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Access control - authentication overview

There are many different ways for your application to perform authentication. Each method requires the implementation of an 'Authenticator'. The authenticators offered by the Genesis low-code platform are:

API reference - overview

Genesis is a low-code solution for financial markets. We try to provide as much of the platform via GPAL as possible, while allowing you to extend the platform with more powerful custom components and functionality.

Architecture overview

Every Genesis application is different, but all Genesis applications share a common architecture. The best way to understand the purpose of all the main elements of this architecture is to familiarise yourself with the server modules and the web front-end.

Database technology - overview

Your Genesis application data model can be configured without any concern about the database technology used to store the model and the data.

Loading feed data - how to load feed data into an application

Some feeds provide static sets of data that you can download for processing by your application. A good example is traded data from an exchange. This exercise shows you the key points for loading these data files. In this case, we shall use Bloomberg issuance data. We shall load this, parse it to reformat it to Genesis format, then place it in a staging table in a Genesis application. Once it is in the staging table, the data can be passed to other tables within the application.