[squeak-dev] Re: Minimal Squeak Project

karl ramberg karlramberg at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 22:15:34 UTC 2016


Would we be able to use Environments to isolate each project so we could
run different versions of code in each project ?

That would be cool


Best,
Karl

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Herbert König <herbertkoenig at gmx.net>
wrote:

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> Am 13.02.2016 um 19:44 schrieb karl ramberg:
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> I use projects all the time. It's very handy to keep all the browsers and
> stuff open and just switch between projects for the different stuff I'm
> working on.
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> Right now I get paid to work in Python but I create all classes, instvars
> and method categories in Squeak and use it as a notebook or to test some
> code snippets. Projects inside projects.
> https://imgur.com/p4WAPyu
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> For Squeak work I use projects like Karl. I never thought of them in the
> way Dave points out. Learnt something again.
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> Cheers,
>
> Herbert
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> Best,
> Karl
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> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 6:11 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 07:15:54AM -0800, marcel.taeumel wrote:
>> > Hi Edgar,
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>> > you can launch it via "SqueashProject new enter."
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Marcel
>> >
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>> I know that this is just an early prototype, but whenever it is ready
>> I think that we should consider including it in trunk.
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>> Why?
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>> I think that Projects are one of the most important and most easily
>> overlooked parts of Squeak. SqueashProject will require only a small
>> addition to the system, but it will make it much easier for new users
>> to understand the concepts behind Projects.
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>> Right now I suspect that many people think of Projects as just a way
>> to switch to a legacy MVC interface (that they do not care about anyway),
>> or maybe a way to organize work spaces (which is important). But they
>> are also a fundamental organizing principle in the system.
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>> If someone wants to invent a new model of interacting with the system,
>> it is not necessary to convince everyone else to do things your way,
>> or to completely rewrite Morphic. All you need to do is invent a new
>> kind of Project and make it work.
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>> That is why I think that having something like SqueashProject can
>> help. It is like a "Hello world!" program for Projects. If someone
>> wants to do something new and different, they would have that
>> example available as a starting point and a working example.
>>
>> Dave
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