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Release Notes

Version 2.0

Introduction​

Welcome to OwlGen, the gateway to a cutting-edge Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP). With OwlGen, users can harness the power of software development with remarkable ease and efficiency, all while minimizing the need for extensive manual coding. This release brings you an enhanced, user-friendly experience for developing applications that match one's unique needs. Say goodbye to complex coding and hello to a faster, more intuitive way to bring the ideas to life.

OwlGen

Product Information​

  • Targeted for Citizen Developers

  • Application Management (Versioning, Modularity, Reusability via adding references from other modules)

  • Versioning and Source Control (Check-in, Check-out of applications, manage conflicts, create application and module versions, maintain revision history)

  • Entity Designer (Configure DB and API entities, CRUD operations, Visual SQL query builder to create custom queries)

  • Experience Designer (Design modern, responsive UI, Drag and drop based designer, Rich set of widgets, Logic flows for API wiring, Preview, Customizable layouts and themes)

  • Logic Designer (Configure client/server-side logic using flowchart like designer, support for constructs to configure conditional, looping, assignment logic, Support for connectors to third party API’s, database, queue, e-mail)

  • Workflow Designer (Configure orchestration flows, Drag and drop based designer, long running process flows, leverage Durable Task Framework for process flows)

  • Launch Pad (Application deployment, Admin console to setup SSO, application access permissions)

  • Studio Governance (Enable user authentication and manage access permissions to create apps, check-in check-out, Run locally, deploy)

  • Deployment (Deploy apps as microservices (app service), enable auto scaling, scripts to integrate into CI/CD pipelines)

Features​

Entity Builder​

  • Manage Entities, relationships.
  • Support for creating custom Indexes.
  • Support for custom queries using Query builder.
  • Create Server and UI Constants.
  • Support for Pre/Post deployment scripts.

Experience Builder​

  • Drag and drop screen designer to build master layouts/screens/popups/sidebar.
  • Navigator support to re-arrange the widgets in screen designer.
  • Support for 50+ basic, advanced widgets.
  • Support for Designer for event logic.
  • Support for creating reusable client-side logic (client flows).
  • Support for communication between components through subjects and subscriptions.
  • Support to add/import assets (css, scss, fonts, js, images).
  • Support to creating custom widget and resuse.
  • Support for Theme designer to create customize the base themes (3 themes).
  • Support for importing javascript plugins (e.g. Application Insights, payment gateways, google analytics etc.).

Logic Builder​

  • Support for flow chart-based logic designer for creating server flows, client flows, events, workflows, activities, helper flows, exception handlers.
  • Supports 60+ Logic constructs to implement IF/Loop/API/Query/Assignment/Navigation/workflow etc.
  • Support for liquid template transformations.
  • Support for xml, json, encryption/decryption, masking through external libraries.
  • Support for importing custom built .net libraries to extend the functionality of the apps.
  • Support for encryption, decryption, data masking constructs.
  • Support for liquid templates for transformations.

Workflow Builder​

  • Support for Sequential flows, Human Interaction/External Event flows, Scheduled flows, Eternal flows.
  • Support creating workflows, activities and helper flows.
  • Support for monitoring workflows.

Application Management​

  • Source control management.
  • Revert to an earlier revision.
  • Manage Application/Module versions.
  • Ability to Module export/import.

Studio Governance​

  • Studio Authentication and Authorization.
  • Admin portal to manage projects/Teams/Users.

Run and Deploy​

  • Support for running the app locally.
  • Automated scripts to build and deploy.
  • Deploy to Azure from Studio.
  • Deploy to Azure App Service.
  • Centralized logging and monitoring (Applications Insights).

Identity and Access Management for Apps​

  • Authentication (SSO) for web apps.
  • Authorization web and API apps.
  • Implement token-based authentication for API’s.
  • Manage Users/Roles.
  • Portal to manage users, roles, apps, login templates.

Limitations​

  • Dependencies validations are not implemented. For example, deleting a construct from the logic flow, which depends on experience bindings such as "get", "post", "confirm", "navigate", etc., will not trigger a validation message. Users need to manually verify and address any dependencies to prevent compilation errors.
  • User need to make sure that the added code using snippets (HTML, TS, C# snippets) is valid to use in the application.

Product Information​

Release DateOctober 31, 2023
Release DateOctober 31, 2023
Version2.0