Live Universal Interface (LUI)

Live Universal Interface (LUI) is a technology for the collective development of application system interfaces.

2021

As part of the Elbrus OS

On December 24, 2021, MCST and FORS Telecom signed a protocol to include a software product for the development of LUI (Live Universal Interface) user web interfaces in the distribution of the Elbrus operating system (CDs, iso images, online repository).

Now Debian - the LUI-Elbrus package will be delivered as part of a finished hardware and software complex, starting with the standard version of Elbrus Linux OS 6.2.1. It is also available in the online repository.

The LUI application requires an installed DBMS on the local or remote server. In case of its absence, the user will be asked to install the local DBMS PostgreSQL. In addition to it, two other open DBMS are also supported - Postgres Pro and Jatoba.

Technical support services for the LUI-Elbrus software product are provided by the copyright holder - FORS Telecom LLC on contractual terms.

For the first time, users of the Elbrus platform receive a special bonus - the opportunity to take advantage of our LUI toolkit, a multifunctional application designer that allows collective development. ON It is as part of the Elbrus OS that it is now delivered freely. In other cases, you can purchase our product yourself, order services for testing, migration of applications, refinement and configuration to meet the requirements of customers. You can also independently use the demo version, order distributions for other operating systems and much more, said Yuri Zyatkov, CEO of FORS Telecom.

For users of the Elbrus computing platform, this will create a number of competitive advantages - reducing development costs by 3 times or more, quickly prototyping and flexible system upgrades, as well as lengthening the lifetime of applications. All these capabilities will be highly appreciated by customers of the B2B, B2G, G2B, G2C and even in some cases B2C markets. After all, with the help of LUI built-in tools, you can quickly create various accounting, financial and calculation systems for any industry.

Compatibility with Jatoba DBMS and Elbrus processors

2019: Postgres Pro/PostgreSQL Compatibility

On April 15, 2019, FORS Telecom announced the appearance in the ecosystem of software and tools compatible with the open Postgres platform Pro/PostgreSQL the designer of user web interfaces to databases - Live Universal Interface (LUI). To do this, FORS specialists completely revised the software code of their product, retaining all the basic functionality and adding a number of additional options. The updated tools have become more flexible and functional, now there is an integrated application server inside.

LUI is based on the concept of collective software development, which involves the separation of the application logic of the system and the user interface. Both of these tasks are solved independently, and when designing screen forms, it is enough to correctly assign certain properties to the interface elements - all other operations are performed in automatic mode. This is the main difference between LUI and other tools used in the construction of user interfaces of applications.

author '= Yuri Zyatkov, CEO of FORCE Telecom " We are pleased to announce that there is now a convenient and reliable web application development tool for PostgreSQL, which can also be used for other databases. data It is important that this does not require special programming training. All the developer needs is to know the language. SQL

LUI can be provided not only as a premium, but also as a public or corporate service (PaaS).

The updated functionality includes the ability to support the operation of one web application on different databases at the same time - for example, on PostgreSQL and Oracle. Connections can operate in both autocommit mode and managed transaction mode. Added versioning features.

Application development can now be performed, in addition to SQL and PL/SQL, in any languages ​ ​ connected as modules. Template element technology is used, which allows you to instantly and without compilation change the functionality of all screen forms. Added a screen form style editor, as well as tools for developing and executing asynchronous routine processes.

Scalability is implemented on 3 levels - DBMS, application server and visualization server.

2017: LUI Development

On October 12, 2017, FORS Telecom announced the development of an interoperable software product for the collective development of screen forms of application systems. Branded name of the technology Live Universal Interface (LUI).

LUI proposes an approach in which the development of the application logic of the system is separate from the development of the user interface. These tasks can be solved independently, and when designing screen forms, it is enough to correctly assign certain properties to the interface elements - the rest of the operations are performed automatically.

The collective development tool helps reduce the cost of developing on-screen application interfaces, quickly prototype automated systems, effectively develop running applications - all changes in the on-screen interface are made directly to the operating system without stopping it.

LUI allows you to quickly create accounting, financial, settlement systems for enterprises in any industry. The tool can be useful for solving IT problems in business consulting, otherwise when it is necessary to create a prototype of an automated system with minimal costs.

LUI Properties

• Use declarative languages when describing interface element properties
• abstracting properties of interface elements from means of implementing them;
• rejection of the event approach in the development of program logic;
• online connection to any existing and running application.

The tools included in the LUI environment allow you to solve the problems of delimiting the access rights of users and auditing their actions, administration, monitoring the status of the DBMS, etc.

LUI does not require special programming training. The minimum required is knowledge of SQL.

The developers announced the imminent availability of a version to create an interface for mobile applications designed for Oracle DBMS and other databases, including PostgreSQL and MySQL.