[Gambas-user] An utility component for Gambas

[B Bruen]

On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:48:59 +0100
Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to create a 'gb.util' component, written in Gambas, to collect 
> useful non-GUI programming routines that can't go directly into the 
> interpreter because it would make it too heavy.
> 
> For example:
> 
> - Creating a directory and all its parent.
> 
> - Removing accents from an UTF-8 string.
> 
> - A CsvFile class to read CSV files easily.
> 
> - Removing a directory recursively.
> 
> - Moving a file or a directory, whether source and destination are on 
> the same device or not.
> 
> ...
> 
> If you have ideas, just drop them. And better, uf you have code, and are 
> agree to share it, modify it, maintain it, you are welcome!
> 
> The difficulty will be to find the best interface (class name, method 
> name, where to put it) for that.
> 
> For example, for the removing accents method, I extended the String 
> class. Logical... For directory methods, I created a new Shell static 
> class...
> 
> I'm waiting for your comments!
> 
> P.S. The gambas fram client is more and more polished. Don't hesitate to 
> play with it. The more tests, the sooner it will be released. I want to 
> release Gambas 3.7 as soon as it is ready, even if there is not a lot of 
> other changes in Gambas.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Benoît Minisini
> 
Attached our GenUtil module source, use what you like.

My "favorites" are DateUtil.StrToDate and StrUtil.Proper and StrUtil.NormName

regads
Bruce

-- 
B Bruen <adamnt42 at ...626...>
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