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# Glide stack

# Glide stack {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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Glide is an extensible Web 2.0 development platform written in Java that facilitates
rapid development of forms-based workflow applications (work orders, trouble ticketing, and
project management, for example).
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| User interface and Java packages | Technologies used |
|-|-|
| User Interface (browser) | * AngularJS * HTML * CSS * JavaScript {#r_GlideStack__ul_ybf_1b3_qy} |
| GlideServlet com.glide.ui com.glide.jelly | Apache Jelly |
| Business Rules com.glide.script | Mozilla Rhino |
| Persistence com.glide.db | JDBC |
[Table 1. User interface stack technology map]

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| Name | Attributes |
|-|-|
| GlideServlet | The primary driver of Glide, and the only servlet in the system, is found in GlideServlet.java. * Handles inbound action requests * Renders pages * Merges data with forms * Presents to user * Interfaces with script layer {#r_GlideStack__ul_awy_dtn_vq} |
| Business Rules | * ECMAScript implementation based on [Mozilla Rhino](http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/) * Interfaces with persistence layer using JDBC recordset interface * Merges persistence layer meta-data with data for easy correlation {#r_GlideStack__ul_yjv_htn_vq} |
| Persistence | * Persistence means any store * RDBMS * LDAP * File system {#r_GlideStack__ul_s5r_ltn_vq} * Uniform access regardless of store type * Provides QUID and meta-data capabilities * Interfaces presented to callers * RecordSet * TableDescriptor * ElementDescriptor {#r_GlideStack__ul_odp_4tn_vq} {#r_GlideStack__ul_ukd_ltn_vq} |
[Table 2. User interface stack technology map descriptions]

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Figure 1. Glide stack