Organisations increasingly need to deliver business applications and automate workflows faster, with fewer dependencies on heavy custom coding.

Joget is a GenAI-powered, open-source low-code / no-code application platform that combines business process automation, form/list-based application building, and workflow management in one unified environment.

This article will help you (as a tech lead) understand the “why” and “what” of choosing the Joget Platform, and then lead you step-by-step through getting started with installation, first app development, governance, and scale-up considerations. We’ll reference the latest version, Joget DX 9, which brings significant enhancements in AI-driven app building, enterprise-grade performance, and governance.

By the end of this guide, you’ll know to:

• Evaluate whether Joget fits your organisation’s needs
• Get a trial instance running
• Build a simple app/workflow
• Understand deployment, governance, and scaling considerations

Let’s dig in.

Why Choose the Joget Platform

Below is a breakdown of how the Joget Platform addresses your needs as a tech lead and why you might adopt it for enterprise apps and workflow automation.

Core Advantages

1. Unified Low-Code / No-Code Environment: The Joget Platform combines rapid application development (RAD), business process automation (BPA), and workflow management in a single environment. That means business users can design apps via drag-and-drop, while developers can extend or script for complex requirements, covering a broad spectrum of use cases.
   
2. Enterprise-Grade Capabilities for Scale and Governance
   With the release of Joget DX9, the platform has been enhanced in areas critical to enterprise adoption: AI-driven tooling, high performance, strong security, governance controls, and integrations. For example, features such as in-memory grid integration, multi-IDP support, the governance centre, and marketplace plugins are explicitly outlined.
   
3. Versatility for Building Enterprise Apps and Automating Workflows
   Whether you need to automate a multi-step approval process, build a full internal tool, or expose a mobile-ready PWA, the Joget Platform supports these scenarios. In particular, its built-in workflow engine allows you to design processes visually, integrate with external systems, and deploy them in the cloud or on-premises.
   
4. Speed and Lower-Cost Delivery of Applications
   Because much of the heavy lifting (UI, forms, lists, workflow logic, integration connectors) is handled visually, you can reduce the time-to-value compared with traditional coding. It is a key differentiator of Joget as a low-code platform.

How it Aligns with a Tech Lead’s Priorities

• Governance & Compliance: As a tech lead you must ensure the platform you choose supports enterprise controls (audit trails, security roles, scalability). DX9 addresses this explicitly.
  
• Scalability & Performance: When apps grow, you need the platform to scale. Joget DX9 highlights support for in-memory grid, streaming logs, cloud-native deployments, etc.
  
• Collaboration between Business & IT: The platform supports citizen developers (business users) and professional developers in the same environment, helping you mediate shadow-IT risk while delivering speed.
  
• Future-Proofing: With features such as AI designer, plugin architecture, a marketplace, and multi-cloud support, choosing the Joget Platform gives you flexibility for future expansion.

Why It Stands Out Compared to Alternatives

• Unlike many no-code platforms that focus solely on citizen developers, the Joget Platform bridges business users and professional developers, offering extensibility when needed.
  
• It retains an open-source core, giving you flexibility and avoiding vendor-lock-in concerns.
  
• Strong emphasis on governance, enterprise readiness, and monitoring out-of-the-box. Some platforms may excel at speed but lack visibility or scaling features; Joget addresses both.

System Requirements & Architecture for the Joget Platform

In this section of our Joget guide, we’ll walk you through what a tech lead needs to know about the architecture, system requirements, and deployment models of the Joget Platform, including the latest edition, Joget DX9.

Architecture Overview

• The Joget Platform (via Joget DX9) is built on a Jakarta EE/Java 17+ stack and can be deployed on-premises, in a private cloud, or on public cloud infrastructure.
  
• Core components include:
  
  
  • A load-balancer or reverse proxy for request routing and scalability.
    
    One or more application servers (e.g., Apache Tomcat 11+, Open Liberty, or JBoss EAP) hosting the Joget WAR package.
    
    A relational database (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) for storing application and process data.
    
  • Shared file storage for configurations, runtime files, logs, and plugin artifacts.
    
• The architecture supports visual workflow, form/list builders, API integration, and plugin extensibility, making the Joget Platform a strong candidate for enterprise-scale application development.

System Requirements (Baseline)

Here are some of the baseline system/hardware considerations for deploying Joget for enterprise use:

• Minimum Java version for Joget DX9: Java 17 or higher.
• Supported application server: Apache Tomcat 11+ (or compatible Jakarta EE server).
• Database: Compatible with major relational engines (MySQL 8+, etc).
  
