Making Mendix Apps Accessible: Real Challenges, Real Fixes
A practitioner’s guide to solving WCAG 2.1 AA compliance gaps in Mendix Studio Pro 10.24+ using the Accessibility Helper and HTML Element widgets You’ve just finished a sprint. The Mendix app looks clean, the nanoflows fire correctly, and the client is happy. Then the accessibility audit lands in your inbox. That was my experience working […]
Custom Styling in Mendix: A Starter Guide for Advanced Styling Customizations and Responsive Design System
Introduction This week, I ran a poll asking what aspect of UI/UX implementation Mendix developers find most challenging. The results from 39 respondents revealed interesting insights: Poll Result: UI/UX Implementation While responsive design ranked third in challenges, it’s often the foundation that makes or breaks user experience across devices. In my recent demo showcasing a […]
Designing for Mendix: Creating Beautiful UIs That Actually Work
Introduction There’s a disconnect I see repeatedly in Mendix projects: designers create stunning mockups in Figma or Adobe XD or any other similar tools, developers receive them with excitement, and then reality hits. Those beautiful gradients, custom animations, and pixel-perfect layouts suddenly seem impossible to implement without writing thousands of lines of custom CSS. But […]
The Mendix Skills Gap: What Nobody’s Talking About
Introduction Finding actual expertise is a big challenge in the North American Mendix developer community. The vast majority of developers claiming Mendix expertise are significantly overstating their capabilities. This isn’t about dishonesty – it’s about a fundamental misunderstanding of what enterprise-level Mendix development actually requires. The Certification Illusion Let’s start with a controversial statement: Mendix […]
Content Security Policy in Mendix: Implementation Guide
Introduction This week, I ran a poll asking how familiar Mendix developers are with Content Security Policy implementation. The results revealed interesting insights: How familiar are you with implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) in Mendix applications? While it’s encouraging that 63% have some implementation experience, a significant portion of Mendix developers could benefit from more […]
Enterprise-Grade Error Handling in Mendix: Strategic Implementation Patterns
Introduction This week, I conducted a poll asking which error handling pattern Mendix developers implement most frequently. The results were revealing: Poll Result These results confirm what many experienced Mendix architects already know: there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to error handling. Each pattern serves a distinct purpose, and knowing when to use each is the hallmark […]
The Security Vulnerabilities Hiding in Your Mendix Application
Introduction This article is not going to address the obvious issues like missing entity access rules. I’m going to talk about the subtle vulnerabilities that pass code reviews, make it through testing, and sit quietly in production until someone discovers them – hopefully, that someone is you and not a malicious actor. Your Mendix application […]
View Entities in Mendix: The Complete Implementation Guide for 10x Performance Gains
From complex microflows to database-level performance in enterprise applications In my recent article on microflow optimization, I highlighted View Entities as a game-changing feature delivering 10x performance improvements for complex data operations. The response was overwhelming – many of you wanted deeper implementation guidance. Today, I’m sharing the complete playbook for leveraging View Entities to […]