- BOND
BOND "(Building Object Network Databases)" started development in late 2000 as a
rapid application development tool for theGNOME Desktop byTreshna Enterprises . Its aim was to fill a gap that traditionalMicrosoft Windows applications likeBorland Delphi ,Microsoft Access andVisual Basic filled on the Windows desktop, but targeted for theLinux environment. Its goal was to allow developers to quickly build database forms in XML for backendSQL databases. It has been employed extensively by Treshna Enterprises to develop applications such asPayMaster (an opensource payroll application) andGymMaster (a commercial gym management application).Description
It uses
PostgreSQL as its backend database andGTK as its front end. Windows andHTML driven front ends are also available. While it initially worked closely with Glade and the Gnome Desktop, newer versions have focused on more web orientated with AJAX driven widgets. The Glade XML format was abandoned a number of years ago and a new XML schema was developed to be more flexible with the range of data required for storing database information. BOND makes use of BONDDB which serves as a layer between the BOND API and thePostgreSQL backend.In the future, BOND aims to be a free
open source solution that allows users to quickly create their own databases from scratch without being a skilled programmer or DBA.External links
* [http://www.treshna.com/bond BOND development website]
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