Web 2.0 programming with Object Pascal (Part 1)
Leonardo posted in his blog about developing web applications using Delphi/FreePascal. The article uses Firebird 2.1 as data source.
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10th anniversary celebration logo contest!
To support MindTheBird (global Firebird 2.5 release) campaign, FirebirdNews is running a contest for logo/artwork to celebrate Firebird’s 10th anniversary! The winning artwork may be used in sites, banners, gifts, etc. all around the world. There is a prize of USD 500 for the winner author!
Get all the details visiting the contest page. Also, help us spreading the new about the contest to all Firebird community and graphics designers list!
PS: Just to be clear, we do not want a new Firebird logo, we need an artwork using the currently logo and indicating the celebration of the 10th anniversary.
Mind the Bird!
Time to start the global community activation campaign about Firebird 2.5 release! Help to spread the word, join MindTheBird now, and let’s put Firebird under the IT media spotlights!
Updated “Get to know FB in 2 minutes”
I did some minor cleanup/update to the Get to know Firebird in 2 minutes paper. English (html and pdf) and pt-br versions are up to date (version 1.3). Some new info was inserted, dead/broken links removed/fixed.
Updates for the other languages are welcome. If you wanna help, download the html of your native language (or create new one based in the English version), update it using a html editor that not mess with the html code and layout (or just use notepad if you are hardcore developer), and send it back to me.
Vote in or new poll: How do you plan to celebrate the release of FB 2.5?
Poll is in the sidebar of FirebirdNews main page. You can mark up to 3 options 😉
Window functions (part3) – new functions
Adriano posted in his blog about new Window functions introduced in Firebird 3.
[…]Now, new window-only functions has been introduced. I’ll separate them in two groups: ranking and navigational. Both set of functions can be used with/without partition/ordering, but them does not make much sense without ordering.[…]
Read the full post here.
Firebird Roadmap gets updated
You can check the updated Roadmap here. In resume: There will at last one more RC for FB 2.5. FB 3 unstable builds can already be downloaded from special link, and first Alpha versions are expected in Q2 2010.
FirebirdNews – you can login with OpenID again
The site is now again allowing logins using OpenIDs (Google, Yahoo, etc) accounts. Please report any problem.
Firebird 2.5 – german article
Thomas Steinmaurer made available for public download the PDF of his article about Firebird 2.5, published previously in the Entwickler Magazin.
Firebird 2.5 RC2
The Firebird team is pleased to announce that kits for field-testing the second release candidate for Firebird 2.5 are now available.
Both 32-bit and 64-bit kits are available for Linux, Windows and MacOSX/Darwin Intel platforms, here:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=fb250_rc2
Please test well and report any bugs directly to the firebird-devel list (click http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=lists#fb-devel if you are not subscribed). Please do not post questions about this pre-release version to this list or to firebird-support.
The Firebird Team