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Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by sciurus »

hinathan wrote: post #32
Legion wrote: post #24

"for Mac OS X" breaks my heart, because this is exactly the kind of open-source DB client I want on Linux. At least I can use this when I'm on my Air, but I recently went looking for a multi-DB client app like this for Linux, and this looks like what I was wishing I would find.

Written to what API? Gnome, X, Qt? You'll be addressing a slice of a fraction of potential users. It'd be great if it weren't the case, but the diversity that makes linux interesting to hackers also makes it really tough to roll out GUI apps like this and have it 'just work'. I get the sense that's a good part of the appeal of OS X for the developer community lately - mostly Linux-ish when you need it, but a unified…

"Written to what API? Gnome, X, Qt? You'll be addressing a slice of a fraction of potential users."

Both GTK and QT are available on OS X, Windows, and Linux. Cocoa is available on OS X only.

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by tvon »

phillmv wrote: post #47

Serious question: Can't someone just add database drivers to Sequel Pro? It's far and away the best Database GUI I've ever used and its reliance on MySQL is actually keeping me from moving to PostgreSQL full time. (i.e. http://www.sequelpro.com/ and http://www.sequelpro.com/docs/Source_Code - a little crazy they're still on SVN but oh well)

It's certainly not a small task, but an issue is open here:

http://code.google.com/p/sequel-pro/issues/detail?id=362&#38...

Developer input from mid-2011 is towards the bottom, but in short the gist is "that would be great, contributions welcome".

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by phillmv »

tvon wrote: post #53
phillmv wrote: post #47

Serious question: Can't someone just add database drivers to Sequel Pro? It's far and away the best Database GUI I've ever used and its reliance on MySQL is actually keeping me from moving to PostgreSQL full time. (i.e. http://www.sequelpro.com/ and http://www.sequelpro.com/docs/Source_Code - a little crazy they're still on SVN but oh well)

It's certainly not a small task, but an issue is open here: http://code.google.com/p/sequel-pro/issues/detail?id=362&#38... Developer input from mid-2011 is towards the bottom, but in short the gist is "that would be great, contributions welcome".

Blargh.

If only it were as easy as `gem install pg`.

I would totally throw $20 at a kickstarter to pay someone. That's what, optimistically? Two weeks of work? How quickly could we scrounge up $10k?

Shit. More like $100, now that I think about it.

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by artiom »

matttthompson wrote: post #9
stevelosh wrote: post #5

Does anyone have an actual build of this? I just uninstalled XCode this morning and replaced it with Apple's new CLI dev tools, otherwise I'd try building it myself.

Builds are available at https://github.com/Induction/Induction/downloads .

no love for 10.6.8, Lion only

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by masklinn »

sciurus wrote: post #51
hinathan wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Written to what API? Gnome, X, Qt? You'll be addressing a slice of a fraction of potential users. It'd be great if it weren't the case, but the diversity that makes linux interesting to hackers also makes it really tough to roll out GUI apps like this and have it 'just work'. I get the sense that's a good part of the appeal of OS X for the developer community lately - mostly Linux-ish when you need it, but a unified…

"Written to what API? Gnome, X, Qt? You'll be addressing a slice of a fraction of potential users." Both GTK and QT are available on OS X, Windows, and Linux. Cocoa is available on OS X only.

> Both GTK and QT are available on OS X

For very, very low values of "available", especially when it comes to GTK. If you're going to release a GTK application for OSX, you can just step the release part entirely.

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by josephcooney »

phillmv wrote: post #47

Serious question: Can't someone just add database drivers to Sequel Pro? It's far and away the best Database GUI I've ever used and its reliance on MySQL is actually keeping me from moving to PostgreSQL full time. (i.e. http://www.sequelpro.com/ and http://www.sequelpro.com/docs/Source_Code - a little crazy they're still on SVN but oh well)

I've never used Sequel Pro, but I've used plenty of other RDBMS GUIs. What's so special about Sequel Pro? It certainly doesn't look like anything to write home about (compared to say the MS SQL tools).

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by phillmv »

josephcooney wrote: post #58
phillmv wrote: post #47

Serious question: Can't someone just add database drivers to Sequel Pro? It's far and away the best Database GUI I've ever used and its reliance on MySQL is actually keeping me from moving to PostgreSQL full time. (i.e. http://www.sequelpro.com/ and http://www.sequelpro.com/docs/Source_Code - a little crazy they're still on SVN but oh well)

I've never used Sequel Pro, but I've used plenty of other RDBMS GUIs. What's so special about Sequel Pro? It certainly doesn't look like anything to write home about (compared to say the MS SQL tools).

I can't speak for the MS SQL tools. I used one of them once? and it was extremely lame but I can't comment.

Compared to every other RDBMS GUI I've used:

It crashes very infrequently. It doesn't randomly slow down whenever I click on something. The settings page is relatively straightforward. There aren't fifteen different windows with different functions. The UI makes sense and is also very straightforward.

Re: Induction: A Polyglot Database Client For Mac OS X

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Post by ddagradi »

phillmv wrote: post #54
tvon wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's certainly not a small task, but an issue is open here: http://code.google.com/p/sequel-pro/issues/detail?id=362&#38... Developer input from mid-2011 is towards the bottom, but in short the gist is "that would be great, contributions welcome".

Blargh. If only it were as easy as `gem install pg`. I would totally throw $20 at a kickstarter to pay someone. That's what, optimistically? Two weeks of work? How quickly could we scrounge up $10k? Shit. More like $100, now that I think about it.

> If only it were as easy as `gem install pg`.

It is with MacRuby, but that's a whole different set of problems :)

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