Last Updated on July 13, 2021
WaveMaker (formerly named ActiveGrid) is an open source cloud software development platform that automates much of the process for creating Java web and cloud applications. WaveMaker provides a visual rapid application development (RAD) platform. It is a WYSIWYG development platform for building Web and Cloud applications.
WaveMaker is a visual development tool that lets everyone quickly build and deploy great-looking web and cloud applications. With WaveMaker, you can build a complete, 3-tier web application in minutes.
WaveMaker is backed by a 35,000-strong developer community and is an IBM Advanced Partner for Cloud Computing. VMware sold WaveMaker to Pramati in May 2013.
Features include:
- Visual, drag and drop web development platform.
- Open source, creates standard Java apps using Spring/Hibernate.
- Flattens Java learning curve.
- Eliminates hand coding of Java.
- Open source alternative to PowerBuilder, MS Access, Oracle Forms.
- Browser-based IDE.
- RAD for Web 2.0.
- Automatic generation of Hibernate mapping, Hibernate queries from database schema import.
- Automatic creation of Enterprise Data Widgets based on schema import. Each widget can display data from a database table as a grid or edit form. Edit form implements create, update, delete functions automatically.
- WYSIWYG Ajax development studio runs in a browser.
- Developer sees live application data within the studio (LiveLayout).
- Simplified (one-touch) deployment to Tomcat, Websphere, Weblogic, JBoss.
- Data schema aware forms to edit, update, delete data (LiveForms).
- Mashup tool to assemble web applications based on SOAP, REST and RSS web services, Java Services and databases.
- Leverage existing CSS, HTML and Java.
- Deploys a standard Java .war file.
- Browser-based WaveMaker studio can be bundled by independent software vendor (ISV) with their web-based application to enable user customization.
Website: www.wavemaker.com/learn
Support:
Developer: Pramati Technologies Private Limited
License: Apache License 2.0
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