Rod Roark wrote: > On Friday 24 October 2003 06:26 pm, Michael J Wenk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 05:34:19PM -0700, Rod Roark wrote: > > > I've been looking around for a time-saving tool for > > > prototyping and/or developing web-based database > > > applications, preferably with PostgreSQL support. > > > > > > Browsing Freshmeat, I found a thing called Gedafe which > > > looks really interesting. Its home page is > > > http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/gedafe/. > > > > > > Has anyone here used this, and/or does anyone have > > > suggestions for other such tools? > > Are you talking about developing the schema? or an IDE ? > > > > Ive used a cpl of things, the best I remember was the tool that came > > with Apple WebObjects 5. Granted that wasn't opensource, but it did do > > a decent job as I recall. The other "tool" I have used is vi and a pad > > of graph paper, which in my experience worked great. :) > > Thanks Mike. I can do the schema easily enough by hand. > Mostly what I need to do is prototype the user interface > (functionality, not necessarily appearance). > > The problem is, I can make drawings all day long and the > client will nod politely, but their wheels won't start > turning until they can play with something onscreen.
Check out http://appaserver.org . It stores your database in a database, and then it spits out web forms to allow you to query, insert, update, and delete data. Your drawings are of tables, attributes, and relationships. Appaserver has a table for each of these, which you use Appaserver to populate. > > > -- Rod > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
