What tools would help you in Development?
So as I'm messing around with the Informix Ultimate-C edition for Mac, I also am looking at CSDK 3.50 too. And while there is nothing wrong with the product, it does make me wonder what else a Developer might like to see with the product. In out (C)lient (S)oftware (D)evelopment (K)it we have the following:
- Embedded SQL for C.
- ODBC
If you happen to be on a platform other than Mac, you also get JDBC.
What else would you like to see in a CSDK bundle? Maybe I'm getting spoiled but looking at Microsoft and Apple, if you get an SDK you actually get a a real toolkit, something that also helps you build rapid prototypes, or even full fledged applications. I honestly think that IBM has a solution there already too. The free version is called Data Studio, and with just a little tweaking IMHO, could be the exact gui programming tool I see missing from the CSDK bundle. Even then though, I think all we would see on Unix platforms would be JCC, JDBC, ESQL/C and ODBC, and the question then is "is that enough, or do you want more?"
Would PHP, Ruby, and perl be enough? What else could/should a developer want for a CSDK bundle? I want to hear you thoughts on the matter.
-Mark
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