• Hardware guidelines (for reference):
  
  
  • Small deployment (≈100 users): 2 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, ~20 GB SSD storage.
  • Medium deployment (≈500 users): 4 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM, ~40 GB storage.
  • Large deployment (≈1,000 users or complex workflows): 8 CPU cores, 32 GB RAM, ~80 GB storage.
    
• Note: Actual requirements will vary based on workflow complexity, number of concurrent users, data volume, integrations, etc. Conduct performance testing for your specific scenario.

Deployment & Scaling Considerations

• The Joget Platform supports cloud-native deployments, including containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), and supports hybrid environments.
  
• For high-availability or enterprise-grade deployments of workflow automation and business-critical apps, features such as in-memory grid integration and asynchronous request processing (available in Joget DX9) improve performance and scalability.
  
• Governance and monitoring: As you roll out Joget for enterprise apps, built-in APM (application performance monitoring), governance centre, and audit trails help you maintain control and compliance.
  
• Deployment options: On-premise, virtual machines, public-cloud marketplaces (AWS, Azure, Google), container platforms, all supported via advanced installation guides.

Implications for Tech Leads

• As a tech lead evaluating the Joget Platform for enterprise use, you’ll want to map your current infra (user volumes, process complexity, integrations) to the hardware and architecture model described above.
  
• Confirm that your organisation meets or can upgrade to the required software stack (Java 17+, Jakarta EE app server) if you plan to adopt Joget DX9.
  
• If you aim to use Joget for workflow automation at scale, plan for the “large deployment” or “extra large” category and factor in performance tuning, monitoring, and governance early.
  
• Identify the team roles and processes for deployment: e.g., who handles infrastructure, who manages apps built on Joget, and who will enforce governance? The platform supports both business-user (citizen dev) and IT/pro developer personas.

Getting Up & Running: Installation & Setup of the Joget Platform

In this section of our Joget guide, you’ll find a step-by-step walkthrough of the installation setup and initial configuration of the Joget Platform (focusing on the latest edition Joget DX9).

As a tech lead, you can use this to validate your environment, prepare your team, and get your first app build underway.

Step 1: Download and Choose Your Edition

• Visit the official download page: you can download either the Community edition or the Enterprise edition of the Joget Platform.
  
• Select the edition that matches your business needs (for enterprise-grade apps you’ll likely go for Enterprise edition with full support).
  
• Consider deployment mode: self-hosted (on-premise or cloud VM) vs. using a hosted/On-Demand version of Joget.

Step 2: Pre­requisites and Environment Setup

• Ensure your infrastructure meets the required stack for Joget DX9: e.g., Java 17+ (or latest LTS) for DX9.
  
• Choose and prepare your relational database (e.g., MySQL 8+ or PostgreSQL) which will hold your Joget Platform data.
  
• Ensure your chosen application server (e.g., Tomcat 11+ or equivalent Jakarta EE server) is installed and reachable.
  
• For production usage, prepare file-storage (shared if clustered), load-balancer or reverse proxy configuration, and ensure you have proper permissions and networking in place.

Step 3: Installation Process

• On Windows: Run the installer for Joget DX9 Enterprise edition. You’ll be guided through the license agreement, component selection, destination folder etc.
  
• On Linux: Download the tar.gz bundle, extract it, run the supplied Tomcat (or other server) scripts, start the service. Then access the App Center through the configured port (e.g., http://localhost:8080/jw).
  
• Example of setting up as a Linux service so the Joget Platform runs persistently (systemd service file) is provided.

Step 4: Initial Setup and First Login

• Once installation is done, open the App Center URL (usually something like http://<host>:8080/jw) and login as admin.
  
• Configure the database connection (if not already set up), apply license (for the enterprise edition), and verify that the Joget Platform installation is running correctly.
  
• Navigate the admin console: check server status logs, apps repository, users & roles. This gives you visibility into your platform’s health and configuration.

Step 5: Your First “Hello World” App Build (Quick Start)

• Using the Joget Platform’s low-code capabilities, create a simple form + process: for example, a “Leave Request” workflow.
  
  
  • Create a form to capture the request.
  • Create a list (data view) to view submitted requests.
  • Use the Process Builder to link submission → approval → completion.
    
• Test the workflow end-to-end: submit a request, review it as a user with approval rights, and complete the process.
  
