[Seaside] rails niceties equivalents?

[Sean Allen]

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> Beach is in squeaksource.com/Beach


on a general note about squeaksource...

the lack of any real description for many project makes it really hard  
to use for the newbie, especially
when browsing through trying to see what exists:

take Beach:

'Where everything comes together at the seaside.'

statistical analysis:

'Perform some analysis on Smalltalk code.'

whereas sandstonedb actually tells you something:

SandstoneDb is a lightweight Prevayler style embedded object database  
with an ActiveRecord API that doesn't require a command pattern and  
works for small apps that a single Squeak image can handle. The idea  
is to make a Squeak image durable and crash proof and suitable for use  
in small office applications.

Data is kept in ram for speed and on disk for safety. All data is  
reloaded from disk on image startup.

Since we're dealing with live objects in memory, concurrency is  
handled via optional record level critical sections rather than  
optimistic locking and commit failures. It's up to the developer to  
use critical sections at the appropriate points by using the critical  
method on the record.

Saves are atomic for an ActiveRecord and all its non ActiveRecord  
children, for example, an order and its items. There is no atomic save  
across multiple ActiveRecords. A record is a cluster of objects that  
are stored in a single file together.

After installing SandstoneDb make sure to restart your image before  
attempting to use it or running the tests.

Assuming you have the latest SUnit (SUnitGUI-improved from Universe),  
all tests should pass.

For more information see SandstoneDb, Simple ActiveRecord Style  
Persistence in Squeak

If you find this project useful, please drop me an email and let me  
know.