Studio for kdb+ is a rapid development environment for the ultra-fast database kdb+ from Kx Systems. In the style of commonly used SQL Clients, it allows you to
- Connect to kdb+ processes
- Execute selected text from the editor window
- View results as tables, charts, or classic console style
The editor component is based on the NetBeans editor component, and includes the following features
- find/search/replace
- cut/copy/paste
- undo/redo
- syntax highlighting for the q language
- most recent files menu
Additionally the application features
- export to Excel
- drag and drop
- immediate charting of grid data
Studio for kdb+ uses the following open source projects:
- RSyntaxTextArea - syntax highlighting text component
- JFreeChart - charting component
- Kx Systems - kdb+ driver c.java
- Log4j 2 - Apache logging
- Gradle - Build tool
- Txtmark - Java markdown processor - to convert notes.md to HTML during build
- Apache - POI for Excel export
- JNA - Java Native Access
Download the latest release from the "Releases" section on the right. Each tag has an associated "studio_javaXX.zip" file with the pre-built version.
Use kdb-studio.bat to start. Edit that file to replace java.exe with javaw.exe to avoid the extra console window.
Studio for kdb+ has been developed since October 2002, and the source was released to the kdb+ community in September 2008 as the primary developer wanted to allow the community to develop the application further.
Studio is written 100% in Java. The primary motivation for its development was to be able to comfortably access remote kdb+ processes. In time, it has become clear that it is not an IDE as such, but is better described as a rapid execution environment. One can edit text in the "scratch" window, highlight a selection and execute it against a remote kdb+ process via tcp/ip, with the results displayed as a grid or as in the classic kdb+ console.
Apache 2 , see LICENSE file in repository root.
N.B. JFreeChart and c.java components have their own respective licenses.