• This hands-on exercise gives you a developer/user experience with Joget for enterprise apps and builds your team’s confidence in the platform and its “install & start” cycle.

Step 6: Validate and Plan for Your Org’s Roll-out

• As the tech lead, validate:
  
  
  • Installation logs and performance during startup.
  • That the workflow engine is functioning (tasks are routed, reminders work).
  • Data persistence: entries in database, attachments, logs.
    
• Plan your roll-out: determine who will build apps (citizen developers vs pro-devs), how you will govern builds, how you will monitor performance.
  
• Document your installation setup (server specs, software versions, network topology, backup configuration) to ensure you have a ready template for scaling or additional environments (QA, staging, production).

Building Your First App on the Joget Platform

In this section of our Joget guide, we’ll walk through how to get up and running with your first app using the Joget Platform, so you can experience first-hand how Joget ensures rapid development, easy configuration, and workflow automation for enterprise-grade scenarios.

Step 1: Create a New App

• Log into the App Center of your Joget installation or cloud instance.
  
• Click Create New App, give it an App ID (for example, LeaveRequestApp) and name (e.g., “Leave Request System”).
  
• Save the App skeleton — you’ve now got a container within the Joget Platform for your forms, lists, processes and UI. This visual start is part of the low-code advantages of Joget’s drag-and-drop environment.
  
• Note: You are using the Joget low-code platform capabilities business users and IT/developers both can work inside this environment.

Step 2: Build the Form (Data Capture)

• Within the new app, use the Form Builder to design the data capture screen. Example fields for a Leave Request app: Name (Text), Leave Type (Select), Start Date (Date), End Date (Date), Reason (Text Area).
  
• Use drag-and-drop to add the fields; configure validation rules if needed.
  
• Save and preview the form in the Joget Platform.
  
• This part highlights how the Joget Platform enables rapid form design with minimal coding intervention a key facet of Joget workflow automation and enterprise app development.

Step 3: Create the List (Data View)

• Use the List Builder in Joget to create a view of submitted form entries.
  
• Select the data table that the form writes into, define which columns are shown (Name, Leave Type, Date, Status), and add filters as needed.
  
• Preview the list in the App Center or as part of your UI.
  
• The list component gives users a manageable front-end view of their data — essential for enterprise apps built on the Joget Platform.

Step 4: Build the Process (Workflow)

• Use Joget’s Process Builder to define the workflow logic: for example Employee submits leave request → Manager approves/rejects → HR finalises → Notify employee.
  
• Drag process nodes (Start, Form Submission, Approval Task, End) and link them. Assign roles/users to tasks and map transitions.
  
• Configure process variables (for example, leave duration, status) and notifications/reminders.
  
• This is the heart of Joget workflow automation for enterprise apps visual, configurable, either no-code or low-code depending on complexity.

Step 5: Design the UI (User-Facing Views)

• Use the Userview Builder in Joget to define how end users interact with the app: menus, views (the form, list), roles and access.
  
• Example menu items: “Submit Leave Request” (links to form), “My Requests” (links to list filter by user).
  
• Choose a responsive theme/layout (since many users may access via mobile) — Joget supports responsive design out of the box.
  
• Preview the UI for different roles (Employee, Manager, HR) to ensure correct access and view clarity.

Step 6: Test and Deploy Your App

• Run through the app end-to-end: Employee fills the form → list shows submission → manager gets task → HR finalises → notification sent.
  
• Monitor the process paths via Joget’s built-in dashboards/monitoring features this is part of building enterprise-ready apps on the Joget Platform.
  
• Once satisfied, export the app (Joget allows import/export) and deploy into the target environment (QA/staging/production).
  
• If you’re using Joget DX9 (or later) you can leverage plugin marketplace, API integrations or AI features as required.
  

Step 7: Review and Plan Next Iterations

• As a tech lead, reflect on how this first app build went:
  
  
  • How quickly did the team design the form, list and workflow?
  • Were there any bottlenecks (e.g., custom code needed, external integrations)?
  • How clear and usable is the UI for end users?
  • Are monitoring/logging in place?
    
• Use this as a baseline to plan for the next, more complex app: introduce integrations, mobile-native features, complex workflows, escalations, and use cases for large-scale enterprise apps.
  
• This “first app” approach ensures your team becomes competent with the Joget Platform’s capabilities before scaling up.

