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DeKlarit RAD
I’ve been developing a large new project using DeKlarit, a RAD database tool for .NET. I love it! It’s a tool for visually modelling your business objects, which automatically takes care of the nitty-gritty of building the database, reorganizing it for updates, maintaining relational integrity, etc. In fact, it does the lion’s share of the data normalization based in inferring structure from the components and attribute names you use.
The components carry business logic in the form of declarative rules you define on components, you can configure Enterprise Library compatible permissions and roles on components and individual attributes, and it support caching and easily configurable levels.
DeKlarit also had a template based code generation engine to output different types of libraries, or presentation layer applications from metadata you configure in your components.
For those familiar with the Enterprise Object Framework in WebObjects, this takes a lot of the ideas there to another level of developer convenience.
All told, for a developer working alone to develop and maintain large db applications for a business environment, it’s a killer tool.
