Hi Dan,

1)
A swiki would be a nice place to start, but if you haven't
looked into it yet, you really owe it to yourself to spend
a bit of time with Seaside. There is some good documentation
starting at http://seaside.org, and a couple of hours downloading
it and tinkering with the demos is time well spent. It's really
a nice piece of work.

2)
Squeak 3.8 is probably a comfortable choice.

3)
Two separate copies are probably what you'll want, but to get
started just use one. You can access the "server application"
through a web browser, and just use the normal Squeak display
to tinker with the server. There are various ways to connect
to the image when it's running as a headless server, depending
in part on what OS you prefer to use. Ian's VNC server seems
to be popular, and there is a web-accessible Squeak brower
included with the Seaside demos that you will probably find
interesting.

Dave

On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 05:58:10PM -0700, Dan Ingalls wrote:
> Folks -
> 
> I've never run a server in Squeak (or anything else for that matter 
> (of course)).  I thought it would be easiest to start with a Swiki, 
> get it going, understand it, and then subvert it to the real purpose 
> I have in mind.
> 
> Can someone please...
> 
> 1.  Point me at good documentation.
> 
> 2.  Suggest which Squeak release would the best combination of being 
> relatively up to date, and yet having the least bit rot (if there is 
> any) in the server code.
> 
> 3.  (If it isn't obvious from (1)) Hum a few bars about how you can 
> run the server on the same machine as you use it from, either in the 
> same Squeak, or in two separate copies.
> 
> Thanks much in advance
> 
> 	- Dan