Category: Tools

December 8, 2022

Fallacies of React: Why so many React projects fail

If you use React, it’s easy to hire experienced developers, and you can use the best components available from a variety of sources, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, this is not at all true, for two main reasons: To be clear: React is a solid technology, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with it. The problem comes from misunderstanding the nature of React....

Categories SmartClient/Industry/performance/Technology/Tools/UI

November 21, 2022

Why Everything Is CRUD

Many web frameworks have very advanced support for the so-called “CRUD” operations, that is, Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete, also known in SQL as Insert, Select, Update and Delete. Often, when developers see the CRUD features in these frameworks – like data grids that know how to perform CRUD operations, as in SmartClient – they react by saying: well, that’s great...

Categories performance/Choice/Industry/SmartClient/SmartGWT/Technology/Tools

August 26, 2022

Web Application Optimization: Why Most Advice Is Wrong

Most of the advice you run into regarding web application optimization is not only wrong, it’s what I call catastrophically wrong, meaning that it: That’s a big claim, and I will back it up. Before we begin, we need a clear definition of performance for a web application.  Only with a good definition of performance in hand can we begin to discuss web application optimization, what’s wrong with so...

Categories Choice/performance/SmartClient/Technology/Tools

September 20, 2018

Bot Editor Chrome Extension – Developed w/ Smart GWT

A great variety of companies use the SmartClient platform. They: Range from startups to large corporations Are located around the globe And span the full spectrum of verticals (pharma, govt, telecoms, you name it!) However, we still occasionally come across solutions built with our technology that are a little off the beaten path. For instance, here’s one from long-time Smart...

Categories Customer Success/Tools

August 9, 2018

Grid Filters: Pick the right tool for the job

It is generally accepted that a good user interface is one that allows users to perform the task at hand efficiently and effectively. It should be as simple as possible to limit distraction and misunderstandings. When it comes to filtering data in grids, providing users with every filtering capability in the toolshed is therefore probably not the way to go....

Categories Tools/UI

March 30, 2018

Bonus Stuff in Release 12: SVG support for images, calendar event selection, and more

OK, so there are a few extra things in Release 12 we didn’t get around to telling you about. SVG support for images With Release 12, SVG may be specified as the source file for an Img or ImgButton. For example, the three Img widgets below are defined by SVG using common external CSS. By changing the Color Scheme from...

Categories Feature/Mobile/Release 12/SVG/Tools/UI

March 27, 2018

Release 12 is Now Available. Go Get it!

What’s New in 12? You can find loads of details about new features in these blogs: Next Release Numbering New Skin: Obsidian (welcome to the dark side) 5 More New Features New Skin: Stratus (~5 Shades of Grey) SASS, Surface, Show/Hide Icons and more Bonus Features: SVG Support for images, calendar event selection, and more Here’s how to get it: New...

Categories Feature/HTML5/Mobile/Release 12/Roadmap/Tools/UI

March 8, 2018

Release 12 Preview Part IV: SASS, Surface, Show/Hide Icons and more

We are putting the final touches on Release 12. Here are the related blog posts so far: We’re Working on ’12’ Obsidian skin TypeScript support, Selenium 3.0 support, and more Stratus skin Bonus Features: SVG Support for images, calendar event selection, and more On top of all this, there are a bunch more features we’re really excited to tell you about:...

Categories Feature/Release 12/Roadmap/Technology/Tools/UI

February 1, 2018

Customer Success: Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Developing IT solutions to support research for new, more effective and efficient treatments for heart and lung disease. Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is a partnership of two specialist hospitals, known throughout the world for their expertise, standard of care, and research success. RBH has achieved incredible things: performing the first successful heart and lung transplant in Britain,...

Categories Charts/Customer Success/Customers/Feature/Industry/SmartGWT/Tools/UI

December 27, 2017

Customer Success: Big Pharma

Last week we talked to a Principal Scientist (let’s call him Ken) at one of the worlds largest pharmaceutical companies. Ken gave us some really great insight into why and how they use SmartClient. Ken’s organization provides software support (at varying levels) for thousands of in-house scientists scattered across “innumerable areas of expertise and roles”. Scientists come to his group...

Categories Customer Success/Customers/Feature/Industry/SmartClient/SmartGWT/Tools/UI