[vox-tech] Seeking Suggestions for Form Designer

Brian Lavender brian at brie.com
Mon Jan 28 14:03:37 PST 2013


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 09:43:11AM -0800, Chris Jenks wrote:
> 
>    Hello,
> 
>    As a mostly self-taught programmer, I've noticed myself creating 
> web applications over the years which seem similar enough that a tool may 
> exist to create them with less redundant effort. Things like timesheets, 
> equipment inventories, shopping directories and publication summaries all 
> have in common the routine of create the database, make a form to add, 
> edit and delete from the database, make reports of the database and a way 
> to export data. There tend to be a few special requirements per 
> application which keep them from being identical aside from field names 
> and table relationships.
>    I looked into moodle a while ago, which was originally meant to allow 
> the design of custom web forums. Can anyone point me toward anything more 
> promising then moodle for inventory type applications?

I suggest JBoss tools and friends. 

http://www.jboss.org/jdf

brian

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Brian Lavender
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"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."

Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture


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