On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:10:05 +0100, Bert Freudenberg <bert at impara.de>  
wrote:

> Am 14.11.2004 um 13:20 schrieb Blake:
>
>> OK, I want to use Squeak on my website and I have some questions:
>>
>> 1. Can I serve a squeaklet from Apache like I would a Java applet? Or  
>> do I have to use KomHttpServer? I would like to be able to integrate  
>> the applets I write into my regular web-pages but I don't want to  
>> switch from Apache
>
> Apache is fine. Squeaklets are all client-side. For example,  
> Squeakland.org runs Apache.

OK. The stuff on squeakland takes the whole page, though, at least  
everything I've seen. It's possible to embed the Squeak plug-in onto, say,  
an existing web page?

>> 2. Are there examples of multi-user squeaklet apps? I'm looking at  
>> building: A MUD-ish thing, a site-specific IM, maybe a poker game. Any  
>> tips on where to start?
>
> I'm not aware of any freely available example (*). But it's basically  
> the same like you would do with Java applets. The server can embed a few  
> parameters in the HTML tag which Squeak can read. Then the squeaklet  
> would open a connection to the game server and you're ready to go.

OK, so how about a pointer to classes? I see something called "Ma client  
server". Which is apparently a requirement for Magma, although Magma  
requires an older version of Ma...<sigh>

> (*) We used Squeak to build a multiplayer action game running in the  
> browser. But since we sold that to a local cable company, it's not  
> public (you would have to relocate here and subscribe to their service).

Where do you live? Germany? I like Germany.

But--Well, I guess the real question is, is there a difference between  
building a squeaklet and building a regular Squeak app? I mean, if my task  
is about user-interaction and client-server, then maybe the only thing I  
have to worry about is connecting to the server?