Among the many framework improvements, we want to highlight in this blog two new core features.

Direct forms support

The “Direct form” type, is a form that isn’t using its own unique HTML template file but lives in the application main HTML file. This facilitates that such web client application can be started directly from the file system (no HTTP(s) server needed) and also that it loads faster. You can still bind WEB Core controls to HTML elements but here, the HTML elements will need to be added to the main application HTML file. Note that in a TMS WEB Core web client application, you can mix direct forms with regular forms using a HTML template.

JavaScript Libraries Manager

When developing web client applications, it’s a kind of no-brainer to take advantage of existing JavaScript and CSS libraries. Things that come to mind are the Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Material icons, Fontawesome libraries and many more. Most likely, you have your own favorite JavaScript libraries you want to use together with TMS WEB Core web client apps. The JavaScript Libraries Manager allows you to directly pick your preferred library from a list and the IDE will add the proper reference to the project HTML file. At the same time, you can add your own preferred libraries for later convenient reuse.

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