How to create something similar to Zoho Creator

[Marc]

With a few drag'n'drop, Zoho creator lets you create a simple records management system i.e. create a few tables, a few forms, and you can add/edit/delete records in forms, search in list... all without any coding. They used to export to GAE but it looks like it's gone.

I'd like to know if there is a product that would do the same for GAE or maybe create the boilerplate code. I need to create a dozen forms, add CRUD capabilities to each form, have fields in the forms with auto-complete drop-down controls pointing to other tables and provide lists with sort/search/pagination.

I've looked at GWT libraries like SmartGWT and it helps with the UI but there's still a fair bit of code to go through to create all the CRUD service to the datastore. I'm also very bad CSS/HTML so what I got running looked pretty bad. :)

Ideas?

Thanks 

[Rajkumar Radhakrishnan]

Hi,

You should see if iFreeTools Creator, the online database app builder built from the ground up for hosting over Google App Engine, can meet your requirements.

You can define Entities ("tables") and Attributes ("columns" or "fields") to create your own custom database app up and running in few minutes. Forms & Views (lists, charts, calendar views) are automatically generated based on access privileges, which can be defined up to field level.

System level features available in iFreeTools Creator include : 

• User Management
• Automated Audit of all write operations
• Custom Views for filtering data based on criteria
• Custom Actions for single-click record modifications
• Bulk Import / Export in CSV format
• Authorization Profiles for access control up to field level
• Re-branding with your logo
• Sub-domain mapping http://app.yourdomain.com (requires Google Apps)

Integrates with the following Google services currently :

• Google Contacts (import contacts to any custom database table having an email-id fields, after defining a field mapping and uploading of contacts).
• Google Docs (attach documents to any database record)
• Google Maps (mark geographic locations on maps and search records based on nearness to that location)
• Google Apps (supports login using Google Apps user accounts, using Google App Engine's federated login feature, and mapping to sub-domain from Google Apps dashboard).

All features listed above are available in free version. More features are in the works.

You can also have the iFreeTools deployed to your own Google App Engine account for which the rates start at $99/year (~$8.25/month) for 25 users, going up to $297/year for unlimited users.

User Guide : http://help.creator.ifreetools.com

Hope you find the app useful. Feedback welcome.

Thanks & Regards,

Raj

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