DesignBais - Impressive


Recently, I had the good fortune of being able to participate in a
on-line meeting/presentation demostrating the capabilities of the
DesignBais product (DB).

http://www.designbais.com/

The presentation was done by Tony Gravagno, and I really appreciate the
effort he made to outline the product, show off some of its extensive
features, and answer many of the group's questions.

Though my *only* exposure to DB thus far has been Tony's 2 hour
presentation, I was thouroughly impressed and will move forward with
the available 60 day trial.

IMO, DB appears to be a polished product that can easily breathe new
life into old Pick applications. But, not only do I see it putting a
new face on old apps, I see it as the way to develop new applications,
for which a web-browser based interface is appropriate.

The interfaces DB can create are mondern looking and supporting the
visual elements you expect to find on today's web sites. There are
many great features that you can read about on the DB web site. Field
level validation without page refreshing is one. I won't list them all
here.

Sadly, their website is a little lacking in terms of visuals and
detailed explanations, but I've been told they plan to improve it.

The biggest thing to note is that it is easy to use the product. One
doesn't have to know anything about AJAX, JavaScript, HTML, XML, etc.
The develper can just focus on dropping their fields, lables, buttons,
etc where they want them on the page, then "hook" them to their MV
database to read and update data as they see fit. All this by setting
various properites in the DB designer. No code to write.

There is a *LOT* of control and flexibility - Allowing you to leverage
existing investments file structures, and BASIC code routies.

I know I've gone on quite a bit for someone that has never used the
product and only seen a single presentation, but this is the first MV
add-on product I have seen a a very long time that has actually got me
excited about MV development again.

It appears that one can have the productivity, simplicity, and
deployment ease of the traditional, green screen applications of the
past, with the user interface that more and more businesses demand.

I really think this product is worth serious consideration, so if you
have any questions, your best bet is to contact DesignBais or talk to
Tony G.

Cheers,


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Kevin Powick
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