Category: Technology

August 21, 2025

SmartClient 14.0: Server Formulas & Templates

With the release of SmartClient 14.0, we’re introducing a range of server-side data management capabilities that simplify complex data transformations and boost performance for large datasets. This update includes calculated fields, and server-formatted fields. These features make it easier to manage, format, and retrieve data dynamically and efficiently. This blog will cover these advanced data-handling features and explain how they...

Categories SmartClient/Release/Technology

April 18, 2025

Introducing SmartClient Answer Engine: The Future of Enterprise Data Exploration

In today’s data-driven business environment, the ability to quickly extract meaningful insights from enterprise data is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Yet for most organizations, the process remains frustratingly complex: data analysis typically requires specialized skills, custom report development, or reliance on pre-built dashboards that may not answer your specific questions. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce our...

Categories SmartClient/Customers/Feature/Technology/UI

January 21, 2025

Jakarta API Transition: What It Means for Developers

There is an ongoing shift in the Java ecosystem from JavaX to Jakarta, which is creating real headaches for developers and software vendors. At SmartClient, we’re stepping up to help our customers navigate these changes with practical tools and clear answers. We’re excited to share that our upcoming product lineup will bridge the gap between the older JavaX APIs and...

Categories Technology/SmartClient/SmartGWT/Tools

July 2, 2024

Supply chain attacks, React, and the death of “mix & match” development

Recently, a popular open source project called polyfill.js was taken over by a bad actor, who injected malicious code into the project. 100s of thousands of sites with CI (Continuous Integration) systems did their usual automated build & deploy cycle and the exploit is now all over the place. This is called a “supply chain attack” and you have to...

Categories Industry/Technology

May 1, 2024

The insanity of SSR (Server-Side Rendering) for Enterprise apps

Recently, we talked to a prospect who was building an ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) front-end, and found out that they were doing it in an SSR framework. This is insane.  Truly and completely nuts.  To set the stage for this discussion, there are two basic models: An SSR framework renders the content shown to the end user on the server. ...

Categories performance/Industry/SmartClient/SmartGWT/Technology

February 12, 2024

Build a React Excel-like Grid with SmartClient

Most React projects use a third-party component when they require a responsive and dynamic data grid. Sadly, most third-party libraries can’t quite offer the extensive feature set that enterprise applications need to manage millions of rows of data. If this is your situation, the SmartClient React component is your best choice. SmartClient provides a comprehensive suite of UI components for...

Categories UI/Feature/SmartClient/Technology/Tools/Tutorials/Uncategorized

November 27, 2023

Multi-Record Editing in SmartClient

Multi-record editing is often a complex process involving tracking and managing pending edits across multiple records. It encompasses several data management concerns. They include temporarily storing and merging edits server-side, ensuring optimal performance, addressing potential collisions, and even applying distinct styling for edited values. It also requires cleaning up any temporary storage used on the server.  By leveraging the extensive...

Categories SmartClient/dashboard/performance/Technology/Tools/Tutorials/UI

November 7, 2023

How to use Saved Search Feature on Grids in SmartClient

How to use SavedSearch on Grids in SmartClient

Categories SmartClient/dashboard/Technology/Tutorials/UI/Uncategorized

August 29, 2023

Introducing SmartClient UI Components for React Applications

When building your web application in React, having the right UI component library is extremely crucial. Through Isomorphic Software’s SmartClient library, you have the most powerful, comprehensive suite of UI components for a React web application. Additionally, you can add UI screens to your React apps using the Reify component in the SmartClient UI library. These components provide unparalleled functionality...

Categories Technology/Industry/Reify/SmartClient/Tools/UI

May 24, 2023

The future of Enterprise UI is AI

With the advent of AI, two things are going to happen in enterprise UI: Note that some simple, consumer-oriented tasks can be completed by AI without showing a UI at all.  In contrast, in the enterprise space, AI will be blended with UI – the more seamlessly, the better. That’s what we’re going to show you today: the ideal blend...

Categories UI/AI/Technology