Recent jMatter Enhancements
Posted by Eitan Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:19:00 GMT
I strongly believe that the shear amount of features I have put in to jMatter is impressive. That sounds really corny coming from me.
But think about it. Take the naked objects framework as a comparison. They do a monumental thing by providing a user interface for your model objects. jMatter adds polymorphic support, search support, wizards, hibernate persistence, calendaring, validation, more data types, commands on value objects, persisted queries (smart lists), and more.
What I find interesting is that the number of ideas for features that I have is still as abundant today as it was a year ago.
Most recently, I added the ability to perform associations in place, via a new little widget that dynamically searches for objects of the matching type. Say, you're building a little flight planning application and you're defining a new trip from LAX to DEN. As you type the airport id, jMatter will perform a dynamic lookup. You just type "LA" and the handful of matching results are there for you to pick from. Press 'enter' and the association is made.
I also went ahead and made all listings' searches dynamic. I also recently licensed and integrated JExplose, a wonderful little expose-like utility for Swing.
I am discovering that changing one's mindset to embrace what is now termed "the naked objects architectural pattern" unleashes a new wave of ideas and creativity. Will the world catch on to this?
Anyhow, that's the update. Things are looking really good.
