Not that you really need it.
Things move forward. Phobos becomes more and more reliable and usable, It seems that the accepting "Foreign modules/Fixes situation" is better than ever.  So it looks like things went into the right direction.... unfortunately not for me.

Let  me tell you in a second or two about my world.
Creating huge database based multinational applications   (likewise multinational/lingual Accounting - Order Sys.)

As said, I have to create Database applications,  consuming SOAP respective REST Services. Targets are Desktop(WIN only), WEB and Smart Devices. All of them have to interop.

So why not using D ? (Which I would like to do)

DB Support..
   Not yet available. In case that Steve Teale (and he did a dammed good Job, as well as Piotr) will add std.database this will not change the situation significantly. 'Cause std.database will contain just rudimentary DB support..  A Database independent, ORM based library module is not even matter of discussion. That's a  pity.

GUI..
    Well for us Windoze is the only interesting Desktop platform.
A _reasonable_ GUI is not available yet.(D-GUI looks pretty good,though)
WEB Development is for sure doable in D, reusable Frameworks are nevertheless AFAIK not available.

Smart Device Development..
   (Win 7 mobile/ Android/ IOS ) GDC for rescue ? On Android D To Java ?

Consuming SOAP/REST..
 ATM std.XML is not really perfect. So going a step ahead and asking for parsing WSDL files to generate appropriate D code would not make too much sense.
Further : Some Services require Certificate authentication. Another  No Go. No Crypto lib.

Don't get me wrong, I like D!  Otherwise I would not have followed  D for meanwhile 5-6 years.

Without having an DB-Object Relational Mapper, Crypt/Decrypt- extended XML support, PDF creation, Reporting, and XML related tools and (mucho importante) localization support,  D is not an option for us  --at the moment.

 So ... Being a bit enthusiastic about D's progress ? Sure!
 Leaving the planet, went to outer space with a  D Type _2_ Rocket made by BOING engineer W.B. ?    Risky ;)

A+
Bjoern

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:28:43 -0800
bls <bizprac@orange.fr> wrote:

> A Database independent, ORM based library module is not even matter of discussion. That's a  pity.

That would be nice, indeed.

> Well for us Windoze is the only interesting Desktop platform. A _reasonable_ GUI is not available yet.(D-GUI looks pretty good,though)

What is D-GUI, gtkD or DWT?


Sincerely,
Gour


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2012/1/1 Gour <gour@atmarama.net>

> On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:28:43 -0800
> bls <bizprac@orange.fr> wrote:
>
> > A Database independent, ORM based library module is not even matter of discussion. That's a  pity.
>
> That would be nice, indeed.
>
> > Well for us Windoze is the only interesting Desktop platform. A _reasonable_ GUI is not available yet.(D-GUI looks pretty good,though)
>
> What is D-GUI, gtkD or DWT?
>
>
dgui:

http://code.google.com/p/dgui/

GUI library for Windows.  Pretty easy to use.

-

gtkD and dwt2 are cross-platform GUI libraries for D.

http://www.dsource.org/projects/gtkd

https://bitbucket.org/torhus/dwt2

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 02:22:59 -0600
Jimmy Cao <jcao219@gmail.com> wrote:

> GUI library for Windows.  Pretty easy to use.

Thank you, but not interesting for us looking for multi-platform library.


Sincerely,
Gour


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On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:28:43 -0800, bls wrote:

>     Not yet available. In case that Steve Teale (and he did a dammed
> good Job, as well as Piotr) will add std.database this will not change
> the situation significantly. 'Cause std.database will contain just
> rudimentary DB support..  A Database independent, ORM based library
> module is not even matter of discussion. That's a  pity.
> 
> 
Bjoern,

Even being retired does not mean there's nothing else to do but D library components. I didn't get back to you yet because I'm busy making furniture for our expanding little enterprise here, and because of the holidays, and because I need to lose a few kilos off the belly that magically appeared while I was doing nothing but sit in front of a keyboard.

Also I'd say for rudimentary I'd want to say basic. There's a slight difference.

I'll be back.

Steve

But don't put the database stuff

On Sunday, 1 January 2012 at 04:28:45 UTC, bls wrote:
> WEB Development is for sure doable in D, reusable Frameworks are nevertheless AFAIK not available.

What kind of features did you have in mind for this?

On 01/01/2012 10:49 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Sunday, 1 January 2012 at 04:28:45 UTC, bls wrote:
>> WEB Development is for sure doable in D, reusable Frameworks are
>> nevertheless AFAIK not available.
>
> What kind of features did you have in mind for this?
>

Hi Adam,
first of all: A happy and successful new year to you!
To answer your question  :
An SaaS application living in a Cloud-Space, preferred atm is Amazon EC. The database Back-End will be (most probably PostGreSQL)
WHY PostGres ? Callback notifications/ Server-side events ... not available in MySQL. (which you prefer in your framework)
Another point is DB replication, partial DB replication. #

The challenge for us is SaaS user management.
Due to the fact that we are supporting small companies(1-5 users) as well as huge,international acting companies the Saas Software has to scale.
I.E. From : "I would give your Software a try. We need just the basic package" ... to "We want it all (and more); We are looking for a long term contract" .
In detail this means we have customers who wish to rent just PARTs OF OUR SOFTWARE for a month, others would like to rent our Software for a year, including all features.

SOAP/REST  is (in our case) needed to f.i. obtain prices. (https tunneling seems to be good enough (tm) )The other need for SOAP/REST (I am not sure if should go this way) is to access the SaaS application to receive certain informations/to add an potential clients, reuests, what the heck. ) In this case we have to establish a WSDL/REST - maybe oData Service.  (I would  prefer REST)

---Still have a hangover from new years day, so that's it 4 the moment.

Indeed, I had your library in mind while talking about D for the WEB.
Bjoern

On 01/01/2012 07:02 AM, Steve Teale wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:28:43 -0800, bls wrote:
>
>>      Not yet available. In case that Steve Teale (and he did a dammed
>> good Job, as well as Piotr) will add std.database this will not change
>> the situation significantly. 'Cause std.database will contain just
>> rudimentary DB support..  A Database independent, ORM based library
>> module is not even matter of discussion. That's a  pity.
>>
>>
> Bjoern,
>
> Even being retired does not mean there's nothing else to do but D library
> components. I didn't get back to you yet because I'm busy making
> furniture for our expanding little enterprise here, and because of the
> holidays, and because I need to lose a few kilos off the belly that
> magically appeared while I was doing nothing but sit in front of a
> keyboard.
>
> Also I'd say for rudimentary I'd want to say basic. There's a slight
> difference.
>
> I'll be back.
>
> Steve
>
> But don't put the database stuff
>

Hi Steve,
first of all: A happy and successful new year to you!

What makes me a bit nervous is the use of structures in your source.
In case that your goal is to establish a D database access standard, client and server wise, Interfaces are the way to go.

Well, isn't  the right of the youth to be impatient :) (I am just 50)

So I am waiting for your feedback regarding the link I've send you. In my (in this case not so humble opinion) following this Design would make much sense.
Kind regards, Bjoern

On 01/01/2012 12:22 AM, Jimmy Cao wrote:
> GUI library for Windows.  Pretty easy to use.

... and should be named Forms4D

I definitely like this library. Pretty straight OOP, Each DOTNET Forms developer will immediately  feel at home. New liberal license. Just cool!

On 1/1/2012 7:02 AM, Steve Teale wrote:
> Even being retired does not mean there's nothing else to do but D library
> components.

Steve,

Happy New Year!

Now get back to work! <g>