What library functionality would you most like to see in D?

[Johann MacDonagh]

On 7/31/2011 1:27 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> I think that it would be useful to query the community for what piece of
> library functionality they don't currently have in D and would most like to
> see. For instance, there is no official logging framework in D or any 3rd party
> libraries which do it AFAIK. So, that could be one type of functionality that
> you may like to see. Now, there is a prospective implementation for std.log
> which shouldn't be all that far away from being reviewed, so listing that here
> wouldn't be all that useful, since it's on its way. But what other major
> functionality do you miss in D that other languages' that you use have
> available in their libraries?
>
> My hope here would be that we could get some good ideas going here such that
> we have can have a better idea what type of functionality it would be
> particularly useful to be working on for Phobos or 3rd party D libraries for
> the community, and maybe it'll even get some people to actually go and work on
> these ideas so that we can improve the libraries that we have to work with in
> D. We can always use more help, and we definitely need a richer library
> ecosystem for D. But even just discussing ideas could be of benefit.
>
> So, what major functionality which we don't currently have would you like to
> see in either Phobos or in a 3rd party library so that you could use it in
> your D programs?
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

My top 3:

1. Database interface. Should support sqlite, mysql, postgres, etc...
2. DWT fixed up and merged into Phobos.
3. Some kind of web framework.