DaDaBIK

DaDaBIK
Developer(s) Eugenio Tacchini
Initial release November 21, 2001 (2001-11-21)
Stable release
9.1 Monterosso / September 12, 2018 (2018-09-12)
Written in PHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in Front-end multilingual (22)
Type Database Web Application Builder, no-code Web development platform
Website dadabik.com

DaDaBIK is a no-code / low-code development platform[1] written in PHP for quickly creating a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) database front-end or a more sophisticated database-driven Web application without coding. The database management systems currently supported are MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite.

History

DaDaBIK was originally released in 2001 on SourceForge under the GNU General Public License by Eugenio Tacchini and supported only MySQL.

With the version 4.5 release in June 2012, the license changed from GPL to a proprietary "DaDaBIK 1.0" license[2] which requires payment before downloading, and prohibits further redistribution. The (old) GPL code (DaDaBIK v. 4.x) has been removed from the official website and from the Sourceforge project but can still be distributed freely,[3] the current version (at the moment, 9.1 "Monterosso") can be downloaded only from the official Website.

Version 6 has introduced some new features including the possibility to add custom (hand-coded) PHP pages to a DaDaBIK application.

Version 8 Lerici has been an important milestone in the development of DaDaBIK: a new, responsive, front-end has been introduced, together with many new features, including graph reports generation, calculated fields, hooks and smart installation (DaDaBIK tries to automatically configure an application according to its database schema).[4][5] A new license, DaDaBIK license v. 2.0, has also been introduced [6]

Version 9 "Monterosso" has been another important milestone in the development of DaDaBIK. DaDaBIK 9 allows to build a Web application without coding starting from an Excel, CSV or ODS file (before V.9, you could build a DaDaBIK application only starting from a database). Several new features which help power users to develop complex applications have also been introduced, including: custom buttons, dashboards and layout hooks. [7][8] A new license, DaDaBIK license v. 2.1, has also been introduced [9]

Current status

The current last release is the 9.1 "Monterosso" (released on September 12, 2018).[10] The original author is still the main developer behind the core of the code while Simone Magnaschi takes care of the UX e UI design. A group of mother tongue users handle the translation/localization of the front-end (available in 22 languages).

Features

Some of the main features are: forms customization (e.g. labels, different types of HTML input field, content check), lookup fields, master/details view, files upload, calculated fields, hooks, graph report generation, export to CSV, checking for possible duplication during insertions, authentication, authorization restrictions on view/update/delete, and e-mail notices.

Popularity

DaDaBIK has been used by several big organizations like the University of Cambridge [11][12] and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore [13]. It is considered to be one of the most popular PHP database tools.[14]

Meaning of the name

DaDaBIK is a recursive acronym which stands for: "DaDaBIK is a DataBase Interfaces Kreator".[15]

References

  1. ↑ https://dadabik.com/index.php?function=show_features
  2. ↑ http://www.dadabik.org/dadabik_license.txt
  3. ↑ see harwoodr Github repository
  4. ↑ https://dadabik.com/index.php?function=show_post_details&ID_message=95
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCb0CR8_I60
  6. ↑ https://dadabik.com/index.php?function=show_license
  7. ↑ https://dadabik.com/index.php?function=show_post_details&ID_message=99
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4h3Dui46B8
  9. ↑ https://dadabik.com/index.php?function=show_license
  10. ↑ PHP database front-end / CRUD generator for MySQL SQLite PostgreSQL - Create a PHP online database application / data entry application without coding - DaDaBIK is a DataBase ...
  11. ↑ World Oral Literature Project : Research & Outreach
  12. ↑ ReadWrite – Disappearing Languages Arrested Online
  13. ↑ European Centre for Media Literacy - Services - Content repository
  14. ↑ PHP Database Scripts - Free, commercial and open source scripts
  15. ↑ PHP database front-end / CRUD generator for MySQL SQLite PostgreSQL - Create a PHP online database application / data entry application without coding - DaDaBIK is a DataBase ...
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