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Can this tool connect to a mysql database and generate html5 CRUD forms based on the database? I have seen a tool like phreeze.com and I am wondering why there is not more in that direction (building web app basic pages based on existing database design)?

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This is a tool for front-end developers. It would have to support a myriad of server-side languages for that, which is completely out of scope, and tools that do it already exist.

> "and tools that do it already exist" Which are those tools?

rails/cake/etc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaffold_(programming)

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