[AccessD] LibreOffice Base

[Arthur Fuller]

JWC,
Me too regarding Python. I love it! And as for the underlying OSs, I'[m
thinking that I should convert my other boxes to Linux and set up a VM for
emergencies (tech support etc.), but basically, so long Windows and MS in
general.Since I (re)discovered Base, the Access argument no longer holds.
Linux does everything, and LibreOffice does everything. The only legs  upon
which Windows and Office depend are standing are previous investment and
employee habit.
For every rule there is an exception, and I would cite Code as that
exception. It runs fins across all OSs.

On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 8:30 AM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great find Arthur.  LibreOffice is what I have on all of my systems now.  I
> don't even have MS Office installed anywhere any more.
>
> That said I am actively pursuing Python as my language of choice.  In most
> cases I will use
>
> SQLite <https://www.sqlite.org/index.html>
>
> I am really enjoying python.
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 9:50 AM jack drawbridge <jackandpat.d at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Arthur,
> >
> > I'm not a Linux user nor familiar with LibreOffice Base. But I do like
> your
> > enthusiasm and will look into some tutorials. Glad to see you're still
> > active and up to your eyeballs into a project - as usual. Good  luck with
> > your project and volunteering.
> > Jack
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 8:18 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is anyone actively using Base? A couple of months ago, I converted my
> > main
> > > box to Linux Mint and installed LibreOffice. I decided to take a look
> at
> > > LibreOffice Base, which I haven't done for years, and was shocked to
> see
> > > how far it's come since I last looked at it. It's everything Access is,
> > and
> > > more.
> > > 1. It's free.
> > > 2. It runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
> > > 3. It's fully integrated with the other LibreOffice apps.
> > > 4. It supports many back ends, including Access, MySQL/MariaDB,
> > PostgreSQL
> > > and others.
> > > 5. Its programming language is everything VBA is, with a few exras such
> > as
> > > classes.
> > >
> > > I was astounded. I'm currently developing an app for organisations that
> > > rely heavily on volunteers. The prototype was written in Access, but
> > having
> > > read the Base docs, I decided to curtail the Access version and
> complete
> > > the project in Base, primarily because of the ability to deploy to
> > multiple
> > > platforms, but also because it's free, which matters significantly to
> > > volunteer-based organisations. Also, when it's done, I plan to make my
> > app
> > > free as well.
> > > I'll follow this message up as the project progresses.
> > >
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Arthur