The document introduces DBXTalk, an open source relational database solution for Smalltalk. It includes an open database driver (OpenDBX), an ORM called Glorp, scaffolding tools (DBX Magritte), and a GUI browser (DBXBrowser) to interact with the database. The speaker discusses running over 800 unit tests on various databases with success and some errors, and plans for additional documentation chapters. The goal is to enable serious database usage in Smalltalk applications.

1. Ing. Guillermo Polito
Smalltalks 2011

2. RDBMS
Broadly used in the software
industry, by tons of people

3. We want Smalltalk in
business Applications!

4. What is DBXTalk?
An Open Source Relational DB Solution for
Smalltalk
 A common Database API – OpenDBX
Driver
 An ORM – new Pharo Glorp Port
 Scaffolding Tools – DBX Magritte
 A GUI to rule them all – DBXBrowser

5. OpenDBX Driver
Just an
Adapter!
But written
in C!!

6. New Pharo Glorp Port
Results over 800 unit tests
 Oracle - 7 errors, 1 failure
 MySql -100% green tests
 PostgreSQL - 7 errors, 1 failure
 SQLite - 6 failures
 Native PostgresV2 Driver - 2 failures

7. DBX Magritte
DBXEntities
Glorp Mappings
GUIs

8. DBXBrowser
A GUI to interact
with all the
previous
 Query a DB
 Edit DBXEntities
 Try Glorp
 ...

9. New Documentation
 OpenDBXDriver Pharo by Example draft
chapter!
 Glorp & DBX Magritte chapters coming
soon

10. Demo
(not Mariano's Showtime slide)

11. So, Thanks!
Esug Summer of Talk 2011!!!
Students: Guillermo Polito, Gisela Decuzzi, Santiago Bragagnolo
Mentors: Mariano Martinez Peck, Esteban Lorenzano, Diógenes Moreira
And Thanks to Alan Knight from the Glorp Team, Norbert Sendetzky from OpenDBX
for their contributions!

12. Conclusions
 Conclusion: We can do serious stuff!
 Further work:
 Finish work in progress (soon, I promise!)
 Glorp documentation
 Updating website (and that boring stuff)

13. Some links
Site, until we get a new domain:
 http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/
Where's the code?
 http://squeaksource.com/DBXTalk/
Is there an issue tracker? Yes
 http://code.google.com/p/dbxtalk
Own Mailing list (just not to bother pharo's people)
 http://groups.google.com/group/dbxtalk

14. Questions?