Kross, the scripting framework, is one of the pillars new with KDE4. While the project started already a while back in 2004 it enveloped over the time to a rather big codebase. During the KDE4-process one of the main-goals was to decrease the codebase what can be even more difficult then writting new code.

From KDE4-enterprise-functionality dept.: As already noted in the Commit Digest, another database driver (i.e. data provider) has been built on top of Kexi's database abstraction layer (KexiDB 2, codenamed Predicate). It is Sybase driver, also aimed at handling MS SQL Server connections.

How's possible that most of my nightly builds I mention here, come from Berlin so far? Tasty food ensured by Trolltech or KDAB? Weißbier?

(gfx by mkbart, based on Oxygen icons)

In Berlin KDAB headquarters we have found all facilities needed for hacking. Awesome!

Anyway, here come another two KOffice apps running on Windows. Read on for tasty screenshots >>>

The long awaited 1.1.3 release is available.

These were long months when I shared my time between 1.1.x development, 2.x development (careful porting) and Windows version.

Google uses the same db backend as Kexi for offline operations.

There were at least 17 internal test releases since December 2006 in my company before so called 2007.1 release emerged (in user-oriented naming scheme). Dealing with customers is going pretty well - people (including those from the USA) have inexpensive tech support and extensions on request.

All this happens in parallel with preparing the KDE 4 version, 2.0.

How to get more developers on our board? No doubt, it's easier to get them as we support more languages. Kross helps to utilize this strategy, especially for Python, Ruby, Javascript and (soon/less or more) Java developers.

One picture tells the whole story:

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Today something more lightweight than usually.

New database form widget has arrived: slider has been developed for Kexi, as a tutorial for
the polish edition of Software Developer's Journal. The widget is usable when data is restricted to a given interval, and in the tutoral it is provided witin a custom widget factory (i.e. an extension, plugin) to show how to implement such thing and let Kexi find it.