Feb 10
UPDATE (8th of Apr 2009) : your new AIR admin tool for SQLite local databases is now available here !
There are already lots of good tools to manage SQLite databases (only a few developped in AIR) and I already use a good one (SQLite Administrator). But a few months ago, I had to update an AIR application and it was a real pain because of the change in the SQLite database. I was very lazy and I updated the installed database manually instead of developping a class that could perform the migration of the DB after the update of the application it-self. This was of course a very dirty way of working and I want to be more professional next time (even if the application is for the private use of my wife).
Then, in last December, I decided to start an actionscript class that could:
- compare 2 SQLite databases (the new version and the old one)
- generate the SQL statements to be executed for the migration of the installed database.
But 3 weeks ago, I felt that an AIR application that could compare SQLite db was interesting (this feature is not that common in the market of SQLite admin tools) but if the user have to create/edit his databases using another tool, it was not so user-friendly and convenient. As you can understand, I have been victim of gold-plating and now the app can and will do more than only database comparison…
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Written by Arnaud
Tags: AIR, Applications, database, SQLite, tool
Oct 23
I discovered today that the online mind mapping web tool Mindomo has been turned into a desktop application, working on AIR. This is maybe available for a long time but I jumped to their site to have a look on my account there and just saw the announcement.
Great news ! I love to see web 2.0 apps falling to our desktops.
Unfortunately for Basic users, the AIR version is quite useless as it requires a connection to the Mindomo server to be allowed to open / save the map locally. There is then no way to work and save your work offline.
Other accounts can work offline like a “normal” AIR application. They only need to be connected to the Mindomo server to import and export different file formats (format conversion processes must be on server side). So luky users !
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Written by Arnaud
Tags: AIR, Mind mapping, tool
Aug 19
UPDATED (8th of Apr 2009) : SQLite Administrator is a great tool but now you can try the SQLite Sorcerer, which became my favorite tool as I developed it by myself.
When I started working on AIR and its SQLite database API, I immediately searched a tool to manage my databases : create, modify, view data, create queries, test… After a bunch of tries, I’ve found what I think the best free one : SQLite Administrator.
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Written by Arnaud
Tags: AIR, SQLite, tool