The Lino framework

November 2016

Presenter Notes

In 1992 Luc started to write TIM, a framework for writing applications for SMEs in East Belgium.
There are still about 20 TIM users. Most of them use TIM for invoicing and accounting.
TIM is written in dBase/Clipper/Xbase++. No mouse.
TIM has survived the switch from BEF to EUR, the switch from DOS to Windows and Luc's moving from Belgium to Estonia.
The longest-running (known) TIM installation is a local heating systems installer in Eupen who upgraded in 2015 after having used a version from 1994 for more than 20 years.
Lino is the successor of TIM
Before discovering Python and Django, Luc tried C++, PHP and Java.

Examples of Lino applications are

Development started in 2009.
The first production site started in January 2011. A Lino Welfare for :ref:`weleup`.
The second real-world Lino application started in Czechia in July 2013.
February 2015 : The third production site, a second welfare_ for :ref:`welcht`.
April 2015 : :ref:`rk` started to use our own ticket management with :ref:`noi`.
January 2016 : :ref:`eiche` started to use the first :ref:`voga` production site.
June 2016 : the first :ref:`care` production site went online.
Currently starting are :ref:`spz`.