What GUI toolkit is this using? Is this native?
Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
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Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#12What GUI toolkit is this using? Is this native?
Looks like Java Swing to me, or something in that area. This isn't open source, but the author's github has primarily Java projects including an old swingx fork.
https://github.com/eirikbakke?tab=repositories
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#13I’m honestly really blown away by this. Are there other such tools out there that do a similar thing?
https://dbeaver.io/ is an open source tool with community and commercial builds that's quite mature and capable. I don't like SQL or database administration very much so it's become my go-to utility if I need to look at an unfamiliar DB. I've never had any problems with it though I keep a copy of SQL workbench around as it seems to perform better on large projects.
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#14Here’s some more information on Ultorg: > Ultorg creates general-purpose software that helps organizations manage their data. Based on a new method for interactive data visualization, our product combines ease-of-use with expressive power to allow end-users to query, display, and edit relational data, without resorting to custom programming. This fills a long-standing gap between spreadsheets and tailor-made database…
> our product combines ease-of-use with expressive power to allow end-users to query, display, and edit relational data, without resorting to custom programming. This fills a long-standing gap between spreadsheets and tailor-made database applications.
How does it compare to Access or LibreOffice Base? That's always been the next step once the spreadsheet proves inadequate.
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#15I've been using Hasura and TablePlus a lot lately, and actually wished for something that combines them.
Hasura is great at understanding relations and making joins feel effortless and TablePlus is so good at making table editing feel as fast as excel.
This looks like it's the thing, with some extra power thrown on top (formulas and nested layouts are nice!).
The UI looks drab, but maybe that's ok? It means the functionality needs to be so strong it doesn't matter. It also looks super snappy which matters most.
Something that Airtable has over relational database GUIs is lightweight enums and arrays of them. Sure you can model all that in SQL, but it's super useful to have it right inline. I hope this tool can pick up on a pattern like enum tables (like hasura) and provide UI that makes them look like tag list/select fields.
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#16I’m honestly really blown away by this. Are there other such tools out there that do a similar thing?
Datastation is sorta similar but in my brief experience the description is more aspirational at this stage.
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#17I like the concept of converting a database into an application. I don't know why but it reminded me the Aspmaker product, I've been using it in highschool times and I created so many admin panels with it.
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#18I like the concept of converting a database into an application. I don't know why but it reminded me the Aspmaker product, I've been using it in highschool times and I created so many admin panels with it.
Also Delphi ecosystem had so many that kind of components such as DataGrid, DataView, etc. I remember at that time almost all the ERP, CRM applications were using Delphi and a component suite called Devexpress. Nowadays everybody using React :)
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#19I've used the Ultorg beta for some experimental data UIs in house. It's still early days, but the tech is sound and the ability to construct multiple different views into the same set of data is very useful.
Performance is pretty good overall given the complex queries it may have to juggle behind the scenes.
Re: Ultorg: A user interface for relational databases [video]
#20I've been using Hasura and TablePlus a lot lately, and actually wished for something that combines them. Hasura is great at understanding relations and making joins feel effortless and TablePlus is so good at making table editing feel as fast as excel. This looks like it's the thing, with some extra power thrown on top (formulas and nested layouts are nice!). The UI looks drab, but maybe that's ok? It means the funct…
+1 for TablePlus! I absolutely love them for the fast editing as well as quick and dirty filters. Beats typing SQL for simple stuff. These quality of life features are really underrated. Absolutely worth the yearly fee!