Best Practices for Tech Leads Using the Joget Platform

In this section of our Joget guide, we’ll explore best practices that tech leads should adopt when using the Joget Platform for building enterprise apps. These practices will help ensure your deployment scales, remains maintainable, and leverages the Joget low-code platform most effectively.

1. Establish Governance & Ownership

• Define clear roles: who are your citizen-developers (business users), low-code builders, and pro-code extension developers. The Joget Platform supports all three personas.
  
• Set standards for app naming, versioning, and environment promotion (dev → test → prod) to avoid chaos as more apps are built.
  
• Use built-in monitoring and governance features of Joget for enterprise apps to track usage, performance, and assign ownership.

2. Promote Reusability & Modular Design

• Encourage reusable components (forms, lists, process fragments) rather than building from scratch each time. The Joget low-code platform makes drag-and-drop easy, but reuse avoids duplication.
  
• Leverage the Joget Marketplace (or internal library) for plugins, templates and integrations rather than re-developing.
  
• When you must customise (via Joget development), isolate custom code/plugins to minimise maintenance burden and ease upgrading future versions.

3. Performance & Scalability Considerations

• Even though the Joget Platform simplifies app build and workflow automation, enterprise apps demand optimisation. Key areas: JVM tuning, database indexing, and managing integration load.
  
• As a tech lead, ensure your architecture supports scaling (e.g., load-balancers, clustering) and monitor resource usage as workflows grow.
  
• Plan for growth: what works for a small pilot may not hold up for a large enterprise load build with scaling in mind early.

4. Integration & Security Best Practices

• The Joget Platform is designed for enterprise apps and integrates with legacy systems, APIs, authentication/IDP, etc.
  
• Ensure you define security standards: role-based access, audit trails, data encryption, safe plugin usage, especially important for enterprise-grade workflows.
  
• For automation workflows, avoid heavy synchronous calls to external systems within user tasks. Asynchronous design often enhances reliability.

5. Monitoring, Maintenance & Continuous Improvement

• Set up dashboards and alerts: monitor process performance, workflow bottlenecks, app usage metrics. The Joget Platform offers built-in visibility.
  
• Encourage feedback loops: gather end-user feedback on your first apps, identify friction, iterate rapidly this harnesses the low-code nature of Joget.
  
• Stay current: keep the platform (e.g., Joget DX9) and plugins updated to leverage latest features and security fixes.

Common Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them

In this section of our Joget Platform guide, we’ll cover typical mistakes organisations make when implementing the platform for enterprise apps and workflow automation, and how, as a tech lead, you can proactively avoid them.

1. Skipping Proper Planning & Process Mapping

A frequent pitfall with using the Joget Platform is starting app build or workflow automation without thoroughly mapping business processes first. A blog on building process-tracking software using Joget lists this as a common mistake:

“Skipping process mapping … jumping into app creation without mapping your workflow often leads to confusion and rework.” relinns.com
 When you use Joget for enterprise apps, even though it is a low-code platform, the underlying business logic still needs clarity. If you skip this, you risk building inefficient workflows or having to rebuild later.

How to avoid it:

• Before development, convene stakeholders and document each step of the workflow, decisions, roles, data capture.
  
• Use the process builder features of Joget DX9 to mock the workflow path as a visual map.
  
• Validate with end-users (what does an employee see? a manager? back-office?) before committing to build.

2. Over-Customising Too Early

One of the benefits of the Joget low-code platform is rapid development and minimal coding. However, teams sometimes fall into the trap of treating it like traditional full-code development, writing heavy custom code or plugins early on. This causes: longer build times, more maintenance, and less flexibility.

An article on “Joget Overview: Pros, Cons” flags this as a limitation if not managed.How to avoid it:

• Use the drag-and-drop form/list/process builders in Joget for your first builds, keep custom plugin development only for truly unique requirements.
  
• Establish standards: “Use built-in builders first, only escalate to code if no visual alternative exists.”
  
• Document any custom code/plugins with versioning so future upgrades of Joget DX9 won’t be blocked.

3. Ignoring Governance, Roles & Access Control

When using Joget for enterprise apps, workflows often involve multiple roles, approvals, and escalations. If access rights, roles, permissions, and process monitoring are not defined upfront, you face the risk of mis-routing, data exposure, or compliance failure. A “9 Joget Hurdles” article lists user permissions as one of the major issues.

How to avoid it:

• Define user roles (citizen dev, low-code builder, admin, approver) and map them in Joget’s user groups and permissions system.
  
