Development of Visual Interfaces Made Easy
ILOG JViews Diagrammer offers developers a powerful foundation for quickly creating advanced graphical user interfaces. In addition to a fully programmable software development kit (SDK), ILOG JViews Diagrammer contains several design tools to automate the production of applications without coding. These tools address the different aspects involved with producing appropriate content for graphical diagrams, dashboards and map displays.

The Process of building an ILOG JViews Diagrammer display
The typical process for building a display with ILOG JViews Diagrammer consists of using some application design tools and then customizing the result with the Diagrammer SDK. The design tools are point-and-click editors that allow user interface developers to quickly prototype the look-and-feel of the display without having to spend time with Java code. . They allow for easy refinement and testing against multiple data sets. When the look of the display, is finalized, developers can harness the full power of the Diagrammer Java SDK to add highly custom interactions or other functionality.

The diagram below describes the typical development process for a JViews Diagrammer display. Note: the design tools used will be different, depending on the type of display created. If a user creates a dashboard display, symbols will be arranged manually. If a diagram display is created, symbols will be arranged automatically. The blue boxes link to more information about each step.

Key features:

• They are adapted to the various roles in the development chain, including graphic artists, GUI specialists, Java developers, field engineers, and application administrators.
• Symbols are reusable. The Symbol Editor makes it possible to create palettes that can be reused by many applications within a company.
• The graphical content is defined by interactive editors, the Dashboard Editor and the Designer, not of Java code.
• The key parts of the interface are based on content instead of code, drastically reducing maintenance efforts.
• Tools can be deployed along with the final application.