Opa/Roadmap

• June 2011
  
  • Public release of the Opa platform, including:
    
    • the compiler Opa
      
    • its runtime system
      
    • its standard library
      
    • its database engine
      
    • the corresponding user documentation
      
  • Source code made publicly available on github under a FSF license.
  • The Opa Book released in beta version.
  • Main features added to the compiler and its documentation:
    • introduction tutorial for developing in Opa
    • tutorial for developing scalable web applications in Opa
    • tutorial for developing web services in Opa
    • simple RDF support for programming "semantic web" applications
    • connector to the EC2 web service of Amazon
    • documented methods for including JS, Ocaml and C code in Opa applications
• Sept 2011
  • Full version of the Opa book released.
  • Main features added to the compiler and its documentation:
    • dedicated application for browsing the standard library online
    • tutorial for secure development in Opa
    • tutorials provided for making external contributions to Opa easier, in particular on the following topics:
      • graphical libraries (widgets, CSS skins , etc)
      • APIs for commonly used database engines
      • additional data serialization formats
      • APIs for common web services
      • APIs for standard data exchange protocols