Blueriq Components

Blueriq consists of the following components:

Studio: create and maintain an application
Runtime: execute an application
Publisher: publish an application from one environment to another

Below the preferred deployment of Blueriq is outlined. An application is developed with Studio, which runs on the Development environment. This environment also contains a Runtime which is linked to the Studio. With this setup changes in Studio are directly reflected in the Runtime, which enables rapid application development. Once an application is ready for test, the Publisher is used to transfer the application from the Development environment to the Test(/Acceptation/Production) environment. On this environment only the Runtime is deployed to run the application.

Blueriq Studio

A closer look at the Studio shows that there are two layers internally:

Studio server
Studio client

The Studio server provides the core functionality and is responsible for maintaining the Studio repository. It provides a management service, via SOAP, which handles the connections to the Publisher, Composer and the development plug-in on the Runtime.

The interface elements (the Studio screens) are handled by the client. This client is built with XBAP technology which requires Internet Explorer to run.

Both Studio layers run on top of an IIS application server.

Key features of the Studio:

Complete revision control
Work with external and internal libraries
Multilingual elements
User and access management
Working with multiple projects

Blueriq Studio provides a complete guide on the Studio.

Blueriq Runtime

The Runtime is the execution platform that executes the application. The Runtime runs on top of an application server, e.g. Tomcat, JBoss, Websphere. On the next layer the Blueriq SDK is available which contains the Blueriq engines. The webapp is located on the next layer, which handles all web interaction. On top of the stack a number of plug-ins are available, e.g. Dashboard, CMIS, which provide specific functionality.

There are several options to load an application from the Studio into the Runtime:

Via a direct link between Studio and Runtime
Via a generated export on the file system (by default in
spring.config.additional-location
/exports)
Via the Publisher

The Runtime runs on Java or .Net and works with modern browsers.

Key features of the Runtime:

Customizable dashboard to run applications
Variety of plug-ins to extend functionality
Different APIs to further extend and customize functionality

Blueriq Runtime provides a complete guide on the Runtime.

Blueriq App Builder (out of production)

Blueriq offers an App Builder, enabling the deployment of a Blueriq application as an app. See Blueriq App Builder [OUT OF PRODUCTION]

Blueriq Publisher

The Publisher is a standalone application. It is connected to Studio to retrieve applications. An application can be published from Studio to the Publisher database. An environment with a Runtime can connect to this database and start a published application through the Publisher Client, which runs on top of Runtime.

Key features of the Publisher:

Two man rule
Select a tag/revision to publish
Administration of published/unpublished applications

More information on the Publisher can be found here: Blueriq Publisher ➔.

Blueriq Control Center

The Blueriq Control Center is the linking pin between multiple Blueriq Studios and multiple Blueriq Runtimes. Every studio can be connected to the Control Center by giving the connection a name and by using the management service.

To be able to publish the project(s) to a runtime, the Blueriq Control Center currently uses the Blueriq Publisher.

Blueriq Model Analyzer

Blueriq Model Analyzer gives an objective judgment about the quality of Blueriq models and lift these models to a higher level.

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