Glossary

GLOSSARY

A Comprehensive Guide to the common terms used in MDriven Documentation and Tools

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Access Expression

an expression that controls whether the ViewModel is shown or not

Access Groups

these control what is visible and/or enabled for a user in a certain role or situation

Actions

what a user or an API can execute to create an effect in the running system

Angular JS

an open-source JavaScript framework that lets you build well-structured, easily testable, and maintainable front-end applications by using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern

AsString

a method or operator that's available on all objects of all classes - on a model object, it usually takes the default string representation and returns that

AssetsTK

the strategy to move files along with your model onto the server that runs your Turnkey application every time you upload your model

Associations

the connection or relationship between Classes and Objects

Association classes

additional information on the relationship between Classes

Async Ticket

a pattern you can easily add to your model, backed by recent MDrivenServers

Attribute

data stored within a modeled class, usually stored in an SQL Server database as a field

AutoForm

a view generated from the backing model in MDriven Designer e.g. if you have a view based on SysSingleton, an autoform from SysSingleton will add all the different attributes of that class to a ViewModel. It is a shortcut to get a basic setup of views in a system.

Autoguid

a DB-generated Guid value

Azure

a cloud platform designed by Microsoft to simplify the process of building modern applications

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BEM

BEM stands for Block, Element, Modifier. It is a convention on how to structure CSS rule

Blazor

a web framework for building web UI components (Razor components) that can be hosted in different ways

Blob

Binary Large Object - usually stores a string of bytes - has a Blob type that can be image, text, or binary

Boolean

a data type that represents one of two possible values, typically denoted as true and false

Bug

an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that produces unexpected or incorrect results

C

CodeDress

a function that allows you to write strongly typed C# code in Visual Studio and have that code implemented in a Turnkey site

Class

a group of objects with similar properties (attributes), common behaviour (operations), common relationships to other objects, and common meaning (“semantics”)

Class Actions

actions that always have the context or the root objects as the object of a class

Class Diagrams

shows classes and their relations

Collection

a data structure or container that allows developers to store, organize, and manipulate a group of related data items

Column

a synonym to attribute - called column because it is represented that way and usually called the same in an SQL database

Combobox

a picklist or dropdown list

Component

a general term but most common with MDriven, it is something that is part of the User Interface - like a diagram component

Component

a general term but most common with MDriven, it is something that is part of the User Interface - like a diagram component