[Newbies] Monticello -- where is it?

peppermint-p peppermint-p at web.de
Wed Sep 13 21:42:41 UTC 2006


There are a lot of tools in Squeak, that are not very intutiv and 
userfriendly designed, a lot of the system itself is difficult to use if 
you are not used to it.
Hopefully we can redesign this tools any day, maybe next year ;) We will 
see...

Patty

itsme213 schrieb:
> Thank you so much for this write-up, Ron!
>
> I've used Monticello a few times just to get other people's published 
> packages, yet everytime I need to get into it I get a bit of a sinking 
> feeling :-( I really like what the tool does under the covers, but 
> don't find the UI intuitive (for an irregular user like me) and have 
> to stop and re-think what I learned each time.
>
> May I suggest this go on http://www.wiresong.ca/Monticello/ ? Hope the 
> UI in a future version can be made a bit less intimidating to newbie 
> users.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Teitelbaum" <Ron at USMedRec.com>
> To: "'Aleksej'" <almih99 at mail.ru>; "'A friendly place to get answers 
> to even the most basic questionsaboutSqueak.'" 
> <beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [Newbies] Monticello -- where is it?
>
>
>> Hello Aleksej,
>>
>> I think it is a very good question.  I would encourage all newbies to 
>> start
>> with Monticello and learn about how to organize their work before 
>> starting
>> of to change the world.
>>
>> There are a few things to understand about Monticello first.  The most
>> important thing about Monticello is that it is a code version 
>> manager. It's
>> job is to store versions, retrieve the latest version, find conflicts 
>> (when
>> two programmers change the same source), and to show history and code
>> branches.  What it does not do is organize your code, solve conflicts
>> (thought it does provide tools for you to do it), save your code for you
>> (don't laugh ENVY does!), or replace proper workflow.
>>
>> There are different types of repositories.  For this discussion let's 
>> just
>> talk about package-cache and http.  Package-cache is created for you 
>> and is
>> updated when you load new packages, (like from squeakmap), or 
>> automatically
>> when you save Monticello packages.  It is file based and you can find 
>> it in
>> your squeak directory on your computer.  Http repositories are like
>> www.squeaksource.com .  It is a shared area where you can define 
>> projects,
>> store your code, share it with others if you want and post to squeakmap.
>>
>> How-to!
>>
>> On the world menu select open..  > Monticello browser.  This opens up 
>> the
>> Monticello browser.  What you will see is packages that are already 
>> added to
>> your browser.  There are many packages added by default.  For each 
>> package
>> on the left you will see repositories on the right.  Packages can be in
>> multiple repositories.  If you think of code branches this makes sense.
>>
>> To add a package from an Http repository you should unclick the 
>> package on
>> the left, then press the +Repository button.  Now select the Http type
>> repository.  This brings up a string that looks like this:
>>
>> MCHttpRepository
>> location: 'http://foo.com/bar'
>> user: 'squeak'
>> password: 'squeak'
>>
>> you should replace the foo.com/bar with the repository you are 
>> interested
>> in.  For example
>>
>> MCHttpRepository
>> location: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/Cryptography'
>> user: ''
>> password: ''
>>
>> if you have a user name and password on squeaksource then you can add 
>> them
>> to the string.
>>
>> After accepting your new repository definition you can hit the open 
>> button.
>> This will show you packages that live inside the repository.  In the
>> repository browser you will see packages on the left and version on the
>> right. You can select one of the package versions and browse it, or 
>> view a
>> history, or see changes, or load it, and other things too but that's 
>> a good
>> starting point.
>>
>> When you are make a change to a package, back on the regular Monticello
>> browser you will see an asterisk (*) before the package name.  If you 
>> want
>> to update the repository with your new version, you need to save it. 
>> Select
>> the package and the repository you want to save too and press save.  You
>> should always type in some notes as to what change you made then 
>> accept it.
>>
>> There is more, like working in a clean image, upgrading images, using
>> Monticello configurations, running your own squeaksource image, version
>> numbering, or how to handle conflicts.  There is good documentation 
>> about
>> these things available on-line but we could talk about those if 
>> anyone is
>> interested.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Happy coding
>>
>> Ron Teitelbaum
>> President / Principal Software Engineer
>> US Medical Record Specialists
>> Ron at USMedRec.com
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: beginners-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:beginners-
>>> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Aleksej
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:08 PM
>>> To: beginners-request at lists.squeakfoundation.org
>>> Subject: [Newbies] Monticello -- where is it?
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> May be a silly question.
>>> The are about hundred classes in "Monticello-xxx" categories. But how
>>> to use it? What is "Monticello browser" and how to run it?
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>> Aleksej
>>>
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