A tip for integrating Squeak into your non-Squeak work. <br><br>Use it for tools, reports, and other little bits of glue. People don't think of Squeak as a great glue language, but I've had excellent results.<br><br>
Since there is almost no OS integration, you can install Squeak merely by unzipping a file. Unlike a lot of other languages that need a shell (and is often locked down) Squeak does not.<br><br>I use Seaside to develop little desktop applications at work. I put a one-click install on a local file server, Since one-click only requires extracting to a folder, even our relatively locked down users at work can extract a ZIP to a folder. I put two icons in the folder. One to start the server (minimized) and one that is just a URL to localhost. <br>
<br>I have dozens of unsophisticated, regular users and none of them complain about Squeak's looks. In fact, since I import our corporate brand CSS, it all looks very official.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Ryan Zerby <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tahognome@gmail.com">tahognome@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">You've hit on a lot of my exact reasons. When I make an application,<br>
it would be nice to be able to show it to my friends, and there is<br>
zero chance that they will actually install squeak. I can get away<br>
with this for some things by using the webbased squeak app... but not<br>
for desktop things. I like writing casual games and the AI applicable<br>
to them.<br>
<br>
I could live with Squeak being an island if I were able to use it for<br>
my day-to-day internet use. From what I've seen, squeak doesn't even<br>
have a usable webbrowser... I can't read the newbies list from inside<br>
squeak, nor can I search the web for documentation and such.<br>
<br>
So, I can't really run outside of squeak, and I can't really run<br>
inside of squeak, but have this weird hybrid.<br>
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