How to install and configure GIT Read this article and get points!

by Alberto Molinaroli
616 views Published on Jun 19, 2023
Applies to: 9.0 or higher

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. You can integrate GIT in WebRatio Platform using the EGIT project. EGit is an Eclipse Team provider for the Git version control system. Git i...

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How to install WebRatio Platform Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
3,365 views Published on Feb 16, 2023
Applies to: 9.0 or higher

This guide goes through the required steps to download and install WebRatio Platform 9.

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How to activate WebRatio Platform Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
3,541 views Published on Feb 16, 2023
Applies to: 9.0 or higher

This guide goes through the activation procedure for each WebRatio Platform 9 edition.

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How to set application's properties Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
821 views Published on Feb 16, 2023
Applies to: 9.0 or higher

The use of static values is often required when designing an application. Static values may depend on the application’s deployment environment. You can set these static values in a dedicated *.properties file, which is loaded at the application startup. This file contains a list of key-value pairs. ...

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How to configure the log file storage Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
692 views Published on Feb 16, 2023
Applies to: 9.0 or higher

Each application has a couple of log files to which it write log messages to monitor the health of the running application. This guide helps you understanding and configuring these files.

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How to optimize the app performances Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
407 views Published on Feb 16, 2023
Applies to: 9.0 or higher

How to optimize the app performancesWhen deploying an application is important to apply all known best practice to get the best performance possible. WebRatio Platform simplifies this task generating a release artifact that is optimized for production. However there are some best practice related to...

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Kick Start Your Web App Modeling Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
8,789 views Published on Jul 21, 2020
Applies to: 9.0 or higher

This kick start guides you through the modeling of a Web application using WebRatio Platform 9. The Web application you will model, will help you manage your daily tasks and your business contacts.

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WebRatio Mobile Platform 8.10 Release Notes

1,318 views Published on Jun 15, 2018
Applies to: 8.0 or higher

The WebRatio Mobile Platform 8.10 Release introduced a couple of interesting upgrades. Now, the mobile applications generated are based on Apache Cordova / PhoneGap 7.1. The Ionic framework has been upgraded to 1.3.5 version and generated mobile applications now support iPhone X. Read the full docum...

 

How to use the Jump Operation Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
9,919 views Published on May 02, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

The Jump Operation permits to jump forward and backward within the application without modeling an explicit navigation flow. A forward jump redirects the user to the specified Parameter Collector Operation. A backward jump redirects the user to the last visited Jump Operation and follows that operat...

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How to define Custom Validation Rules Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
3,124 views Published on May 02, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Validation is used to verify that the data inserted into a form by the user complies with the application domain’s requirements. WebRatio Platform includes several predefined types of Validation Rules that cover the most common validation cases. But sometimes, depending on the scope of the Web appli...

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How to use the Layout View Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
10,390 views Published on Apr 26, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

The Layout View lets you organize view components in the page using the 960 Grid System. The 960 Grid System (http://960.gs) is very popular CSS framework for defining page layout and is known for its ease and flexibility. The framework is a set of style sheets with CSS rules. It provides two grids:...

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How to debug an Android WebRatio app Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
11,900 views Published on Apr 23, 2018
Applies to: 8.0 or higher

The WebRatio Mobile Platform lets you build Android and iOS apps that you can test on your mobile device or submit to the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. It is also possible to debug the mobile application to find and solve any issues that may arise during development. This article guides you...

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The Component State Object Read this article and get points!

by Malinverno Ombretta
10,520 views Published on Feb 15, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

In WebRatio Platform, the state of a component is represented by the Component State Object, a particular data structure that represents the internal state of particular component. This means that each type of component has its particular Component State Object. In its implementation, a Component St...

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How to write templates using the component state object Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
12,777 views Published on Feb 15, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Content is the most important part of a Web application, and it should be presented in an engaging and professional way to provide the best user experience. Designing, which is the way a specific piece of information must be rendered for the user, is a web designer’s main task when creating a Web ap...

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How to work as a team

176 views Published on Jan 25, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Work as a team effectively requires communication, collaboration, organization and time management skills. This document is not a complete guide on how to work as a team rather it is a guideline to use WebRatio Platform with a revision control system for better project management. This document will...

