Developing new JDBC backends (for interested backend developers)

Right now, the specification for writing Django DB backends is the source code itself (on django/db/backends in the Django source tree). Don't worry, it is very clear, and the existing backends are good examples.

Low hanging fruits

• MySQL: Should be easy to implement, by reusing most of the dialect work from the standard 'mysql' backend. See the doj.backends.zxjdbc.postgresql implementation as a reference.
• Oracle: Not as easy as MySQL, but not as hard as starting from scratch.
• Microsoft SQL: Could use http://code.google.com/p/django-pyodbc/ as a stating point.

Other fun stuff you may want to try

• JavaDB: Included on the stock Java SDK, the 'sqlite' of Java.
• HBase: Not relational, so may not be wise to write an standard database backend. But what about implementing the AppEngine DataStore API?