Rich Metadata Mediated UI development
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008What would you automate into your boilerplate code after having 10 years of writing database applications? Here are some links to promising projects/essays:
- Andromeda
- Django Admin
- Dataphor
Promises: User interface “hints” integrated with the data model
- Naked Objects
- MS Access and Query By Form
- I like how CodeIgniter makes it possible to compose declarative data validations e.g. “valid_email|matches[email_confirm]|min_length[6]“
- We need standard ValueConverters for currency, URL, dates and email addresses
- Someone should write an essay on why database synchronization for off-line applications is a bad idea, and why journaling works better
- More ideas here - There are no attributes - CQL sounds cool
What are your thoughts here? Are there any other notable projects in a similar vein?