[Seaside] [Ann] Beach-Seaside

[Marcin Tustin]

Has a project page with documentation etc been set up, or even
something to explain what all the packages are for, or should I just
grab the packages with likely-looking names and read the comments?

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Keith Hodges <keith_hodges at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Ok so someone has already got "beach" on google code, so I grabbed
> "beaches".
>
> http://code.google.com/p/beaches/
>
> So Beach or Beaches? What do you prefer?
>
> In the following introduction(s) I will use "Beach".
>
> cheers
>
> Keith
>
> ==================================================
>
> "Beach" - Frameworks, and components for putting seaside to commercial use.
> "Beach" will eventually be showcased by an all new "Sushi Store"... (or
> Surf Store)
>
> http://code.google.com/p/beaches/
> =====
> Beach-Seaside
> =====
>
> Central to "Beach" is the idea of a Site, the "Beach-Site" if you like,
> this is the main class for a Beach website. Let's give it a name:
>
> BESiteSeaside subclass: #BEBondi
>
> =====
> Key Feature - Easy Installation
> =====
>
> BEBondi knows how to configure itself as a seaside application (or a
> pier application), it knows how to initialize its databases if required.
>
> [the manual way: add BESiteConfiguration to a seaside application]
>
> =====
> Key Feature - Upload and Go
> =====
>
> BEBondi, knows when it is deployed, by checking its IP address.
> BEBondi, manages the preferences for the application, in code. (no need
> for seaside/config). Combining the two e.g.
>
> BEBondi-#prefSmtpHost
>
>    ^ self isDeployed ifTrue: [ 'smtp.blahmail.com' ] ifFalse: [
> 'server.flat' ]
>
> Upload your image to your server, and all the preferences can be set for
> the deployed state in advance.
>
> *seaside/config displays which settings are controlled by the "site"
> instance BEBondi.
> ====
> Anywhere in seaside, your per-session instance of BEBondi is available via:
>
> self site
>
> =====
> Anywhere outside of a seaside session (i.e. in a workspace) a
> per-session instance of BEBondi (with a seaside psuedo session) is
> available via:
>
> BEBondi current.
>
> =====
> Key Feature - Switchable Backends
> =====
>
> While your site is running in #live mode. You can hit the site with
> db=mock in the url and have a private test session, running from an in
> memory mock backend.
>
> Standard backend modes are:
>
> 1) #live
> 2) #test
> 3) #backup
> 4) #mock
>
> These can also be selected in seaside/config.
>
> live/test/backup are expected to be the same db engine (or engines) but
> with databases simply named with suffixes "-test" "-backup" e.g.
> sushi_store, sushi_store-test, and sushi_store-backup
>
> =====
> Key Features - Plug In Backend/Frontend Components
> =====
>
> See next emails
>
> =====
> Key Features - Expose as much as possible to customization by subclassing
> =====
> The "site" is effectively a "factory" hub for everything. So you can
> subclass it, and customise it to use whatever custom subclasses of
> plugins/models/backends/components your prefer.
>
> =====
> Other Features - startUp hook
> =====
> Sites that are configured (i.e. serving), are sent #onStartUp.
>
> =====
> Other Features - Standard Caches
> =====
> Places to cache data are provided as standard, per-session and
> per-application caches.
> e.g.
>
> self site sessionCacheAt: key ifAbsentPut: aBlock
>
> =====
> Other Features - Per-Session properties
> =====
> self session properties at: key ifAbsent: [ ]
>
> =====
> Other Features - Helpers
> =====
> 1. keepAliveHelper - while the user has the browser open, his session
> stays alive.
> 2. ShoreComponentsHelper - use shore components without needing a
> specialized WASession class.
> 3. ToolbarHelper - enable/disable toolbar on the fly
> 4. CometHelper - use comet without needing a specialized WASession class.
>
> (also available - MagmaHelper for using Magma without needing a
> specialised WASession class)
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