Development Workflow

Steps for building an application using Trillo Workbench is shown below. Trillo Workbench exposes application functions and data as a service.

Assumptions

• Assumes that you have requirements, specifications, and design documents of your application available (informal or formal).

• Assumes that you have access to Trillo Workbench UI.

• Access to an IDE or code editor will be very useful. You need an IDE for debugging by stepping through the source code.

Steps

• Data Model

  • Use the default database of Trillo Workbench. Or add a database that is accessible by the workbench (more about it later).

  • Add tables and/or introspect tables from an existing database.

  • Edit tables and attribute metadata.

• Domain Metadata

  • Specify domain metadata file as JSON - these are JSON files that contain configuration or metadata used in a function later.

• Settings

  • Add external API credentials, external authentication systems specs., public key of private/public key pairs.

  • Link GitHub account (done by admin once).

• Functions

  • Write a function/business logic code using the Trillo Workbench editor or an IDE.

  • Debug code using an IDE.

• Workflows

  • Workflows are functions.

  • They are mentioned briefly to emphasize that they can run as a background task with their own logs accessible from history.

  • Workflows can be scheduled.

• Access Control

  • Developers can add or update the user roles list.

  • The actual access control rules are specified by the application users and covered in the Role-Based Access Control Chapter.

A typical workflow of building an application using Trillo Workbench