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Activities
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There were no activities in July

Roadmap : August
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Minor Code maintenance and usability improvements
Thorough testing

Current Development
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Overall: 66%
Design: 100%
Implementation: 80%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 76%

Releases
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The project did not release any files in July

Activities
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- Work on feature "Loadable JDBC drivers" has completed"
- New dialogs for the user interface have been implemented
- Main coding for Release 1.0.1 has completed

Roadmap : July
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- Minor Code maintenance and usability improvements
- Thorough testing

Current Development
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Overall: 66%
Design: 100%
Implementation: 80%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 76% ... read more

Activities
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Coding continued; in particular, prototypes of new UI dialogs were developed

Roadmap : June
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- Coding will continue
- An Beta of JavaDBClient 1.01 will (very likely) be released

Current Development
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Overall: 62%
Design: 100%
Implementation: 63%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 76%

Releases
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The project did not release any files in May.... read more

Activities
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The project was inactive during April

Roadmap : May
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- Coding will continue
- An Alpha of JavDBClient 1.01 will (hopefully) be released

Current Development
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Overall: 62%
Design: 100%
Implementation: 63%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 76%

Releases
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The project did not release any files in April.

Team Changes
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The following individuals have left the team:... read more

Activities
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- Work on feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" has continued
- Work on feature "Connection Model" has completed
- Minor maintenance tasks have been performed on the code base

Roadmap : April
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- Coding will continue
- An Alpha of JavDBClient 1.01 will be released

Current Development
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Overall: 62%
Design: 100%
Implementation: 63%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 76% ... read more

Activities
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- Work on feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" has continued

Roadmap : March
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- Coding will continue
- An Alpha of JavDBClient 1.01 will be released

Current Development
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Overall: 44%
Design: 100%
Implementation: 33%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 43%

Releases
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The project did not release any files in February.... read more

Activities
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- Work on feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" has continued
- Work on feature "JAR Inspector" has completed

Roadmap : February
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- Coding will continue
- Doc team will focus on writing a user manual for JavaDBClient

Current Development
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Overall: 44%
Design: 100%
Implementation: 33%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 43% ... read more

Activities
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- Work on feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" has continued
- Work on feature "JAR Inspector" has continued

Roadmap : January
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- Coding will continue
- Automated nightly builds and tests will (hopefully) be released/implemented
- Design of JavaDBClient will complete
- Doc team will focus on writing a user manual for JavaDBClient ... read more

Activities
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- Work on feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" has continued
- Work on feature "JAR Inspector" has begun
- Work on feature "Core Properties" is completed
- Feature "Connection Model" has been throughly tested and will be rescheduled for development next month

Roadmap : December
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- Coding will continue
- Automated nightly builds and tests will (hopefully) be released/implemented
- Design of JavaDBClient will complete
- Doc team will focus on writing a user manual for JavaDBClient ... read more

Activities
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Work on feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" has continued

Roadmap : November
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- Coding will continue
- Automated nightly builds and tests will be released/implemented
- Design of JavaDBClient will complete
- Doc team will focus on writing a user manual for JavaDBClient

Current Development
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Overall: 39%
Design: 85%
Implementation: 30%
Testing: 30%
Bugfixes: 15%
Documentation: 43% ... read more

Activities
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- Work on feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" has started
- Implementation of feature "XML Connection Model" was completed

Roadmap : October
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- Coding will continue
- Automated nightly builds and tests will be released/implemented
- Design of JavaDBClient will complete
- Doc team will focus on writing a user manual for JavaDBClient
- Code for feature "XML Connection Model" will undergo a thorough review ... read more

Activities
- Requirements for the feature "Loadable JDBC Drivers" have been formulated and design has almost been completed
- Work on the code continued
- Testing of legacy code was completed
- Work on the user guide has started

Roadmap : September
- Coding will continue
- Automated nightly builds and tests will be released/implemented
--Design of JavaDBClient will complete
- Doc team will focus on writing a user manual for JavaDBClient ... read more

After the summer holiday season we're now looking for new members for our team. In particular we're looking for developers and doc writers (see "help wanted" postings).
In the long term we're still looking for testers and translators. People interested in such positions may contact me, too.