 

How to use the Parameter Collector Operation Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
11,791 views Published on Jan 18, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

The Parameter Collector Operation permits one to collect a set of parameters from multiple sources and to redistribute them to multiple targets. In this way, the operation reduces the model complexity by deleting some data flows, improving its reading and creating a neater model.

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How to use the Connect Operation Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
9,637 views Published on Jan 15, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

The Connect Operation is an operation used to enable the association between instances of two entities (the source entity and the target entity), connected by a specific relationship role. This article guides you to the usage of the Connect showing also a working example.

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How to use the Disconnect Operation Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
2,566 views Published on Jan 15, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

The Disconnect Operation is an operation used to delete the association between instances of two entities (the source entity and the target entity), connected by a predefined relationship role. This article guides you to the usage of the Disconnect showing also a working example.

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How to localize a Web application Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
14,599 views Published on Jan 12, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

WebRatio Platform provides a built-in feature for the localization of Web applications. The localization is based on the usage of keys instead of terms for all the static elements of the Web application (e.g., labels, components and page titles, field labels and so on). WebRatio Platform allows use...

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How to use Hibernate in a Custom Component Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
12,015 views Published on Jan 12, 2018
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Implementing a custom component sometimes means querying the database in the component service class. This article wants to give you an introduction on how to retrieve the hibernate session in the component service and how to use Hibernate efficiently to query the database.

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How to use the Signal Event Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
31,040 views Published on Dec 20, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Modeling a business process may require some kind of communication with other related business processes. The reason for this may be to wake up a process that was waiting for a particular situation to verify or to start a new process. The BPMN notation provides two different concepts for this purpos...

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How to debug an iOS WebRatio app Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
17,416 views Published on Nov 27, 2017
Applies to: 8.0 or higher

WebRatio Mobile Platform lets you build Android and iOS apps that you can test on your mobile device or submit to the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. It is also possible to debug the mobile application to find and solve any issue that may come out during the development. RemoteDebug iOS WebKit...

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How to use images in Mail Operation Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
7,186 views Published on Nov 27, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

The Mail Operation permits users to send personalized emails to each destination address. The email body can be dynamically computed, replacing placeholders in the defined templates with the real content. The email body can also contains images. This article explains how you can use images static a...

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How to use the Captcha Validation Rule Read this article and get points!

by Ombretta Malinverno
9,898 views Published on Nov 27, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

WebRatio Platform gives you the chance to add a Captcha control to the forms of your Web Project. Read this article to know more about the Captcha control.

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How to Model the Periodical Page Refresh Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
5,464 views Published on Nov 21, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

The Periodical Page Refresh is a feature that allows you to add a trigger to a navigation flow with the selective refresh enabled. In this way, it’s possible to automate clicking on a link to update some information in real time. This feature is very useful when you need to execute a business logic ...

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How to Model Autocompletion Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
5,757 views Published on Nov 02, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Autocompletion allows you to specify an information source to be used as a suggestion for the fill-in of a text field. In this way, the user can type only the initial letters of the word or of the value to be inserted in the field. The Web application shows different options from which the user can ...

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How to Model Popups Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
7,899 views Published on Oct 30, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Popups are a commonly used rich interaction. By using a popup you can open a new layer above the current main page. If the popup is set as “Modal”, it also prevents any interaction with the rest of the web application. When the popup window is closed, the underlying main page becomes active again, a...

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How to Model Rich Forms Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
6,624 views Published on Oct 30, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Rich forms are forms in which the user interaction triggers an event and the execution of a specific business logic. The aim is facilitate the form compilation and improve the user’s experience in the web Application. Many events can be managed to enrich the user’s interaction with a form, and some ...

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View Components & Data Binding

IFML Modeling with WebRatio Platform
3,461 views Published on Oct 27, 2017 | Time 20 min
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

In order to publish content or to introduce interface elements for data entry in your Web application, we must use View Components. IFML defines a View Component as an element of the interface that displays content or accepts input. Let's see how a generic View Component works in WebRatio and which ...

 

How to Model the Selective Refresh Read this article and get points!

by Michela Frigerio
5,219 views Published on Oct 26, 2017
Applies to: 7.2 or higher

Reloading an entire page can be expensive in terms of computational costs: it means recomputing all the components contained on a page and the queries included in them. This operation can take some time and have a significant impact on performance. For this reason, a partial refresh of the page can ...

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