Mendix Studio Pro for Mac: Mendix version 10.7

Mendix Studio Pro for Mac: Mendix version 10.7

Mendix Studio Pro for Mac: Have you caught your breath yet after last month’s packed release of Mendix 10.6 MTS? Well, whether you’re ready or not, this month brings another major highlight you’ll want to check out— Studio Pro for Mac!

But that’s not all. This month, we’re also launching the public beta of React Client along with several other features that will make life easier for our users, such as: conditional editability in data views, combo box updates, improvements to MendixChat, powerful updates to Mendix Connect, portal enhancements, and cloud updates.

Mendix App Development: Studio Pro for Mac Beta

Mac users, rejoice—the beta version of Studio Pro for Mac is here! As you may recall, it was first demonstrated at the Mendix 10 launch event last June, and we’re thrilled to finally let you try it out.

With Studio Pro on Mac, you can use the same features you're used to in the Windows version, including the ability to customize your template in the same way.

With true cross-platform functionality,the Mac version of Studio Pro runs just as smoothly as the Windows version and allows you to work directly with your Windows colleagues.

Getting Studio Pro to work on a Mac wasn't an easy task, and there are still many changes and improvements coming in the near future. In the meantime, you can try out the beta version:

Pro Mac Studio beta: light mode and dark mode

React Client – Public Beta

Mendix not only lets you build software applications with minimal effort, but also enables you to create amazing web applications by leveraging modern, future-proof technologies to deliver the best possible user experience.

In this release, we’re offering a sneak peek at another milestone that will take your Mendix apps to the next level: the React client.

React has been around for a long time, but not everything has been converted to React, mainly to maintain backward compatibility with older widgets.

By enabling the React client, you can harness the full power of React for your Mendix application. Doing so offers many benefits. Most notably, it improves your applications’ performance, enables incremental page loading, and future-proofs your application.

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How to Enable the React Client in Mendix?

You can enable the React client in your app's runtime settings.

Important:Not all modules and widgets supported by the platform have been converted yet, so we recommend using the React client only in new applications.

Our goal is to release the React client as an optional feature for general use in Mendix 10.12. To make adopting the React client as easy as possible, we are working on converting platform-compatible content and providing functionality for converting widgets.

Conditional editability in data visualizations

Have you ever wanted to make multiple fields non-editable in a data view? Before this release, you had to configure this setting for each input widget individually, but not anymore! Now you can set conditional editability for all input widgets in a data view, making it faster and easier to maintain.

Mendix: Combo Box Updates

The popular Combo Box widget already offered a great deal of out-of-the-box flexibility, such as custom content for its options. Now we’ve also added the ability to include a customizable footer. This can be used, for example, to add a button that links to the creation of new options, or simply to display information to the user. 

In addition, we’ve added a “Select All” option that appears as a header and allows you to select all options when used with a set of references.

Mendix: Workflow Event Handlers

Audit trails, KPI dashboards, and process analytics have been taken to the next level with the new workflow event handlers. There are approximately 30 workflow events as the workflow execution progresses through the process definition.

The workflow data provided by these events can be used for a variety of purposes, such as building an audit trail, exporting to a BI system, or preparing data for use in diagrams, dashboards, reports, etc.

Various use cases can be implemented using multiple event handlers. Each event handler consists of a set of events relevant to that use case and a microflow that is triggered by each event occurrence.

Each event will contain a dataset. Event handlers can be defined at the application level, where each workflow will automatically use those event handlers, or you can define event handlers at the workflow level.

Previously, we had state change events for workflows that were only triggered when a state changed. State changes are now part of the new events and event handlers, so state change events are obsolete.

MendixChat Updates

With Mendix 10.6, we are releasing the first public beta version of MendixChat, our AI-powered assistant designed to answer common questions about Mendix.

MendixChat has been further improved in Mendix 10.7. You can now start a new chat topic at any time by simply typing in the top bar.Keyboard shortcuts have also been improved. The ‘Enter’ key now sends the question directly, while ‘Control + Enter’ can be used to add a new line to your question.

In addition, useful information about the sources has been added to the answers. For example, you can view the linked Mendix version of the documentation. Or, if the source comes from an Academy Learning Path, you’ll see information about the required Mendix developer level, etc.

Next to each item are icons we've added to make it easier to see where the information comes from.

MendixChat is currently in its early beta phase and isn't perfect. Expect some incorrect or incomplete responses. Send feedback directly from the chat interface and help us improve! You can use MendixChat in Studio Pro by opening it under View → MendixChat.

Read more about the client technology in the official Mendix documentation.

Check out this and other updates in the Official Mendix Release

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Eduardo Salerno

Eduardo Salerno is a specialist in IT portfolio and project management, with extensive experience in Planview implementations and digital transformation. At TWRT, he leads initiatives that bridge the gap between business strategy and technological execution.

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