+1, we need a revolution for new API to simplify most 90% users. ------------------
Liang Zhang (John) Apache ShardingSphere & Dubbo Juan Pan <[email protected]> 于2020年3月31日周二 下午3:50写道： > Hi community, > > > Our 4.1.0 release is on the way. Moreover, I received plenty of feedback > and complaints that our configuration is complicated and tedious. > When trying it by myself, I convinced it is time to make some changes. > I propose to simplify the configuration API for sharding rule since > release 5.x. > > > ### Here are pros and cons > > > #### Pros > 1. Through much Straightforward sharding configuration, users do not need > to understand too many sharding strategies[1] > for their scenarios since sharding strategies decreases from 5 to 2. > The ISSUE[2] will show you the initial design for new API and TODO list. > > > 2. ShardingSphere will provide many default sharding strategies for users, > which means 80% of users could adopt default sharding strategies rather > than write by themselves. > No code, no compile, no redundant setting. > > > #### Cons > 1. New configuration API does not have a great compatibility across 4.x > and 5.x, i.e., it is a brand new API since release 5.x > (I guess it will become our argument). > > > Therefore, I sincerely welcome your opinion and comment to develop this > proposal better and better. > > > [1] > https://shardingsphere.apache.org/document/current/en/manual/sharding-jdbc/configuration/config-yaml/ > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-shardingsphere/issues/5017 > > > Cheers, > Trista
