AppML - Models

AppML Model describes an application. It is a JSON based format and we can define following functionalities.

Syntax

<table appml-data="local?model=model_students"></div>

Here model_students.js is the AppML data model file.

model_students.js

{
"rowsperpage" : 10,
"database" : {
   "connection" : "localsql",
   "sql" : "SELECT studentName, class, section FROM Students",
   "orderby" : "StudentName"
},
"filteritems" : [
   {"item" : "studentName", "label" : "Student"},
   {"item" : "class"},
   {"item" : "section"}
],
"sortitems" : [
   {"item" : "studentName", "label" : "Student"},
   {"item" : "class"},
   {"item" : "section"}
]
}

Following are the common uses of AppML models.

  • Define database connections to MySQL, Sql Server, MS Access and Oracle.

  • Define connection to access files like JSON, XML, csv based text file.

  • Define SQL statements for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations.

  • Apply Filter/Sorting restrictions on table.

  • Define data types, data formats and restrictions on them.

  • Apply security on application users. Define user groups.

Example Application

Following example shows the usage of AppML model to fetch data from a csv based text file.

Step 1: Create Data

The first step is to create a csv based data file which will provide records to be displayed in application UI. Create a students-records.txt

students_records.txt

Ramesh,12,White,
Suresh,12,Red,
Mohan,12,Red,
Robert,12,Red,
Julie,12,White,
Ali,12,White,
Harjeet,12,White,

Step 2: Create Model

Create student_model.js file which will act as model to describe record.

{
   "rowsperpage" : 7,
   "data" : {
      "type" : "csvfile",
      "filename" : "students_records.txt",
      "items" : [
         {"name" : "studentName", "index" : 1},
         {"name" : "class", "index" : 2},
         {"name" : "section", "index" : 3}
      ]
   }
}

student_application.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
   <title>Students</title>
   <style>	  
      table {
         border-collapse: collapse;
         width: 100%;
      }

      th, td {
         text-align: left;
         padding: 8px;
      }

      tr:nth-child(even) {background-color: #f2f2f2;}
   </style>
   <script src="https://www.w3schools.com/appml/2.0.3/appml.js"></script>
<body>
   <table appml-data="appml.php?model=students_model">
      <tr>
         <th>Student</th>
         <th>Class</th>
         <th>Section</th>
      </tr>
      <tr appml-repeat="records">
         <td>{{studentName}}</td>
         <td>{{class}}</td>
         <td>{{section}}</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Output

Deploy the application on Web Server and access the html page. Verify the output.

first example
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