SENSEFORM incorporates a multitude of open source and open standard technologies:

Open Platforms

Java

• Vendor neutral, platform independent implementation that will work on Windows, Linux and various flavours of Unix.

MySQL

• Primary database, database independence using Hibernate framework

GlassFish

• Using Sun GlassFish application server as the development build and test server.

Frameworks and Libraries

EJB 3.0

• Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology is the server-side component architecture for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE). EJB technology enables rapid and simplified development of distributed, transactional, secure and portable applications based on Java technology.

Hibernate

• One of the most popular Java persistence frameworks, using ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) for stability and database independence.

ICEfaces

• ICEfaces is an integrated Ajax Java application framework that enables Java EE Ajax application developers to easily create and deploy thin-client rich Internet applications (RIA) in pure Java.

• ICEfaces is a fully featured product that enterprise developers can use to develop new or existing Java EE Ajax applications at no cost.

iText

• iText is an ideal library for developers looking to enhance web- and other applications with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation.

Jasper

• JasperReports is the world's most widely used open source reporting engine.

Tools

NetBeans 6.8

• A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, as well as C/C++, PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and.

Subversion

• An open-source revision control system, which aims to be a compelling replacement for CVS. This is the main page of the project with sources, bug tracking.

Mantis

• MantisBT is a free popular web-based bugtracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver. MantisBT has been installed on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, OS/2, and others. Almost any web browser should be able to function as a client.