The development environment includes an extensive array of GUI controls. Among these are the usual HTML suspects--buttons, text fields, and radio, check and list boxes. Also on hand are components generally offered only for fat-client development--tabbed windows, as well as graphical elements such as charts, graphs and simple vector-based objects.
What's more, you can extend the GUI components, develop composite components or customize behavior using Virtual Basic, JavaScript or DreamFactory's own DFScript. But for simple applications, you won't have to write any code.
Living the Dream
DreamFactory 6.0 is available for download from the company's Web site. After downloading, it's a no-brainer to install and fire up.
The intuitive drag-and-drop interface let me create an application quickly, using Web services pulled from a list at www.xmethods. com. To check interoperability, I experimented with two Web services--one .Net, the other Axis.
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