dbQwikSite Transforms Ideas into Web Applications with No Coding

TheDevShop has just released version 5 of dbQwikSite, its webapplication RAD tool. This release significantly changes the boundaries oftraditional web code generators. dbQwikSite integrates to other web authoringtools, as well as integrating more of the database design process. The result is apowerful web application development environment that requires virtually noprogramming skills. The end user focuses on application functionality, flow anddesign, and the code generation engine takes care of the programming tasks.

dbQwikSite Version 5 focuses on integrating web development desktop work flow. Thisrelease ties together many common tasks between web design and web development andacross various development tools. To design a database web site, users typicallyneed to jump between different tools each specialized for a different aspect ofdevelopment, such as database design, page design and coding. In version 5, usersare offered a wealth of tools and features which enable them to work seamlessly whencreating web applications. Version 5 blurs the lines between traditional programmingtools. It humanizes the development process by allowing users to work naturally,making iterative changes and tweaks as they move forward in development and intomaintenance. This type of flexibility is typically the realm of high end enterprisetools.

Many code generators require that users have an existing database before pages cangenerated, not so with dbQwikSite. It has a host of tools to help users createdatabases. Tables can be created not only by the traditional methods of definingfields and data types, but by also by many innovative ways geared toward your lesstechnical users. For example users can import Excel files, MySQL users can createtables from MySQL dumps, dbQwikSite provides a rich set of database table templatesthat can be mixed and matched to create new tables and field combinations. New inversion 5 is a web form import tool, aimed at webmasters who are more familiar withHTML than with SQL. Simply design a web form, or pick one from the web and importit to dbQwikSite. In this process, dbQwikSite will analyze the form, and suggests atable structure based on the form design.

TheDevShop has given a lot of consideration to make dbQwikSite support the waypeople normally work, embracing not only the creation process, but also theiterative changes that are a natural part of developing and maintainingapplications. Version 5 introduces a  universal database table editor. Users canchange their database tables on-the-fly as the need for new fields or other changesare discovered. Many code generators will balk at changes to the data structures. dbQwikSite V5 handles these changes gracefully, analyzing your current designagainst your changed data structures, and flagging design items that requireattention. dbQwikSite is more than a web site generator; it makes it an invaluabletool for maintaining database web sites through the entire lifecycle of theapplication.

Version 5, offers a new HTML editor integration. You can assign your HTML editor toreplace the integrated HTML editor. Users of Dreamweaver and FrontPage, or anyother editor, can edit dbQwikSite HTML pages and HTML fragments, in their preferredHTML designer. dbQwikSite not only launches your editor with the correct pageloaded, but it monitors all the files that are edited. dbQwSite project pages whichreference HTML modified outside of dbQwikSite, will display a warning the next timethey are accessed in dbQwikSite. Always with maintenance in mind, a nifty reconciliation report tool, not only highlights changes, but also allows users toautomatically merge in external changes by clicking a  accept or  reject changelink in the report.

Project Reports are a new feature in this release. A number of supplied reportsprovide the means to analyze web site design for trouble shooting as well as reportsto support integration. The reports are part of a new plug-in architecture andleverage an XML project file format. New reports can be developed independentlyusing XSL.

This most recent release is not limited to integration automation. It also featuresadvancements in the technical aspects of the software. The code generation enginenow generates PHP, ASP, and ASP.net. Windows Vista support is also part of thisrelease.

dbQwikSite PE (Personal Edition) is a free edition creating branded pages. Thereare 4 paid editions: Publisher, Express, PRO and Ecommerce, sold for $39.95 USD,$99.95 USD, $149.95 USD and $179.95 USD respectively. Free trial and additionalinformation available from www.dbQwikSite.com.

dbQwikSit e is produced by TheDevShop Ltd. (www.TheDevShop.com) , 22/6 EmporiumTower, 622 Sukhumvit Rd. Bangkok, 10110 Thailand. +662 664-7252, sales @thedevshop.com

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