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Andromeda is a completely new way to do database application programming. Andromeda is radically data oriented, allow you to specify all of your business logic in a single text file, which Andromeda uses to build most of what you need for a working system.

Andromeda dramatically reduces the labor involved in any database project that has non-trivial business rules.

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Countdown to Release 1

As of late summer 2007 Andromeda had all of its major elements coded at least in alpha form. Some are in beta, and others are production ready.

When all of the main feature areas are production ready we can say that we have Release one. The details are at Countdown to Release 1.

New Instructions for Gutsy

February 5, 2008

The Andromeda team is very happy to announce that we have simplified and corrected the installation instructions specifically for Ubuntu Version 7.10, aka "Gutsy Gibbon".

The revised instructions group tasks together by user context, so that all command-line commands come first, followed by file edits, then server restarts, program configs, and finally the Andromeda configuration itself. These instructions do not expect you to be a Linux guru, and they follow completely the conventions for other instructions you will find on Ubuntu forums.

We perfected these instructions by installing Ubuntu 7.10 into a virtual machine and then taking a "snapshot" of the system just after installation and system updates. We went through the install a few times, more than once rolling back to the snapshot until we could get the entire installation done without a hitch from the beginning to the end. The result is here.

We are now planning to proceed directly to Ubuntu 6.10 and Ubuntu 8.04. We will also do Windows XP and Windows 2003 in the same manner. There are no plans at this time to do any other operating systems. Specifically we have no plans to do Ubuntu 7.04 or Windows Vista.

Of course, if we could run OS X inside of a virtual machine then we'd soon have those instructions....

Contributor Blogs

The principal author of Andromeda is Kenneth Downs, his blog is here.

Our first contributor is Donald Organ, who has fixed numerous bugs and is now working on the x4 UI project and our upcoming MySQL hack-a-thon.

Justin Dearing is helping to integrate SVN with Andromeda's strategic enterprise approach.

Creative Talent Needed

Andromeda needs the assistance of a talented visual designer to help out in two broad areas:

  • Handle all visual design of our new "desktop-in-the-browser" interface.
  • General assistance with graphics for this website.

Contact us to find out more.