Today we installed the first update for VisionX. It contains many improvements, based on our user feedbacks.

A short list:

• The screen creation with large spreadsheets (> 200 columns) works now
• DB Specification does not show empty tags anymore
• Show icons for user tables/views and system tables/views
• We fixed some translations
• Added a workaround for JRE >= 1.6.22 html formatting problems
• Color selection for GroupPanels is now supported

We fixed a lot of smaller problems and started with performance tuning. Now we have enough data to reduce bottlenecks. We send too many requests especially during design mode switching, but that was important to find where it makes sense to optimize.

Stay tuned.

Today is a great day for us! We launch VisionX as public beta.

VisionX is available as installation in the cloud, even if it was not yet fully optimized for the Cloud. Some options could still be better adapted to the Cloud, but VisionX is not only a cloud tool. It is designed for Intranets or desktop PCs too.

The launched version allows application creation, screen design with a great visual designer, database object creation, help and specification creation. It is possible to export an application as eclipse project and import an external application archive into VisionX. The installation on remote application servers is also available. But of course, we have some limitations and not implemented features.

The caching is completely disabled because we want to gather real-world performance data. Because of that, VisionX needs some extra time after login, the application start or during visual design. But the performance is still quite acceptable.

Some important features like search/filter, actions, edit menus, user management are still in development and are disabled. We will activate the disabled features in the course of the coming weeks.

Use the registration form to get access to VisionX.

We look forward to your feedback

Our VisionX is not an IDE, it is designed for end-users. Of course, everything in VisionX is Source Code driven, but that is behind the scenes. Application Source Code is not relevant for end-users but very important for developers. An application export/import is included in VisionX and because of that a developer can work with preferred IDEs. But sometimes it would be great to change the application source code without IDE, direct in the browser.

There are some first attempts available in the web, for Cloud IDEs. Our favourite ones are

• Orion

  It is an Eclipse project and tries to bring some parts of Eclipse to the browser. Currently it does not support Java development because its focus lays on Javascript. A big advantage is that you can download Orion and install it on your own Server.

• Cloud-IDE

  It is currently in a closed beta phase, but the feature list looks very powerful. It supports Java development and looks like Eclipse light.

• Others

  There are a lot of other Cloud IDEs e.g. Bespin, Cloud9 IDE, Coderun Studio, Kodingen, ... But they have no support for Java.

For VisionX it is important that a Cloud IDE supports Java. Currently only Cloud-IDE has support for it. Let's see how things evolve.

We don't plan our own IDE for VisionX applications because there is no market for another IDE. But we plan to integrate VisionX into other IDEs and/or support Cloud IDEs.

I'm sure that most of you have heard from Cloudbees. It is the first Platform as a Service that lets companies build, test and deploy Java web applications in the cloud.

There is a SDK, a plugin for Eclipse and a lot of useful tools. Sounds interesting but everything is for software developers.

We thought that it would be nice if we bring the cloud to end users instead of developers. Now, if you think we are crazy, then I would say: "...yeah, and it feels great".

We added support for Cloudbees in VisionX. Create your database apps for the cloud, without IT know how and with a tool that runs in the cloud. Sounds even crazier?

Are you curious now?
Watch the Video

We work with high pressure on VisionX. Therefore it became also somewhat calmer. But now it is time to give you a short preview of VisionX.

You don't know what VisionX is?

This tool places all well-known tools into the shade. With VisionX, you create Enterprise Applications without any IT knowledge. Use an incomparable Visual Designer (real 2-way design) to create your application. Create your data model on the fly. No need for deployments. The source code is very clean and structured - not the usual generator spaghetti code. And the best... Change your application while you work with it.

In the next weeks we publish some videos about VisionX and the impressive features. Today we show you some screenshots and hope you enjoy it.

VisionX		New Screen
Started application		UI Design
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VisionX is not an IDE or just for top-class developers. It is for end users and sure, developers will love it. VisionX runs in your Web Browser and the created applications are pure JVx applications therefore created with open source software.

And that's just the beginning!