Wyaworks - App Builder for Non-Coders
"I really like applications like this that perform a task that is easy for coders but hopelesly complex for non-coders. I hope they give the site a redesign to allow the underlying application to shine, and I’m looking forward to future product releases."
Mike Arrington, TechCrunch
Wyaworks unveiled
"Ah, but the beauty of the WyaCracker system is that the data from that form is sent to WyaCracker's database (which is MySQL) and stored there for private (or public, I think) access. Effectively, WyaCracker allows you to create database tables from scratch with all the fields set up automatically, and then enables anyone to use HTML forms to enter data into those tables... without anyone in the process having to know anything about database management."
Paul Montgomery, Tinfinger
WyaCracker turns your blog into a custom application
"WyaCracker provides the environment you need to create database driven forms and tools in a drag and drop environment. It’s the next generation blogging tool which goes beyond traditional plugins and creates endless possibilities for blog owners requiring power, agility and customised forms... Don’t be fooled by the simple website design - WyaWorkss delivering the next generation of tools to turn your blog into a simple, powerful framework for custom applications."
Andy Howard, Andy Howard blog
Other mentions:
SquatCrunch, Zoli's Blog, De Gardener
If you've blogged or written about Wyaworks and we've missed it, please let us know and we'll include it here. ¶ 8:46 PM 0 Comments
Thanks to all the beta users for giving Wyacracker a try. We'll open up the beta to all fairly shortly and our intention is for the service to always be free. So go ahead and use it to build whatever Widgets you can imagine. Wyacracker isn't going anywhere.
The reason we don't need to charge for Wyacracker, is because this isn't our main game. Behind Wyacracker is a whole, different world of functionality that is the Wyaworks platform and that's where we're focused on right now. A lot of the feedback, we're getting we're already using in the way that we build out Wyaworks and then it will flow down into Wyacracker.
Thankfully, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive - besides for some who haven't even seemed to have looked at the product. We realize there are issues with the design and we may have been too blunt with the colors. We are working on it. It is strongly noted that before the beta release of wyaworks there will be much more emphasis focused on a pastel friendly, full screen design. However, with that said it seems the core functionality is doing what we wanted it to do. From the hundreds of emails we recieved, it seems as if this might fill a need we thought existed. It gives us great encouragement that we are on the right track for wyaworks.
There is a blog setup for beta issues which I will be posting to: WyacrackerBetaIssues.blogspot.com. It has also been setup for an email post address for beta users to post their issues with as well. Email me at beta@wyacracker.com if you would like to be a part of the posting and I will send you the email address.
Also, if you feel you've done something cool in wyacracker and would like to make your application a template let me know and we will do so. Also, if you would like to post it on our example blog let me know and I will email you the email address to post to.
Thanks again to everyone for trying, using, and blogging! ¶ 6:40 PM 1 Comments
Let me introduce you to Wyaworks
Our mission is quite simple. Wyaworks aims to do for web development what blogging has done for publishing.
That is we want any Internet user to be able to build or customize web applications that do exactly what they want it to do. We want people to be able to make the Internet work the way that they want it to work.
In order to do so, we need to give people a way to build applications that are ridiculously simple and easy. Point and click. Drag and drop. Applications in minutes not months.
How do we do this? Wyaworks is a widget-based development environment. Wyaworks enables you to quickly and easily build application widgets to collect information, display information, manipulate information and then drag and drop those widgets onto a page to piece together what can be very, powerful Web applications. Furthermore, we want users to then be able to pull apart applications, dismantle and then reassemble them so that they customize the application to work exactly the way they want it to.
If Read/Write is Web 2.0, Wyaworks believes that Build/Rebuild is going to be Web 2.5. The Internet needs to learn to work the way the user wants it to work, rather than asking the user to learn to work as has been dictated to them by the software developer.
Our first toe in the water is an online service we've called WyaCracker. WyaCracker is a Widget builder. It allows anyone to build simple widgets or mini-applications that they can email, paste into their blog or plug into their home page. Need to take a quick poll of a group – build a form, press the email button and then log into WyaCracker to view and manage the responses. Want to announce a new event on your plug? Plug in an RSVP widget and start collecting registrations without any pain or hassle. Want a guest book for your home page? With WyaCracker you can create one, in any style or in any form you like, in minutes. Want to spruce up your MySpace page? Your only limit is your imagination.
WyaCracker in many ways is a proof-of-concept product. We want people to start thinking about how they can do things more effectively by building Widgets or applications, rather than manualy collecting and collating data via email or paper forms. We've focused the initial release of WyaCracker on enabling people to build data collection Widgets because that's where we think the biggest gap in the market is. As we build out WyaCracker we'll enable users to create more display-oriented Widgets that use data that may be pulled in from an RSS feed or other means. But right now, we want to keep things very simple and let the user community direct our development. Nobody has yet brought application development to the wider Internet community and we recognize that in order to do this, we need to listen to ordinary Internet users and really, understand how they might approach Widget making. Our initial market research indicates that we needed to create something that was bright, fun and simple. Please tell us if we've succeeded or what we need to fix or do better.
What is unique about the Wyaworks platform is the same system that enables one to build these very simple WyaCracker Widgets has already been used to build mission critical or complex applications for companies as large as Boeing. Wyaworks is a start-up in so much as we're starting with a new brand, strategy and vision but the technology that underpins Wyaworks is not new. Originally called WyaNet, this platform creates fully-fledged SQL-based, J2EE-compliant applications that can be plugged and ported anywhere. There's no lock-in.
We like to say that our goal is to enable your Mom to build an application but if your mom just happens to be a certified J2EE software architect then all the better.
This unique facet of the Wyaworks platform has enabled us to develop a patent-pending, secure Intranet-in-a-box device called WyaWall. A company simply plugs the WyaWall device into their network and they can immediately start making use of the WyaNet suite of pre-built Intranet applications that sits behind their firewall and which then can be simply and easily customized to suit individual requirements.
WyaWorks believes this will be huge to value-added resellers who can build their own vertical applications simply and easily on Wyaworks, run them on a WyaWall device and then offer their clients a complete plug-and-work, customized Intranet solution. What can be simpler for both service provider or customer?
So don't let WyaCracker fool you. This is no Web 2.0 built-to-flip pretender. We believe we can take this baby all the way. Wyaworks is disruptive. Wyaworks can be game-changing. And behind it all is real technology and a real revenue model.
Welcome to the WyaWay.
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