Suneido Development Environment

development environment for the SuneidoLanguage
Open Source
integrated client-server DBMS: SuneidoDatabase
access to all the standard Windows controls
ability to define new controls and report formats
print preview for reports
Book framework for applications, HTML based
library browser
query viewer
debugger
database schema viewer
persistent state - starts up the way you left it
implemented in Suneido - easy to extend
fast compile, no link
full access to the Windows API and third party DLL's
was developed by applying XP techniques
the IDE can be run in Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, Czech, Norwegian, Dutch, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Portuguese

The entire development environment is written in the Suneido language with full source code in the standard library. It is easy to modify or extend.

Homepage of Suneido is http://www.suneido.com/

Andrew, would you agree that Suneido still lacks a full-blown form/subform editor?

I agree that a visual "form" designer is something Suneido should have. One of the reasons it doesn't have one is that I'm not a big fan of them - I find it just as easy to do the layout in the code. But that's just me :-) Currently, Suneido's user interface (and report) layout is all relative, using a boxes and stretch model. Whereas, a lot of form designers use absolute positioning, which is pretty brittle and inflexible. For example, when one of our users, RobertoArtigas? added some language translation to Suneido, all the forms and dialogs automatically adapted to the different text lengths. So when we add a visual form designer to Suneido, I'd like to retain the same relative layout, which will be a little trickier to do than simple absolute positioning. -- AndrewMcKinlay

Currently, the development environment is made up of several separate tools (e.g. Work Space, Library View, Query View, Schema View)that each open in their own window. We've been considering consolidating these tools into a single window (probably based on the existing Library View) making it more of an integrated development environment. I'm still undecided on which I prefer, so I'd appreciate any feedback people might offer. -- AndrewMcKinlay

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