We have been asked a number of times "where is the Jetfire visual designer"? Our attention was aimed at getting the programmatic model correct. We are now starting to deliver purpose-built visual designers. Why multiple designers?

The objective of Jetfire visual designers is to:

• Provide simple GUI's for building applications
  
• Take the 'programming' out of 'application programming'
  
• Easily deploy applications
  
• Provide a one-step process to writing and deploying applications
  

Figure 1: Form Maker in design mode

Our first release for purpose-built visual designers includes Form Maker. It is a simple first step, but designed to be practical. The key features of Form Maker include:

• Add one or more properties
  
• Reorder properties
  
• Identify the property type (text, date, duration, integer, and more)
  
• Build applications based on previous programs
  
• Form validation
  
• One-click deployment
  

Figure 2: Form Maker in layout mode

Click the 'Show Form Layout' link and Form Maker displays how the Form is displayed to a user.

The differentiator of Form Maker is one-click deployment. The user creates an application and with one click adds the application to the Jetfire ecosystem – ready for use.

Figure 3: Property types

Figure 3 shows the types of properties that can be added to a form in Release 1.

'UnknownType is displayed when reviewing an existing program and the property type is unknown, e.g. an enumeration.