• Use Joget’s governance and audit features (especially in DX9) to track who did what, when.
  
• Run test-cases for each user role to validate permission constructs before production rollout.

4. Neglecting Performance & Scalability from Day One

Even though Joget is a capable low-code platform, enterprise-scale usage (many users, many workflows, integrations) can expose performance bottlenecks. The knowledge base for Joget mentions performance considerations and server clustering as mitigation.

How to avoid it:

• During installation setup, plan for future growth (CPU, RAM, DB sizing, clustering) rather than only for immediate pilot.
  
• Monitor process execution, database load, response times from the start.
  
• Remove unused heavy plugins, disable features you don’t need, optimise data lists and workflows.

5. Overlooking User Training & Change Management

Another common issue: building the app on the Joget Platform then rolling it out without sufficient training or user onboarding. The Relinns blog on process tracking warns:

“Lack of user training: Deploying without onboarding sessions leads to under-utilisation…”  If users don’t adopt the workflow or interface isn’t intuitive, ROI drops.

How to avoid it:

• Include user-training sessions in your roll-out plan. Cover how the app works (employees, managers, admins).
  
• Build simple UI in Joget, test for usability, gather feedback.
  
• Provide documentation or quick-start guides for end-users (for example: how to submit a request, view status).

Next Steps for Scaling with the Joget Platform

As you move past the initial setup and first app build, this section of the Joget guide covers how to transition from pilot to full-blown enterprise usage of the Joget Platform. We’ll focus on how to scale your efforts, govern your apps, and embed the platform into your organisation.

1. Expand from Pilot to Portfolio

• Once you’ve built and launched your first workflow-app using Joget (forms + lists + process), identify next use-cases across departments (HR, procurement, customer service) where the Joget low-code platform can deliver value quickly.
  
• Use Joget DX9, the newest edition, which is explicitly built for enterprise-grade scalability and integrations.
  
• Develop a road-map: define which apps to build next, in what sequence, with what resources (citizen developers, IT team, pro-developers).
  
• Measure pilot success: time to market, user adoption, workflow throughput, reduction of manual tasks — so you can justify further investment.

2. Establish a Governance and Centre of Excellence (CoE)

• With multiple teams building apps on Joget, you’ll need governance: standards, component reuse, version management, and audit trails. Joget DX9 enhances this with built-in governance capabilities.
  
• Set up a Joget CoE (or equivalent team) responsible for: platform standards, training/certification of citizen developers, plugin review, and performance monitoring.
  
• Use features of the Joget Platform for tracking and monitoring: e.g., app usage, performance metrics, process bottlenecks. The Joget DX series emphasises performance, monitoring, and scalability.

3. Build for Integration and Enterprise-Scale Architecture

• As you scale to enterprise apps, you’ll need deeper integration: connecting legacy systems, APIs, and cloud services. The Joget Platform supports this via its plugin architecture and integrations.
  
• Use modern deployment models: cloud-native, containerised, hybrid environments — ensure your infrastructure supports scaling. Joget DX9 documentation emphasises this.
  
• Consider operational excellence: monitoring, logs, APM (Application Performance Monitoring), and version control (Git integration) for your Joget development efforts.

4. Upskill the Team and Encourage Continuous Delivery

• As part of the expansion, train business users (citizen developers) on the Joget low-code platform so they can build simpler apps, freeing IT teams for complex ones.
  
• For complex workflows or enterprise-grade apps, involve pro-developers who can build custom plugins or integrations for Joget development.
  
• Enable CI/CD (continuous integration / continuous delivery) pipelines for apps built on the Joget Platform to support rapid updates and governance. Joget DX supports Git and DevOps-friendly features.

5. Measure, Iterate, and Expand

• Establish metrics for success: number of apps built, number of users onboarded, reduction in manual workflows, process cycle time improvements.
  
• Use user feedback to iterate on apps and improve usability, performance and adoption a key advantage of a visual low-code tool like Joget.
  
• Expand the use of the platform: more complex workflows, AI-driven automation (Joget DX9 includes AI capabilities)
  
• Plan for scalability: monitor performance and resource usage as your Joget Platform-based app portfolio grows.

Conclusion

Choosing the Joget Platform means embracing a modern approach to building enterprise applications and streamlining processes.

With its visual design tools, strong support for Joget DX9, and capability for both business users and developers, this Joget low-code platform helps organisations accelerate time to value, reduce reliance on custom code, and deliver scalable solutions for workflow automation and enterprise apps.

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