I'm in favor of this, though I'm unsure / wary of having a tool on the project download page that's not under the governance of the project. Assuming ASL v2, we could consider making it a subproject (so as not to tie release cycles together) and having it become one of the default "get started building things with cassandra" experience.
While I don't think it'd be possible for something like this to be ready in time for the 4.0 beta launch (obviously), I think having a very low friction way to get started locally testing out C* could have a big impact for our users trying out the beta. Curious what everyone else thinks. On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM Chris Splinter <chris.splinter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > A few developers have been working on a tool to make it easier for users to > learn and get started with Cassandra on a local machine. With this tool it > just requires a few clicks to get started and there's built-in examples. If > you're interested in checking it out it's hosted here: > https://downloads.datastax.com/#desktop > > We'd love to get a feel for your interest and thoughts on whether a vendor > neutral, open-source version of this tool supporting C* and Kubernetes as a > starter could be referenced as an installation option on the downloads > page: https://cassandra.apache.org/download/ > > Let me know what you think, > > Chris >
