Escape Research and Development

From the early 1990's through mid 2000's, Escape had a combined Research and Development department. In late 2007 we decided to split the department to better reflect how we were operating.

Escape Development

This department is our group of developers that write new software and fix software errors. We tend to have some specialization, thus some people do Finance, others Payroll, others Reports. A few cross the boundaries, but everyone is well versed in school business and what our software "is all about" from the user's perspecitive.

Escape Research

Another group of people is continually working on:

  • The architecture of the client, the server, and the communications between them.
  • Performance.
  • The actual look and feel - how the user interacts with the Escape Online 5 system.
  • Database design.
  • Integration of third party products or capabilities.
  • Ongoing improvements in our development platform, Microsoft's .Net.
  • Integration with Escape support systems such as the knowledgbase, our incident management system, our (upcoming) community, etc.

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