Deimios Data Collector Wiki

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About Deimios Data Collector

Deimios Data Collector is a web app based on JavaEE (Glassfish) and MySQL. Its main purpose is to read an excel file (using Jexcelapi), store the structure in DB, then construct HTML forms with the same structure that collect data, storing the data in DB.

History

The project started as ISJ Data Collector with the same purpose but with one crucial difference: it was based on Tomcat and used the Apache POI to read excel files. I quickly bumped into several problems even though a working prototype was released: Apache POI didn't support Excel Data Validation reading from excel files. Also Tomcat was a nightmare to work with when it came to JSTL and DB access. Also my dear government decided to reduce my wage by 50% so I had to work part-time to survive. Overall I managed to place the project on a new foundation, with new tech and a new name.