Activities
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- Design completed for "New Connection Model" feature
- Work on the code began
- Testing of legacy code and bugfixes was conducted
- John was appointed head of documentation team
- Inactive project members have been removed from the team

Roadmap : August
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- Coding will continue
- Automated nightly builds and tests will be released/implemented
- Design of JavaDBClient will continue
- Further testing will be conducted
- Doc team will focus on writing a user manual for JavaDBClient ... read more

Since documentation is not just one task but covers a versatile set of responsibilities and since the documentation team has grown recently it became harder and harder for me to coordinate the efforts of each of the team members. Thats why I was looking for a leader for the documentation team. I asked John L. Reed to take over this position and he agreed. He has my full support and I am confident that he has the necessary qualities to lead the team. ... read more

Activities

- The team prepared to design and code the next release of JavaDBClient.
- The team worked on identifying requirements for next release.
- New members joined the team in June. Most of the new members are doc writers.
- The Brazilian website went into Testing Phase.

Roadmap : July

- Features and usability will be added to the Brazilian Web site.
- Design of JavaDBClient will continue. ... read more

The work on the next release has begun. The next major release will be 1.1, but currently we're working on release 1.0.1 which features advanced support and loading of JDBC drivers.

Features of Release 1.0.1
- Config file for JDBC drivers to be loaded - Currently the list of JDBC drivers is hard coded. Instead we want to use a config file that contains at least the file name of the JDBC Jar and the name of the class to be loaded.
- Config Dialog to edit the config file of JDBC drivers - the user shall be able to add, remove and delete entries in the list of JDBC drivers
- Migrating list of database connections from Java serialization to XML marshalling - Currently the list of database connection is saved persitently by means of Java serialization, a better method would be to save it in a XML file ... read more

Activities

During may there weren't too many activities. We completed the code reformatting and a number of documents have been passed.

Roadmap June

- The work on the code will begin
- We will try to recruit additional team members

Team Changes
The following individuals have left the team:

- Patrick McMorris (developer) - due to lack of time

Releases

The project did not release any files in that time.

Activities

During April there weren't too many activities. The website was upgraded to PHP-Nuke 6.5 and now features a forum. The group agreed on Code Conventions to be used in future development and other important documents have been drafted. The focus of this period was to give the team a chance to help shaping the character of this project. Much thought was put into issues of how to organize the work of this project. Late in April we started the process of adapting the legacy code to our new
Code Conventions. ... read more

Activities
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March 2003 was an exciting time for the JavaDBClient project. The migration to sourceforge has been completed. Early in march the new web community was released and has so far attracted a number of users. This web community helps us stay in contact to our users. Documents and information intended for the end user will be published through that site.... read more

Lately quite a number of people have joined the team and we wish to welcome them. In particular we welcome:

Cinthia Xavier Costa - who is going to provide translations for Portuguese
Dave Waggott - who joins the team as a tester
Edwin S - Developer
Jim Rodrigues - Developer
Trex Lim - Developer
Mike Tacopino - Developer
Abdul Rhaman - Developer

The goal of this project is to create an application that allows the user to access and modify data saved in databases. The application shall be capable of interacting with databases from different vendors but hide the complexity from the user. The user shall have a fast learning curve while working with the application. The scope of the project is not to create a full-fledged database client exploiting the full potential of modern database management systems, but to create an application that assists the user during his / her most important tasks. ... read more

We are proud to announce that we have a new website. A special shout of thanks goes to Edmond, the web admin. It's intended to create a small community for our users. Here you will find the latest news, links and downloads. Feel free to register an account and customize the site to fit your personal needs and taste.

Enjoy

We're currently working on a new website for this project. It is currently in the making. Please have a look at it and tell us what you think or what is missing. It's gonna be a website for you, so we care for your opinion. it's available at http://javadbclient.sourceforge.net/nuke/

We are proud to announce that our first release is out. The software showcases the intended functionality. In the table editor you may edit the contents of tables and alter the structure of tables. The query generator allows you to define queries and issue them against the database. The form editor allows you to create forms to enter or display the data in tables.
The current release is an alpha and it's merely for testing purposes. There has been some ad-hoc testing which did not reveal any severe bugs in the software. This software contains some minor bugs and might possibly contain severe bugs as well. We're seeking to use this Alpha release to identify the bugs and fix them. Please support us in our mission and report any bugs you encounter.... read more