[ANN] eCompletion - code completion inspired by eclipse

SmallSqueak smallsqueak at rogers.com
Wed Dec 1 06:13:56 UTC 2004


Marcus Denker wrote:

> 
> Am 30.11.2004 um 22:41 schrieb Ruben Bakker:
> 
>>
>> How important is MVC for an extension as eCompletion? It worth the
>> effort, or is something that is passing away slowly? Maybe we need to
>> distinguish between development and deployment. For deployment the
>> image can be stripped but for development Morphic could be there...
>> What do you think?
>>
> 
> Yes, and even for deployment: This is end of 2004. Even my notebook 
> computer hat
> 2GB of RAM. Most people "deploying" Squeak apps (e.g. with seaside) 
> don't strip
> the image, as it's a good idea to have the tools available in the 
> deployment image
> for fixing bugs fast.
> 
> There might be some need for stripping if you are doing embedded stuff, 
> but then
> you won't need the dev tools or use a setup like squat of resilient 
> that allows to debug/browse
> over the net.
> 
> I don't think that MVC is that important: There are I think a bunch of 
> people using it (sometime
> there are fixes submitted for MVC that even have been added to the 
> release), but overall the
> number of people developing with MVC should be closer to zero than to 
> 10.
> 
> So don't waste your time with MVC is you don't need this for yourself.
> 


    This makes perfect sense.

    I don't expect the Croqueteers wasting time with Morphic/Squeak ;-)

    Cheers,

    PhiHo.




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