Mendix Platform
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Very satisfactory
What do you like best about the product?
Mendix platform allows me to create web applications very fast by aiming the focus on business rules rather than dealing with plumbing code. This is great when the requirements are not clear from the beginning and the final product is created iteratively. Mendix is great for fast prototyping, which could bring customer ideas into reality without the hassle of writing lots of code.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is common for frameworks to impose certain ground rules to be followed by developers and Mendix is not the exception. Sometimes you need to do bend those rules and it could be kind of hacking.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mendix is helping us on delivering insurance applications that go in sync with fluctuating market demands. Those days were product delivery was most of the time behind the current market needs are virtually over.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Mendix definitively will make your development efforts more productive. Platform is very stable and relatively easy to use. I would recommend give Mendix a try.
Rapid Prototype Development
What do you like best about the product?
Mendix allows me to turn ideas into functional prototypes with amazing speed. It's a wonderful feeling being able to show business stakeholders functioning prototypes in hours rather than days, in days rather than weeks or months.
Once the application is launched, ,and it comes to maintenance, the model based development makes everyone's "code" readable.
You need more power - Java is just a few clicks away.
Everything can be tweaked, if you take the time and have the knowledge.
Once the application is launched, ,and it comes to maintenance, the model based development makes everyone's "code" readable.
You need more power - Java is just a few clicks away.
Everything can be tweaked, if you take the time and have the knowledge.
What do you dislike about the product?
The ease with witch a prototype can be created sometimes obfuscates the complexity that comes with implementing new business processes in an already deployed application.
That being said, that's more a Mendix marketing and a stakeholder management issue than a technical issue. Mendix does make refactoring fairly easy, and they will provide advice on how to improve performance for an application that's overgrown.
That being said, that's more a Mendix marketing and a stakeholder management issue than a technical issue. Mendix does make refactoring fairly easy, and they will provide advice on how to improve performance for an application that's overgrown.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have mostly used Mendix to replace existing business processes implemented in other platforms, implement new ones which were still run on paper, and add new user facing functionality tying together other enterprise back-end services. I could say Mendix is the glue and presentation layer to some of the large enterprise systems I run.
The main benefit has been the speed of development, coming from the ability to reuse functionality, having responsiveness out of the box, and being browser independent.
The main benefit has been the speed of development, coming from the ability to reuse functionality, having responsiveness out of the box, and being browser independent.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take the time to architect your application. Consider your future needs. While refactoring is not hard, there might not be time to do it once business realizes how powerful the tool is and how easy they can get new functionality built. Have your developers talk to each-other and review code. Do your best to follow Mendix best practices. Take the time to look at the performance of your application, measure it, and ask if there are ways to improve it.
Powerful modeling tool
What do you like best about the product?
I am very pleased with the ease of use. Mendix allows me to quickly and easily make a GUI for my applications running on the IBM Bluemix platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that it cannot run on a Mac, forcing me to run a virtual machine.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I was looking for an easy method of producing a GUI that could call the IBM Bluemix services and applications I was running.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Use it with IBM Bluemix for access to a wide range of services and APIs, including Watson Cognitive APIs
Easy to start, very quickly becomes a powerful tool
What do you like best about the product?
Mendix really excels at getting you started, but allows you to really dive in shortly thereafter, even for someone without a development background. It's also nice to not have to worry about setting up a database, and the built-in debugging does a great job of leading you to the root cause, and telling you what must be fixed.
The community has also proven to be a huge boon, and answers to most issues are only a quick forum search or question away.
The community has also proven to be a huge boon, and answers to most issues are only a quick forum search or question away.
What do you dislike about the product?
OOTB, Mendix lacks some functionality, such as email integration and authentication, but this is mitigated by leveraging their great and growing appstore, and some custom Java.
The default UI/UX themes are workable, but a bit stale. Delivering a truly amazing experience requires some knowledge of CSS/SASS styling.
As well, you must carefully evaluate the value in updating projects to newer versions of the Modeler, as some functionality may break when doing so.
The default UI/UX themes are workable, but a bit stale. Delivering a truly amazing experience requires some knowledge of CSS/SASS styling.
As well, you must carefully evaluate the value in updating projects to newer versions of the Modeler, as some functionality may break when doing so.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are mostly replacing legacy business applications with Mendix-built solutions. The speed at which solutions can be delivered has proven to be a huge benefit, as well as the ease and speed of iterating on feedback from the business side of the development relationship.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Getting started is free, so you have nothing to lose in trying it out.
Perfect tool to quickly build apps
What do you like best about the product?
The ease with which you can learn to build apps and expand built-in functionality with Java.
What do you dislike about the product?
New Modeler releases sometimes break existing functionality which has been around for years.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Mendix to build smart apps and connect with IoT devices. It's the perfect tool to quickly build and try out new functionality.
Easy to learn, just get started!
What do you like best about the product?
Mendix is really easy to get in to, but it does give you the opportunity to really dive in!
What do you dislike about the product?
Some parts of the modeler (the development interface) is a bit outdated because of the rapid growth.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Mendix as a platform, to implement business applications solving our customers problems
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Starting with Mendix is free, so why not give it a shot!
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