

• Server Configuration Options

• Useful Skills to Learn

• What’s That?

• Rules and Guidelines for Identifiers

• General System Limits

• Numeric Computing in InterSystems Applications

For a detailed outline, see the table of contents.

For information about related topics, see the following documents:

• Using Caché Objects describes how to create and work with classes and objects.

• Using Caché ObjectScript describes concepts and how to use the ObjectScript language.

• Using Caché SQL describes how to use Caché SQL and where you can use this language.

• Using Caché Globals describes how to work with multidimensional arrays and globals.

• InterSystems Programming Tools Index is a directory of the InterSystems classes, routines, bindings, and other programming tools, grouped by topic.

For general information, see Using InterSystems Documentation.