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Blue Ink

Blue Ink is a Rapid Application Development Tool for software developers that gathers and transforms information. Specifically Blue Ink gathers information from a database schema (the tables, columns and relationships of a database) and from the user through meta-data questions such as "should the employee name field be displayed in search results?". Blue Ink transforms the gathered information through templates that have the ability to write arbitrary text output. Blue Ink's text output is typically programming code (although it doesn't need to be), so Blue Ink is technically a code generator.

Automated Architecture provides a default set of templates that allow Blue Ink to write a Microsoft .Net, enterprise level, n-tier web application written in C# (which is described in more detail in Application Architecture and an example of which can be viewed in our Demo section). The generated application works with minimal installation and without the need to write a single line of code!

In order to take full advantage of application generation technology, Automated Architecture has developed a methodology, or recommended approach, to help describe how Blue Ink fits into your software development projects. This approach is known as the JAG Methodology. Reading this paper will help provide an understanding of how to use Blue Ink effectively on a project.

For more information see Blue Ink Screenshots or check out the Blue Ink Technical Details whitepaper, which is a 16 page overview of how Blue Ink works. The paper will explain Blue Ink's templates and meta-data in greater detail and will explain concepts such as Blue Ink's runtime code technology.