[ANNOUNCE] Gedafe (the Generic Database Front-End) 1.0.0

Tobias Oetiker and David Schweikert are proud to announce:
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             #### Gedafe (the Generic Database Front-End) 1.0.0 ####
 


Introduction
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   Gedafe (Generic Database Front-End) is an application independent   end-user web front-end for databases.
Applicationindependant means,   that the front-end doesn't have any information about the   structure and contents of
thedatabase.
 
   The idea behind Gedafe is to put all the application logic   into the database, along with meta-information on how
topresent   the data. The front-end then gathers this information and uses it   to build the user interface. This
approachgreatly reduces   development time since you only have to develop the application at   the database level and
theweb front-end comes for free.
 
   And there is more:    * Gedafe uses a flexible templating system. It allows you     customize the look of the user
interfaceto a large degree.
 
   * Gedafe generated interfaces support "deep linking". This     means that you can bookmark every page as it is
presented.
   * At the moment Gedafe works only with PostgreSQL. But the     structure of the application does not depend on
PostgreSQL.
   * Gedafe is *NOT* yet another database-administration front-end     with table editing ability. It is a real user
interface.

Release Notes
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   This is the first public version. The program has been used   internally in a production environment for several
months.

Availability
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   Gedafe is released under the GNU General Public License.   Read more about it and download at
   >> http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/gedafe <<