[squeak-dev] Re: Minimal Squeak Project
Herbert König
herbertkoenig at gmx.net
Sat Feb 13 20:41:53 UTC 2016
Am 13.02.2016 um 19:44 schrieb karl ramberg:
> 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.
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
For Squeak work I use projects like Karl. I never thought of them in the
way Dave points out. Learnt something again.
Cheers,
Herbert
> Best,
> Karl
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 6:11 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com
> <mailto:lewis at mail.msen.com>> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 07:15:54AM -0800, marcel.taeumel wrote:
> > Hi Edgar,
> >
> > you can launch it via "SqueashProject new enter."
> >
> > Best,
> > Marcel
> >
>
> I know that this is just an early prototype, but whenever it is ready
> I think that we should consider including it in trunk.
>
> Why?
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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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