Chui’s counterpoint

What 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?

Tags: database, metadata

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