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Vertico

Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:10 pm


Text database; Which language?

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I've been trying to keep track of quite a bit of information over the last year on my computer, but it has become very cluttered and I   want to make a nice program that will keep this information for me. Pretty much, i plan to make a text database for myself to keep everything in order.

I'm not sure what language I should use to write this program and thats why I am asking. I was thinking of doing it in Java, but ruby might be better. Any suggestions with reasoning behind it would be greatly appreciated.

By database, i mean a program which will store the information for me in perhaps some .txt files where i can edit, add, remove, view, etc.


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ericfourfour

Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:20 pm


Re: Text database; Which language?

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I suggest Ruby because it will take you half the time to program it than with Java. See [url=http://www.compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=14838]wtd's rant regarding "alternative" programming languages.

Also, Ruby is generally slower at run-time than Java but it shouldn't matter since this is only text.


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wtd

Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:19 pm


RE:Text database; Which language?

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You don't want a flat-file text database.  You want a real relational database, but without the hassle of having a server.

I suggest SQLite + Ruby.


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Windsurfer

Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:55 am


RE:Text database; Which language?

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The question that first comes to my head is "what information is it, and how will you want to access/organize it?"