Applix Release Open Source SHELF 17
RIch writes "Today
at Linux World Applix launched Applix SHELF. SHELF
is a decoupling of the powerful scripting and application
development tools at the heart of their Applixware Office
suite.
This includes Applix Builder their OO visual development tool which supports links to ODBC and relational database sources. "
Just tried it... (Score:1)
They do a lot of things in a non-standard way, and a clean-up would be nice.
But as Linux gains more end user applications, this could be a powerful addition to many open source projects.
I haven't tried the language at all - there's basically no programming info included.
Compared to VB, the dialog editor is quite nice. (Of course, compared to VB, *anything* would be nice...) It does lack some annoyances of VB's. I like it overall.
Now I just have to figure out the language and figure out how to embed it in apps. Again, I could see this being a powerful addition to many things.
Thanks Applix!
*sniff* (Score:1)
shelf? (Score:1)
GNUstep (Score:1)
Both applixware.org and applixware.com work, actua (Score:1)
They own both domains, just the
More about SHELF of interest to /. developers (Score:1)
"Applixware and ELF use a non-standard widget system. Applix widgets are directly layered on Xlib rather than Xt or any other standard widget model. We made this choice in 1989 before Motif 1.0 was available. Our original plan was to use Motif, but the poor performance and lack of reliability of the 1.0 Beta and 1.0 FCS versions caused us to move away from them.
At this time, Applix would be very interested in partnering with developers interested in replacing the widget system with GNOME widgets and/or other standard systems.
If interested, you can click here [mailto] and send them an e-mail message.