[Seaside] Some very basic questions about replacing my webstack
James Foster
Smalltalk at JGFoster.net
Wed Apr 8 04:17:29 UTC 2009
Hi Andy,
Welcome to Smalltalk and Seaside. Comments below...
On Apr 7, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Andy Burnett wrote:
> We currently develop web applications using IBM's Domino server. I
> want to move us over to Smalltalk and Seaside, but I am having some
> problems understanding which bits we need to assemble in order to
> make the application stack (the problem with using Domino is that
> everything is included in one box, so that tends to insulate
> developers from needing other tools, and hence learning about
> them). I would really appreciate it if someone could explain the
> 'mainstream' way of achieving our basic requirements. Although we
> like Squeak, we are equally happy to go with VW and/or Gemstone if
> they are better/more reliable/easier ways to get what we need (and I
> realise that those criteria may well be in the eye of the beholder).
As to GemStone (disclaimer: I work for the vendor), I think you would
find it more reliable and scalable than Squeak and the database is
built-in! VisualWorks is also very solid and has a rich library of add-
ons and an exceptionally strong tool set. Notwithstanding that, there
are systems in production with Squeak, including DabbleDB, so it is a
realistic option as well.
> The key facilities we need are:
> SSL connections (I now understand that this is handled by Apache)
Yes, just use Apache.
> User registration and authentication. LDAP would seem to be a good
> approach - particularly for single sign-on - but does Seaside talk
> with LDAP (it would be useful to get autheticated usernames in the
> apps)
I believe that Apache should be able to hand this as well, and then
just pass on the authenticated username to Seaside.
> SMTP (in and out). We would like to be able to generate emails and
> receive them into the applications - where appropriate
GemStone does not have a built-in library for SMTP, but I believe that
there are people who are doing this. It is essentially reading and
writing on a socket so quite straightforward.
> Some sort of database. We don't do very large scale data crunching,
> but we do need to be able to reliably store and retrieve subsets of
> objects.
Of course, with GemStone you get the database built-in; no O/R
mapping, no external database to manage. If your data is less than 4
GB then you can use the no-cost license of GemStone.
> Just to be clear, I don't want to burden anyone by asking for
> detailed descriptions, I just want to know - in broad terms - what
> we would need in order to replace the domino back end and allow us
> to develop apps in Smalltalk.
Feel free to ask more questions. You can read more about GemStone and
Seaside at http://programminggems.wordpress.com/ and http://gemstonesoup.wordpress.com/
.
James Foster
> Thanks
> Andy
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