Deklarit v3.2 came out the other day boasting some new features:
- Support for IBM DB/2 Universal Server.
- Unit Test generation using NUnit 2.2.
- New Windows Forms generator Add-in that uses Infragistics NetAdvantage components.
- Full debugging support in the Template Editor.
- NAnt Task for build automation.
- Plus several minor enhancements and bug fixes.
If you haven't taken a test-drive of Deklarit, I recommend downloading the trial, which lasts for 60 days, and trying it out for yourself.
Rather than building a database, you build business components and add business rules to those components. From those business components, the database, business framework, and UI are generated for you. It is really slick.
As mentioned on the Deklarit website:
These 5 key features set DeKlarit apart from all other tools.
- Intelligent Data Model Design
DeKlarit uses a simple entity-oriented design to build a correct relational model. This makes it incredibly productive, as you don’t have to worry about the normalization process or object-relational mapping.
- Declarative Business Rules
DeKlarit uses declarative rules to define the business logic of your application. These rules are declared, not written in procedural code, so as to enable a high level definition of your business logic.
- Automatic Code Generation
DeKlarit generates your Business Logic and Data Access Layers as ADO.NET Typed DataSets and DataAdapters, and provides Add-Ins to generate complete ASP.NET and Windows Forms applications.
- Automatic Database and Code Refactoring
When your requirements change, DeKlarit creates a new database schema, migrates the data from the old schema to the new one, and regenerates the required DataSets and DataAdapters.
- Fully Integrated into Visual Studio .NET
Experience all these features without leaving your preferred IDE.
Check out Deklarit here.