Applix Release Open Source SHELF

RIch writes "Today at Linux World Applix launched Applix SHELF. SHELF is a decoupling of the powerful scripting and application development tools at the heart of their Applixware Office suite. This includes Applix Builder their OO visual development tool which supports links to ODBC and relational database sources. "

Comments

Just tried it...

[Micah]

Impressions: It's a good start, but it needs some work, not to mention documentation. I'm quite impressed that Applix is releasing this, especially under the genuine LGPL!

They do a lot of things in a non-standard way, and a clean-up would be nice.

But as Linux gains more end user applications, this could be a powerful addition to many open source projects.

I haven't tried the language at all - there's basically no programming info included. :-( Sample apps would be VERY nice.

Compared to VB, the dialog editor is quite nice. (Of course, compared to VB, *anything* would be nice...) It does lack some annoyances of VB's. I like it overall.

Now I just have to figure out the language and figure out how to embed it in apps. Again, I could see this being a powerful addition to many things.

Thanks Applix!

*sniff*

[eGabriel]

I'm all choked up. Poor Applixware... they've been jilted by a coward...

shelf?

[Orgasmatron]

doesn't Microsoft have a patent/trademark thingie on "shelf"?

GNUstep

[sgifford]

Actually, GNUstep is just proving that people very much prefer to play with something that is finished enough to be generally usable. I think that when GNUstep gets to the point where you can use it for everyday applications, it will take off quickly. But right now, it's just not complete enough.

Both applixware.org and applixware.com work, actua

[Petrus]

They own both domains, just the .com leads to the .org .

More about SHELF of interest to /. developers

[CodeShark]

Looking in the FAQ for SHELF, I found the following statement:

"Applixware and ELF use a non-standard widget system. Applix widgets are directly layered on Xlib rather than Xt or any other standard widget model. We made this choice in 1989 before Motif 1.0 was available. Our original plan was to use Motif, but the poor performance and lack of reliability of the 1.0 Beta and 1.0 FCS versions caused us to move away from them.

At this time, Applix would be very interested in partnering with developers interested in replacing the widget system with GNOME widgets and/or other standard systems.

If interested, you can click here and send them an e-mail message.