The Python Papers , Volume 2, Issue 1, 2007
This is the complete issue containing Python User Group highlights, interviews, more on coding idioms, and an academic paper on the Firebird Database. (Revision 2)
Category: Developer News
News from the Firebird developers.
libgda/libgnomedb version 3.0RC 1 have been released.
After a lot of bug fixes and cleanups, I’m pleased to announce that Libgda and Libgnomedb have reached a point where the API and ABI are frozen for the upcoming 3.0 release. This new upcoming version is a complete overhaul compared to the previous 1.2.x versions (the jump to 3.0 is due to a shared libraries versionning). The sources can be downloaded from GNOME servers.
Delphi for PHP – First impressions
Myles Wakeham wrote about Delphi for PHP and firebird issues:
Well I received my downloadable Delphi for PHP today. I haven’t had a huge amount of time to play with it, but there are some very impressive features, but a couple of ‘critical’ missing features for me.
More firebird ports
In the following months I’ll try to port firebird to all architectures
currently supported by Debian.
Delphi on Rails?
The developers who brought us Delphi, that Ferrari of Integrated Development Environments, are entering the dynamic language tools race, and this time they are sporting Ruby red.
Delphi 2007 for Win32 is GOLD!
1st Firebird Japan Conference
Firebird Maestro 7.3 released. Now with graphical database designer!
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SQL Maestro Group is happy to announce the release of Firebird Maestro 7.3, a powerful Windows GUI solution for Firebird administration and database development. |
The main feature of the new version is the Graphical Database Designer – a case tool for managing your database in a few mouse clicks. This piece of our software is intended for creation of physical Entity Relationship Diagrams that represent objects in your Firebird databases. Each diagram displays the tables of your database and the relationships between them.
- Handy tools of Designer allow you to create new and edit existing tables and references;
- The reverse engineering feature will help you to understand the schema structure and make its modification in an easy and clear way;
- Now you can quickly and easily print your database structure with a lot of options including header and footer, paper size and orientation, etc;
- A rich set of options and settings give you a way to see your database in your own look and feel style.
A diagram of your database can help you define operational aspects of your application logic that you might otherwise overlook. Also, a well-defined data diagram that accurately represents your tasks can be helpful in orienting employees to goals and operations.
Full press-release is available here:
http://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/firebird/maestro/news/3641/
New article about optimization of network traffic in Delphi and C++ Builder applications
Devrace have published a new article “Devrace FIBPlus: Optimization of network traffic in Delphi and C++ Builder applications”. From it you will get to know:
New version of SQLAlchemy’s Firebird backend
Lele Gaifax calls for testing the new version of Firebird backend for SQLAlchemy. The source is attached to this trac ticket.
SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.
It provides a full suite of well known enterprise-level persistence patterns, designed for efficient and high-performing database access, adapted into a simple and Pythonic domain language.