Matthew Fulmer wrote:

>> 	Squeak code on the Web
>> 	http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6032
>>
>> which goal is to build a web portal of all Squeak code ever written. Code 
>> should be accessible to search engines like Google Code Search and each 
>> package/class/method should have nice bookmarkable Url. This is important 
>> (besides others) for better visibility and promotion of Smalltalk among 
>> other languages, which have all code accessible on the web. Portal is 
>> supposed to be written using Aida/Web framework to leverage its strong Url 
>> support.
> 
> I think it is a great project:
> - elimination of the image as a barrier to entry to browse code
> - give Aida some solid backing in the squeak community opinion
> - the artifact would be useful to anyone
> 
> I think there is a problem, though, in that this database would
> have to be exposed to the image before a web interface could be
> made to it. I emailed you in private about this.

First, let we call this a repository (not a database) of all code, to 
not confuse with databases like RDB, ODB etc. This repository can be 
implemented on top of some database, or even not. Think Google as 
example, no one cares what is actually behind.

Second, as I understand, your idea is actually a grand goal: to have one 
repository of a code, accessible from both a web and image, and used 
both as a catalog of code (for end users) and for source code management 
(for developers).

And that's my grand goal too, specially after repeatably going through 
the pain of publishing the code on three different places (SqueakMap, 
Universes, SqueakSource).

Problem is only how to achieve that goal. I'm a fan of small doable 
steps, but toward a defined grand goal as this one is. So I started 
thinking on a catalog part of the story, where this SoC project would 
simply provide web access to the code, while next project can continue 
from here to provide full SqueakMap functionality (SqueakMap web face 
"uplift") then add Universes web face, then merge with SqueakSource, 
then MC2, DS,...


JAnko



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Janko Mivšek
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