Rascase a simple tool for E-R diagrams

Rascase is a software developed to help database designers and programmers in the task of construct a good relational database schema

Features

• Create Entity - Relationship database diagrams.
• Generate a physical diagram, based in the E-R diagram.
• A plugin system (based in python eggs) to generate SQL scripts for different RDBMS.
• A plugin system to generate data dictionary based in the information obtained from the physical database.
• Written in the Python Language using pygtk, pygoocanvas and other libraries.

Current Status

Currently there are some parts of Rascase that are being rewritten, like the items of the canvas component, because there is code so slow, so now those part will use cairo functions to improve the performance and rest above that. Also all the strings must be translated to English and make the software use gettext to get i18n.

Still this software is not usable for production, because it has some missing features, like a plugin that generates sql script for postgresql.

Development

The development is maintained at savannah in a git repository.

If you want to join the developments efforts you can subscribe to the mailing list rascase-devel@nongnu.org and drop a message

ToDo

• Write a manual in docbook to integrate with yelp.
• Create a nice icon for the software, and an icon-set for the toolbar.
• Make more beautifull this page.
• Write a plugin that generates a data dictionary in open document format (ODT probably, although could be funny a odp plugin).