VWG Environment
Visual WebGui (VWG) is a 'plug in' to Microsoft Visual Studio, developed by Israeli company Gizmox. It allows us to produce a rich Windows type interface for browser based applications. By this we mean very solid looking Lists, Tool bars, Drop Down lists, Keyboard control etc.
Gizmox refer to VWG as an 'Empty' client, indicating that all the processing is done on the Server, the resulting image of the interface is then transmitted to the client. The resulting speed of the application can be very impressive, we have applications which sort a list of over 20,000 records in less than a second.
This methodology has no 'PostBack', this is the term referred to a web application when the server returns data. PostBack is the cause of the repainting or regular flashing you see in traditional Web applications. VWG can refresh data so quickly and quietly, sometimes it's easy to miss that the update is complete.
With VWG there is no need for Java Script, we see this as a major benefit. Java Script, runs locally on the Client. In traditional Web applications it is used to control the interface layout, reacting to mouse clicks etc. This can give problems such as scripting error and incompatibility with some browsers.
We are now writing any new CRM Plus modules with VWG and plan to migrate our major existing modules to VWG over time.
