Hey Rafael, I started something like this a while ago:
http://oodbbrowser.sharesource.org/project/odbbrowser/ The original goal was to support Durus and ZODB but the code in the mercurial respository only works with Durus. It is just a prototype, but feel free to look at the code and use it if you want... (it's GPL anyway). There is a simple pyglet interface, since I didn't wanted it to depend any C-based libraries, such as the main GUI toolkits available for python. Also take a look at a little known python module called editObj. It will give you great insights on how to interact with live objects. http://home.gna.org/oomadness/en/editobj/index.html good luck! Flávio On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Rafael Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've submitted a proposal for GSoC with the title "Graphical browser > for ZODB (zodbbrowser enhancements)" after discussing with some folks > on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. I'm posting here the proposal for > discussion, as suggested by Martjin Faasen. Here it is: > > Abstract > -------- > > The goal of this project is to provide an easy way for an user of ZODB to > look > inside a ZODB instance and browse through the objects. The goal will be > accomplished by extending zodbbrowser, a desktop program that has the same > goals but is on an early stage of development. > > Specification > ------------- > > Currently zodbbrowser [1]_ presents only a tree view of the objects on a > ZODB > instance and a text panel where the attribute values are displayed. The > following enhancements and new features are proposed: > > 1. Make the UI more user-friendly. > > 1.1 Make it look more like a file system browser (e.g Windows > Explorer), > where the composite objects (list, dict, tuple, etc) behave like > directories and the simple objects (str, int, etc) behave like > files. > > 1.2 Many minor UI enhancements can be done, e.g use an image icon for > each > object type. > > 2. Display object sizes. > > 3. Transaction history viewer, with ability to undo a transaction. This > will be > much like Zope's undo functionality. > > 4. Search. The user will be able to search for objects IDs and/or values. > > 5. Open console. The user will be able to right-click on an object and > open a > Python console in order to execute arbitrary commands to manipulate the > objects on the DB. > > Some project decisions > ---------------------- > > 1. zodbbrowser will remain as independent from Zope as possible. The > main reason > is ZODB is a great DBMS and can be used standalone on any kind of > application. > > 2. A Web UI is not on the scope of the project. I think it's easier to > implement > the proposed features on a desktop app. Also, the same reason for > project > decision holds here too. > > 3. As is known a Web UI would be a plus, effort should be done in order to > keep > the code as UI independent as possible. > > Benefits > -------- > > A tool like zodbbrowser is something that users coming from the RDBMS > world > really miss. All the popular RDBMS have a tool to browse through the data. > Also, with the proposed enhancements and new features it will be a great > debugging tool. Perhaps it would help ZODB become more popular even on > non-Zope related projects. > > .. References > ---------- > > .. [1] > svn://svn.zope.org/repos/main/z3c.zodbbrowser/sandbox/src/z3c/zodbbrowser > > PS.: I stripped out the sections Roadmap, About Me and Thanks > sections. The full proposal text can be found at > > http://rafaelb.objectis.net/google-summer-of-code-2008/graphical-browser-for-zodb-zodbbrowser-enhancements/ > > -- > Rafael Bruno Cavalhero de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Analista de Sistemas - Paradigma <http://www.paradigma.com.br> > Mestrando em Ciência da Informação - UFMG > http://rafaelb.objectis.net > _______________________________________________ > For more information about ZODB, see the ZODB Wiki: > http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/ > > ZODB-Dev mailing list - ZODB-Dev@zope.org > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev >
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