[Seaside] TFFiler: creates file containers to store external files in Monticello

[Sven Van Caekenberghe]

Great idea Tony, this is indeed quite useful.

Thanks (again) for sharing this and for doing all the documentation work!

Sven

On 04 Feb 2011, at 19:17, Tony Fleig wrote:

> I've published a tool I'm using called TFFiler.
> 
> My problem was that I had a number of external files that were
> required for my Seaside web application. These were CSS, Javascript,
> and image files that had to be placed in a specific directory tree
> structure. When I moved my web app to another system, I always had to
> remember to reconstruct the external directory tree. Over time, the
> directory tree got larger and more complex.
> 
> For deployment, I wanted the files to be served by Apache and not the
> Seaside ExternalFileLibrary. (ExternalFileLibrary was the most
> convenient approach during development.) This meant the directory tree
> should be moved to a location other than the Pharo Resources
> directory, which was the most convenient location during development.
> 
> The current version of Monticello does not provide a way to save
> external files with a project. TFFiler addresses this shortcoming. Now
> when I load my project from Monticello the necessary external files
> are deployed automatically.
> 
> Maybe someone else will find this useful as well.
> 
> http://www.tonyfleig.com/smallthoughts/blog/tffiler
> http://www.squeaksource.com/TFFiler
> 
> Regards,
> TF
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