[squeak-dev] Advice on new projects

Colin Putney cputney at wiresong.ca
Thu Sep 17 20:55:15 UTC 2009





On 2009-09-17, at 11:24 AM, Ross Boylan <ross at biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote:

> I'm using Monticello, as distributed in the image, for managing the
> project.  Is that a sensible choice?

Yes. Monticello 1 is quite stable, and in wide use. The documentation  
is here:

> Should I use MC 2? Despite its age
> it seems to still be a bit unfinished, certainly with respect to
> documentation.

That's right. MC2 is still experimental. There is a tool for  
converting repositories so you'll be able to move to MC2 when it  
becomes more mainstream.

> I'm putting my classes in MC type class categories, and prefixing them
> with an indentifying code (MI for one, undecided for the other).  This
> seems a weak substitute for namespaces, however.

Yes, that's a good way to do things.


Colin






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