kinodb generates HTML appropriate to each user’s browser, and supports current versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. As new browser versions and capabilities are released, we update the delivery framework so that existing applications continue to work. This means that our developers don’t need to spend time hand-crafting HTML for a variety of devices, and that our applications are browser independent and will continue to operate properly for years to come.
kinodb framework
Here's a summary of the features that kinodb developers have access to. These enable them to implement systems with rich and robust functionality - all without the need for the implementation of technical code.
kinodb features
HTML5
Using conventional tools, supporting mobile devices and multiple browser versions is very time-consuming and requires detailed and ever-changing knowledge. With kinodb, applications work without device-specific code, and an update to the framework to deal with a new browser means that it just works.
CSS3
Developers can make use of sophisticated CSS styles to create a rich and attractive user interface, without needing to code the HTML and CSS required to implement it.
Security Model
Rights can be conferred within the application by an administrator or can be sourced from an external authentication mechanism such as an Active Directory implementation.
JavaScript support
kinodb's framework includes extensive JavaScript for a variety of purposes, removing the need for developers to spend time implementing detailed user interface functionality. The framework is extensible, so whatever the requirement kinodb can produce what the application requires.
SQL optimisation
kinodb's ability to immediately reflect every design change means that the development process is so much faster, and creating the correct data structures for the system's requirements isn't constrained by the complexity of implementation of the 'right' structures for the task.
Also, it's entirely normal to have a moment of realisation half way through implementation that there's a better way of doing something - using conventional tools there's then an internal dialogue about whether we're too far down the road to rework something that really should be better. Using kinodb the decision is easy: make the change now as you don't need to do loads of technical impact assessment & rework.
It's hard to describe the change that this makes to productivity - it really is a completely different way of developing.
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled jobs employ kinodb's built-in 'Actions' processing functionality, enabling access to the full range of kinodb's functionality and ensuring complete integration with the overall system.
Logging
As kinodb generates all of the SQL required for even the most complex application, administrators generally don't need to involve themselves with investigations of SQL statements. But if they do, there's an immediately available capability to analyse the (potentially thousands of) SQL statements executed within a particularly complex report or processing function.
Inbound email
We use email in corresponding with clients about support issues. All incoming emails are filed by support issue reference, the sender and the product to which the issue relates. It means that anyone can get a full view of the history of an issue immediately, which is really helpful.
PDF Generation
The ability to produce PDFs means that data within the system can be extended to those who don't have direct access - for instance for the production of formal letters to those outside the organisation.
