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.
> 

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