COMPLICATED FORM -VS- MANY FORMS

Question

Dear Friends,
in big projects, which strategy we should use. wether we should make single form and do multiple task in it which may cause the form to be more complicated.
Or
we should make multiple forms with single task which will make the forms simpler.
Please view the above question in all the stages of software development process
Development
Implementation
Maintenance
Prashant
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Answer 1

You should almost always use smaller forms. In development activity, smaller forms are more quickly built and tested, and the testing is much easier to get right. A major advantage is module reuse; if you can make your modules (not just forms but PL/SQL libraries and menus too) reusable, you can get a lot of productivity improvement in future development and "maintenance" in the sense of extending your system. This approach also makes you think about architecture in ways that benefit your ability to design a flexible, extensible system.
Implementation is a bit more difficult because you have all these files floating around. Think source control and baseline configuration management for deployment. Do it with the forms server over the web if possible (small forms are better here too).
For maintenance, if you've ever debugged a complex form, you will immediately realize why small forms are better for maintenance.
So, overall, go for smaller forms if you can.
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