Perhaps the most intimidating aspect of building databound web-based applications is the number of HTML pages and forms needed for application users to create, retrieve, update, and delete records in the underlying database tables.
While all of these pages are necessary (they’re the heart of most usage), the work to produce them is probably the most boring. There’s not much difference between one form and the next, and each form, on its own, is rarely interesting. The volume of pages that need to be created and the mundane nature of the task combine to mute the enthusiasm of even the most gung-ho developer. Perhaps this is why developers use the derogatory term “CRUD” (Create / Retrieve / Update / Delete) to describe these pages.
Iron Speed Designer can largely eliminate such mind-numbing work. Beyond this, Iron Speed Designer can also assist in enforcing corporate standards. Once the appropriate templates have been set up, every application that utilizes these templates automatically incorporates any features included in the template.
Iron Speed Designer automates the production of repetitive pages through the use of templates. Many standard templates in a variety of page styles are included with the product. You can either adopt of these standard designs, or create your own.
Using the Application Wizard in Iron Speed Designer, you can create a wide range of web pages for each table and database view in your application using built-in templates. Many of these pages feature a tabular data display or individual record display for the data in the underlying database table, giving you Table, Record, and Workflow pages for any database table, database view, or custom query in your application. You’ll find these pages provide a useful “running start” in your overall application and can be further modified at the HTML level as well. After using the Application Wizard to create web pages, you can further customize these web pages with Iron Speed Designer.
Here is just a sample of the pages Iron Speed Designer automatically creates:
A Quick Tour of Iron Speed Designer
What is an Iron Speed Designer Application?
Creating Your First Application
Creating Edit Record and Show Record pages for database views
Missing Edit Record and Show Record pages
Adding New Web Pages to Your Application