If you don't know IDX, you should read more about it!

In short, it's development workspace in the cloud.
Not interested because cloud development environments are not new?
Stop reading and have a nice day

IDX is different!
It's still beta, but it's so cool and it already works. The cool thing is the architecture and the visions behind it.

We tried different cloud dev environments in the past but IDX is the first which worked like expected. One click and everything will be up and running, super fast, easy to manage (because it just works).

Our use-case is simple. Create a mobile demo app with Flutter UI like our example app.

It was super easy because copy/paste of source files was enough. Here's the result:

Flutter UI Android preview

Flutter UI Web preview

To be honest, it wasn't possible to develop without manual configuration because supported flutter version was too old. But a simple

fixed this problem. The Android emulator preview had some problems and didn't work at first but it suddenly worked. We have no idea why, but IDX is beta. The overall performance is not super fast but the IDE part itself is fast enough. The preview and build could be better. Also the Android simulator integration lacks.

But if everything would be configured by a custom template, your online IDE is ready in 30 seconds - ready to work.

For us it's not a replacement for desktop development but it's perfect for collaboration or if you need complex environments e.g. docker, databases. It makes sense to create a development environment in some seconds and share the environment with your team or just to provide a development environment for Low-Code citizen developers. Not every citizen developer has the skill to configure a development environment. But a click on a link and modifying existing files is not a problem.

If you're interested, just try out IDX on your own.

Our VisionX Previewer App 3.2.0 is available. PLEASE read this article BEFORE updating the app.

It's a performance and feature release for flutter 3.24.

The new version fully supports table cell formatting (Cell profiles), fixed table cell size calculation, improved image loading and caching (no more flickering), supports full-screen content without safe are (optional), contains new date and time picker components and comes with updated dependencies.

With next version we will use flutter 3.27 and later.

A full changelog is available here and information about 3.2.0.

Our VisionX Previewer App 3.1.0 is available.

It's a small feature release for dark mode support.

Some impressions

App overview black

Splash black

Menu black

App overview

Splash

Menu

Login black

Screen black

Menu black

Login

Screen

Menu

Settings black

Settings

A full changelog is available here and information about the 3.1.0.

Our VisionX Previewer App 3.0.3 is available.

It's a feature release!

• Save file action AND optional Show file
• ReadOnlyChecker support
• Change base URL for multiple apps with same base URL
• Activate Screen support
• Charts and Gauges reimplementation
• Native push support
• Barcode support for (QR) Scanner
• Application now knows dark/light mode
• ...
• Bugfixes

A full changelog is available here and information about the 3.0.3, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0

Our VisionX Previewer App 2.9.0 is available.

It's a feature release!

• It's now possible to close a screen via menu (small x beside the text).
• The table selection is now super fast. We removed the delay between click and select record.
• It's now possible to change the application name
• Linked cell editors now support concat masks
• Improved offline sync and user messages
• New retry feature for offline -> online
• Html editor support for contenttype/html
• ...
• Bugfixes

A full changelog is available here and information about the 2.9.0, 2.8.0, 2.7.0

Our VisionX Previewer App 2.6.0 is available.

It's not just an update release, it's a release with many new features!

An impression is available here.

The new app overview makes our previewer app a multi previewer app. Use one application to manage all your VisionX applications and switch between the apps.

A full changelog is available here

The next mobile UI will be version 2.6.0 and will be available in April.
We wrote about some new features in our last blog.

We have more highlights for your

• Tree support
  

  Tree support

  Tree selected

• Concat mask support
  
  
  

  Concat mask

• Popup/Content support
  
  
  

  Popup

• Saving immediate support for editors
• Signature pad with lock mode (better scrolling support)
• App now sends alive to the server
• Websocket keep alive

Our mobile flutter UI is just awesome. Just sayin'

The next version will be 2.6.0.

It will fix some smaller bugs and will provide you with a killer feature. It will be possible to use multiple application configurations. Simply switch your JVx based applications.

The application overview will look like this:

Application overview

What else?

We have support for haptic feedback and slider button. We improved screen loading and will show a skeleton with loading animation. We have support for flat/text buttons an image viewer and full-screen multiline text editor. The image viewer is automatically available for all your image editors. Simply tap on an image. If you have small multiline editors in your screen, simply double tap to get a full-screen editor.

You want more?

We have edit support for simple tables (single cells or the whole record), we have sort on header and also table reload support. The application API was updated and is now much easier to use. Our example application demonstrates many use-cases but a full API documentation is not available at the moment. This is on our todo-list!

The flutter client for JVx applications is Apache 2.0 licensed and the source code is available here.

Es gibt seit kurzem einen neuen Artikel über VisionX und Low-Code in der deutschen Presse. Hier das Intro:

Die Begriffe Low-Code und No-Code sind zwei neue Sterne am Himmel. Im Jahre 2014 wurde Low-Code von Forrester Research benannt und erst in den letzten Monaten wurde richtig Fahrt aufgenommen. Fast wöchentlich tauchen neue Tools auf. Eine Empfehlung auszusprechen, ist nahezu unmöglich. Auch im Java-Umfeld gibt es viele Tools, die den Anforderungen von Low- und No-Code gerecht werden. Eines dieser Tools wird in diesem Artikel vorgestellt: VisionX.

Der Artikel referenziert auch auf einen etwas älteren Artikel, der hier zu finden ist.

Der vollständige Artikel über Low-Code ist hier zu finden. Prädikat lesenswert

Es gibt seit kurzem einen neuen Artikel über unsere brandneue Flutter App in der deutschen Presse. Hier das Intro:

Wer eine App für mobile Geräte entwickeln möchte, steht zumindest vor einer wichtigen Frage: Mit welcher Technologie soll die App realisiert werden? Da es aktuell verschiedenste Möglichkeiten gibt, ist die Antwort nicht sofort klar. Mit diesem Problem war das Framework-Team von SIB Visions ebenfalls konfrontiert, als es darum ging, einen Client für das Open Source Application Framework JVx zu entwickeln. Wie
vor allem was umgesetzt wurde, wird ...

Der vollständige Artikel ist hier zu finden. Prädikat lesenswert