Archives for posts tagged ‘metadata’

Rich Metadata Mediated UI development

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 [...]