I'd like to get back to the task at hand -- evaluating rapid prototyping environments.
> Hmm..this leads me to ask the question: > Who of us currently uses Smalltalk/Squeak? > If so, which implementation? So I presume the answer is nobody is currently using the contender for most successful rapid development environment on the planet? The one going into Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project? Astounding! (BTW: Python is apparently going to be onboard too) WedTech'ers: I'm buying the currently most popular Squeak book recommended by the various sites: http://tinyurl.com/zukkf I'll take a look to see if it'd be worth a wedtech chat. Could one of our python experts try PataPata? Its a very new project, but has gotten a fair amount of interest: http://sourceforge.net/projects/patapata I'll also check out Groovy in Action and maybe play with it a bit -- I'm getting the chapters as they are published by Manning via their MEAP project. Got 10 already! BTW: I'm starting to think answer is that rapid prototyping has splintered into pieces: Excel: great for fast exploration of data R: great for fast statistical evaluation Gnuplot: great for fast and simple plotting of data NetLogo: sorta smalltalk for simulation Processing: Killer 2D/3D visualizations Sh/Bash: Lightning fast trivial hacks for unix folks Python: Scripting++ and more JavaScript: Great access to browsers for both users & AJAX .. and so on. So thus there really is an explosion of application specific environments rather than the old smalltalk which was pretty universal. -- Owen Owen Densmore 505-988-3787 http://backspaces.net Redfish Group: 505-995-0206 http://redfish.com http://friam.org/ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
