Perl 6 DBDI 201007 (OUTDATED, see 201008)
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Perl 6 DBDI 201007 (OUTDATED, see 201008)
- 2. Database interfaces for open source languages suck
- 3. They’re all limited They’re all different They’re all duplicating development effort
- 4. We need a common database driver API for Perl 6 and Parrot
- 5. But what?
- 6. Mature, Stable, Functional, Object Oriented Well documented with a test suite Well known to a wide user base Well known to driver developers
- 7. JDBC
- 8. JDBC No, not Java, just the JDBC API The class and method names, the semantics the documentation the test suite
- 9. Actually, not plain JDBC Sanitize the worst influences of Java Easier to use for dynamic languages
- 10. Your Code DBI DBD Database Client Library
- 11. Your Code DBI v2 API DBI DBD Database Client Library
- 12. Your Code DBI v2 API DBI DBDI API DBD Database Client Library
- 13. Your Code DBI v2 API DBI DBDI API DBD Database Client Library
- 14. NO JDBC FOR THIS! Your Code DBI v2 API DBI DBDI API DBD USE JDBC Database Client Library FOR THIS
- 15. 2010
- 16. java2perl6api Generates Perl 6 Role modules that mirror the API of specified Java Classes http://github.com/timbunce/java2perl6
- 17. DBDI A database driver manager and driver implementation framework in Perl 6 Uses the roles generated by running java2perl6api java.sql.DriverManager http://github.com/timbunce/DBDI
- 18. It Runs! A working PostgreSQL driver is included in DBDI It’s very minimal today (July 2010) but it only took a few hours to write
- 19. Next steps?
- 20. Build up a class/role hirearchy borrowing from open source JDBC drivers Separate driver-specific logic from driver-independant logic to make it easy to implement drivers
- 21. Interested? Come and join the fun! dbdi-dev@perl.org #dbdi on irc.freenode.org
Editor's Notes
- Database interfaces for Java, C#, VB etc also suck, but are much more functional Perl has its own database drivers, as do Python, Ruby, PHP, tcl etc etc Just about every open source language has its own database drivers Some even have more than one set of database interfaces and drivers
- They're All limited Most provide access to a fraction of database client functionality They're All different Even the ones modelled on the DBI differ in significant ways They're All duplicating development effort So much more could be achieved if the same effort was focussed on fewer drivers that could be shared across languages Diversity is good, but this is madness.
- All drivers can implement the common API, then any parrot language can use any driver
- We need an API that is...
- The only good fit is the Java JDBC API “JDBC is the new ODBC” So I'm proposing that the JDBC API specification be the common database driver API for Parrot The goal being to be able to use the official JDBC docs as the primary docs for the API
- The only good fit is the Java JDBC API “JDBC is the new ODBC” So I'm proposing that the JDBC API specification be the common database driver API for Parrot The goal being to be able to use the official JDBC docs as the primary docs for the API
- The only good fit is the Java JDBC API “JDBC is the new ODBC” So I'm proposing that the JDBC API specification be the common database driver API for Parrot The goal being to be able to use the official JDBC docs as the primary docs for the API
- Language interface layer adapts the JDBC API to the particular needs of that language