thanks Rocio. This project is really important! I love the little tutorials.
Stef On Sep 12, 2013, at 6:19 AM, Rocio Amaya <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to show a bit the outcome of the first iteration of the DBXTalk Gsoc > of this year. > > First, I've been adapting myself to the environment and technology (DBXTalk, > OpenDBX, TalkFFI), and I've written some little tutorials of what I've learnt > about them: > > - Post of how to install OpenDBX > http://rochiamaya.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/how-to-install-version-1-4-6-of-opendbx-for-linux/ > - Post of how to install and use TalkFFI to generate mappings > http://rochiamaya.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/create-bindings-with-talkffi/ > - Post of how to use mappings generated by TalkFFI > http://rochiamaya.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/how-to-use-the-generated-bindings-talkffi/ > > > Also, as concrete code, we have built a NBFFI version of the OpenDBXDriver. > The main idea of this is to provide a backward compatibility layer to people > that use OpenDBX, while letting us move forward dropping the old FFI > implementation. > > Gofer it > smalltalkhubUser: 'DBXTalk' project: 'Configurations'; > configurationOf: 'OpenDBXDriver'; > load. > (((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfOpenDBXDriver) > perform: #project) > perform: #version: with: ‘1.3’) > load: 'DeveloperGroup'. > > > However, the configuration still supports to load the former version of the > driver (no NBFFI) > > Gofer it > smalltalkhubUser: 'DBXTalk' project: 'Configurations'; > configurationOf: 'OpenDBXDriver'; > load. > (((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfOpenDBXDriver) > perform: #project) > perform: #version: with: ‘1.3’) > load: 'FFIDriver'. > > > And the configuration with only NBFFI version. > > Gofer it > smalltalkhubUser: 'DBXTalk' project: 'Configurations'; > configurationOf: 'OpenDBXDriver'; > load. > (((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfOpenDBXDriver) > perform: #project) > perform: #version: with: ‘1.3’) > load: 'NBFFIDriver'. > > > To use, writte in the Workspace and DoIt: > > “to set the NBFFI bind” > LibOpenDBXMap initialize. > OpenDBX current: NBPharoOpenDBX new. > “or to set the oldFFI bind” > OpenDBX current: FFIOpenDBX ffiImplementationForOS . > > > In our current/next steps, we are starting to dig into the other driver > implementations. I'm currently working in a Mysql driver implementation that > will use the C mysql library directly without the intermediation of OpenDBX. > That way, the setup of the environment will be far easier and the entry > barrier will be lowered. > > > Best Regards! > Rocio. >
