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Corteza 2021.9.2 released

November 4, 2021/0 Comments/in Corteza, Crust, Releases /by lenny

Corteza 2021.9.2 has been released. It includes a long list of updates and improvements.

Important upgrade notes: if you wish to enable functions for workflow – action log interaction, the ACTIONLOG_ENABLE_WORKFLOW_FUNCTIONS .env variable must be set.

Added:

Added a user interface to configure SMTP setting; such configuration does not require server restart (0b69d1a2, 20a85d8).
Added support for workflow – action log interaction (search, create) (1014f53a).
Added support for server plugins (614d2b30).
Added workflow import note (9d98170).

Changed:

Compose module fields no longer accept reserved system names — recordID, ownedBy, createdBy, createdAt, updatedBy, updatedAt, deletedBy, and deletedAt (20757e58, 20a85d8).
Resource translations no longer fallback to base language in case of a missing translations (4cd54a58).
Compose webapp now sends Content-Language and `Accept-Language HTTP headers (f8427346).
Server source is now built with -trimpath and without -mod=readonly flags (0b02535c).
Namespace export no longer preserves logo/icon references (dab413ece).
Initial documentation site redesign (14550adf).

Fixed:

Fixed boot-level workflow initialization logic which crashed the server if an enabled workflow defined an invalid trigger configuration (415982c8).
Fixed workflow saving when the configuration sidebar was opened (6d8796e).
Fixed improper Low Code Checkbox labels representation for false values (0330e31, aef1a14).
Fixed accent & HTML escaping in translated strings (556ffc5e).
Fixed resource translation issues for current language, accents, and escaped HTML (05178c2b).
Hide pages if the parent page is marked as not visible (957a9de2).
Fixed broken permission setting from Low Code admin panel on module for fields & records (8ae2a48d).
Fixed RenderOptions expr value assignment via selectors (445f0ed5).
Fixed RBAC rule migration crash on duplicate rules (e8bc6141).
Docker container healthcheck (9d7cf23c).
Fixed compose false value label (6da6989).
Fixed sidebar shadow (4a02d90).
Fixed reporter table column reordering (6b25473).
Fixed Low Code error when the automation scripts are not loaded (bb94645).
Disabled the load button in chart editor (6912fcd).
Fixed improper prefilter handling in the chart editor (aeceb35).

Corteza 2021.9.1 released

October 18, 2021/0 Comments/in Corteza, Crust, Releases /by lenny

Corteza 2021.9.1 has been released, and includes the following updates and improvements:

Added:

Added handle/slug error text in Compose (c7f543ec).
Extend record export with filter in Compose (1f5d2abf).
Added tooltip for Integration Gateway endpoint in Admin (d897ba3d).
Added server sorting fields to integration gateway to support UI (c388f8).
Added Bytes ([]byte) expression type (614237).

Changed:

Improved colour scheme picker in Compose (211227ba).
Open Admin template previews in a new tab (88f05df2).
Refactored message bus to conform to RBAC, service and package layer architecture (54b716).
Improved Integration Gateway filter handling (c6e3d0e9).

Fixed:

Fixed Compose calendar buttons styles.
Fixed back-button on record viewer.
Fixed Admin compose settings not reflected in Compose (bf9e7064).
Fixed for unsupported MIME types error message not showing in Compose (8561dca6).
Fixed query handling when exporting records in Compose (78e6d296).
Fixed server workflow step duplicate issue (e2e751).
Fixed unique constraint matching on resources on server (59ffe7).
Fixed: Missing Corteza server image root SSL certificates that caused issues with outbound HTTP and SMTP requests (8b008545).
Fixed invalid z-index for record list filter components (6171af5b).

Crust releases Corteza 2021.9, including internationalization, Integration Gateway and much more.

October 11, 2021/0 Comments/in Corteza, Crust, Releases /by lenny

Cork, Ireland, 11 October 2021.

Crust Technology, the driving force behind the open-source low-code platform Corteza, is excited to announce a new major release: Corteza 2021.9. This release adds loads of new functionality to Corteza. Highlights of this release are added support for internationalization, an Integration Gateway, a new reporting tool, the ability to export and import complete applications create with the low-code platform and an improved UI.

New features and improvement in Corteza 2021.9

Added support for internationalization

Corteza 2021.9 allows you to translate the user interface and any low-code application you build, including locale-specific numbers and date-time formatting. Once translated, the user can select his/her preferred language in the user settings, and use Corteza in their own language. Corteza can have multiple languages activated, which means that each user can see Corteza in their own language, even though they are working in the same app.

Accessibility is a promise we’re keeping.

October 5, 2021/0 Comments/in Accessibility, Corteza /by lenny

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) states accessibility addresses discriminatory aspects related to equivalent user experience for people with disabilities. Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can equally perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with websites and tools. It also means that they can contribute equally without barriers.

Actively building and managing the Corteza platform, it quickly became apparent that we’re not 100% following our mission and dream of building a Digital Work Platform for Humanity if we don’t address the accessibility requirements and make our product usable and available to everyone.

Corteza Gateway

September 23, 2021/0 Comments/in Tutorial /by Peter Grlica

Corteza, the leading open-source low-code development platform just had the first release of its routing and processing gateway for HTTP requests and I’m here to tell you all about it.

As an ongoing effort, the plan for this routing subsystem has always been

to minimize the effort in adding dynamic routes with any validation
to be able to connect the routing possibilities with most of the Corteza subsystem
to take the developer-first approach in modular architecture and data flow transparency

During our development processes and via a wide range of our client’s proposals and business requirements, we quickly noticed we outgrew the possibilities Corteza offered via it’s sink feature.

Sink allowed a Corteza developer to detect incoming HTTP requests on a fixed route via a generated signature wrapped in query parameters and provide the request to the automation scripts.

But having only one route with limited capabilities to validate query parameters, headers and have an overview of the amount of incoming data fell short.

Corteza — OAuth2.0

September 16, 2021/0 Comments/in Tutorial /by lenny

The Corteza platform is a free and open-source low-code platform used to build and develop an organization’s key applications, with ease of use in a developer-friendly fashion.

Corteza is API-centric, meaning that you can achieve almost everything via API endpoints.

These key applications operate within a business to promote growth and improve productivity whilst protecting your organisation’s privacy and protected information. This version of Corteza implements the OAuth2.0 authentication framework, which allows for internal and external authentication. Read more

Running Corteza on a local machine

September 14, 2021/0 Comments/in Tutorial /by lenny

This is a guide on how to run Corteza on a local machine, describing steps needed to achieve that and how repositories are connected on the backend and frontend. More information about Corteza you can find in the official documentation.

https://github.com/cortezaproject
https://docs.cortezaproject.org/corteza-docs/2021.9/index.html
Read more

How Do I Choose a Development Platform?

July 29, 2021/0 Comments/in Low-code Apps /by Vagisha Arora

Low-code development has quickly emerged as a leader in the software application development industry, with numerous benefits that many businesses are taking advantage of. According to Gartner, more than 65% of all application development will be performed by low-code application platforms by 2024.

However, due to the numerous low-code application development platforms available in the market today, choosing the right software solution can prove to be difficult.

The low-code platform that your business chooses to streamline and automate its various business processes should satisfy the following list of features that the right application development platform should have.