GeneXus Room for Improvement
Documentation is always an issue. In order to develop with GeneXus, there is very little documentation. The documentation is not clear enough in order to develop a great tool.
Design, or Unanimo, is an area that GeneXus needs to work on. It's not very smooth.
I'd like to see a better chart flow. I use the chart flow quite a lot, but it's not as simple as I wish it to be.
I told them to add something about Angular. They're already working on adding it.
View full review »GeneXus's user interface has room for improvement. The user interface currently lacks modern applications.
GeneXus generates code in Java. I am interested in using a Python generator, as it offers a great deal of flexibility for development.
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There are issues in integrating it with other solutions, like Control V. In addition, compared to .NET, it is expensive. In a future release, maybe they can share the code because if you don't have a license, you can't see the costs of other things.
View full review »GeneXus is a language that is more inclined to back-end than front-end. So, I would say that the front-end part needs improvement.
One such area of the solution to be improved is its ability to consume web services, while the other one is to make the solution's integration with other systems quicker. Though the solution's integration is good, it is also a little complicated, but not much. You have an option called "Object" in GeneXus, which can be of the same comportment or the same behavior.
View full review »The product could be improved by implementing APA and API user call with the web receiver.
Working in the booth and in full estate with no frogging would be an improvement for me in the area of finances.
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reviewer2082156
Genexus Senior Systems Analyst at SEND Informática
We'd like to see improvements like new screens and new reports using a View Database (which is faster).
We would like to see more extensions and more user controls added to the front-end of this solution, in order to help developers manage the website.
We would also like to see better market awareness across the EMEA region to allow the developer community to grow and contribute to the marketplace.
It would be better if GeneXus had a wiki. The developer needs some experience to work with the tools. It would be better if they could improve the community. If we have some problem, I open a ticket that takes us to a board, and I have to describe my issue in detail. If the tools have a general community for us to explore with some videos or some articles, I think that that may help the developer.
The graphical interface could be improved. I also notice some performance problems on hardware that should be more than adequate. GeneXus uses a lot of RAM and other computer resources.
I sometimes wonder if the solution is secure enough against hacking. We don't set any configurations within GeneXus for that. They use another extension in GeneXus called GeneXus Access Manager, but that is the only layer of security on the project.
I don't use that feature too much, but I'm not sure it's 100% secure. I create all the code on all the solutions using GeneXus and put extra layers of security using an external service, like a group SSL certificate provider. I use that on the client's side to avoid any problems. We want a good firewall on the server to ensure nothing will happen with the data.
View full review »The tool needs to be tuned before being used. You need some experience to get the best out of the tool.
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Backend Developer GeneXus at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
GeneXus needs to be improved from the frontend aspect. When you work with GeneXus and try to develop the frontend part of an application, it's difficult to manage some aspects. GeneXus is a wonderful tool for the backend. It's the best in the world, but for the frontend, GeneXus needs to improve. There should be easier steps for managing various aspects, such as alerts and messages to show to the end-users.
GeneXus could be improved to bring more collaboration between developers. They can add more tools to easily collaborate and manage versions. It could be enhanced for source control and team management and collaboration. GeneXus has a suite called GeneXus Server for this purpose, which allows collaboration and source management control, but in comparison to other implementations of the Git source code, it's not easy for developers. If they can add more features related to collaboration and source control, it would be good.
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Pablo Carrillo
Chief Technology Officer at 2C Ingeniería y Sistemas Ltda.
It would be helpful if the company would provide additional assisted processing with training, more instances where you can find training.
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