Rich Metadata Mediated UI development
Saturday, 3 May 2008
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?
No. 1 — July 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Hi chui,
The next version of Naked Objects (3.1) has the same idea as ValueConverters … except we call them ValueSemanticsProviders.
Cheers
Dan