Re: Databasing and Cocoa
Re: Databasing and Cocoa
- Subject: Re: Databasing and Cocoa
- From: Chris Hanson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:34:02 -0500
On Feb 27, 2004, at 2:05 PM, J Tichenor wrote:
My project: to replace our departmental filemaker pro database with a
new mySQL/Cocoa application.
We are the visual effects department that work a number of TV shows,
and we need our database to grow as we take on bigger and more
complicated projects.
First response: Check out FrontBase <
http://www.frontbase.com/>, which
while not free is inexpensive and has a simple Objective-C API you can
use from Cocoa applications.
Second response: Consider whether you might be better off creating a
multi-tier application with your business logic and data storage in a
WebObjects server, your front-end in a simple Cocoa application, and
SOAP to connect them up.
Often object-oriented applications that interact with relational
databases use a mapping of class<->table, instance<->row,
attribute<->column, relationship<->foreign key column with join.
What is the standard procedure in designing a database application.
I strongly suggest at least going through the WebObjects tutorial. You
can see the philosophy it uses and then emulate that, even if you don't
actually wind up using WebObjects for your implementation.
-- Chris
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Chris Hanson <email@hidden>
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