Last night we released Build 344 for version 2.0 Alpha.
This release includes new important features. For instance, database pagination for generated applications.
Enjoy it !
May 08 2010
English documentation, now available
We are working hard to complete jGenUI’s online user’s manual (inside our wiki). Since version 2.0 it will be available in english.
The primary sections which explain how to install and use the basic functionality that jGenUI provides are already translated. We will soon publish other sections, including extended configuration and customizations that can be applied to the generator to get your application ‘à la carte’, and some jGenUI´s internals explained.
You can access the (partially) translated manual by using the Documentation/Manual menu at the top of jGenUI’s website.
Apr 17 2010
New Build for version 2.0 Alpha
Last night we released Build 318 for version 2.0 Alpha Tester. We invite you to try the newest build and to give feedback to us at support@jgenui.org. We are working hard to release the Beta 2.0 as soon as possible.
Apr 12 2010
Comming soon… jGenUI 2.0
The first notice is that we start to use Sourceforge as our download site for binaries.
All the documentation, source code, forum, and Scm tool will be avaliable in jGenUI’s new web site, not in Sourceforge.
In a few weeks we will be releasing jGenUI 2.0 Beta, but today we have uploaded to sourceforge the first “2.0 Alpha testing”. We invite you to try the new version (not stable for production environment).
The previous Users manual (Beta 1.0) was written in spanish. We are translating it to english and documenting new features right now. You can email us to support@jgenui.org until the new web site will be released.
To download jGenUI 2.0 Alpha you can browse our new web site and click on “Get It” or directly go to sourceforge.
Apr 12 2010
Comming soon… new web site
In a few weeks we will be finishing a complete web site for jGenUI
The new site will concentrate all the product information, articles, documentation, videos and more. A forum and a Tickets system will be integrated.
The Tickets system is the open source Trac. You can see about 2 years of project activity , tickets, source, etc.
See a preview here !!!
Feb 12 2010
Introduction to jGenUI
jGenUI aims to significantly reduce the time and cost of developing a business application RIA. Its strategy is to identify repeatable tasks, in order to concentrate the efforts of programmers in complex business logic.
It is thus a code generator that automatically produces much of a business application RIA (Rich Internet Application). Notice that it means “a good part” and that’s just because jGenUI not intended to generate 100%. This is part of the philosophy that the product has been designed. Far from trying to “generate all” or dispense with the developer, the software is designed to make the task easier.
As part of this view the code generated is very similar to one that a developer could write, since it assumes that the developer will have to interact with it. Interact could be ie. use a generated class from a class of its own, or in some case modify a generated class .
jGenUI is a product written in Java that generates Java EE applications integrated with SEAM Framework. So technologies beyond are: Java, AJAX, JSF, JPA.
Initially conceived as a software focused on the presentation layer, its definition has been expanded and is now capable of generating a functional CRUD based business model.
One of its main differential is that it is not a tool for prototyping. While it may be useful for this, jGenUI generates code in order to be used directly in production environment.
Another point that distance it to other products on the market is that the generator is highly configurable. Initially jGenUI can generate the CRUD completely from the user’s business model through its ability of inference. However, the inference will never be perfect, so the developer has the possibility of modifying the generator stating what has been inferred. This is done through annotations plus some simple configuration file.
Finally jGenUI is distributed alongside a plugin for Eclipse to integrate naturally into the cycle and development tools.
Feb 12 2010
The beginning…
With this post we start the Official jGenUI Blog !!!
We expect you follow us through this web site, use our Java Generator and please give us feedback.
In the second quarter of 2010 will be developing a complete web site for jGenUI, with documentation, tutorials, demos, forums, tickets, etc.
Meanwhile you can download the product and documentation (in spanish) from http://www.jgenui.org and read related articles in this Blog