We need to open this up..
I want to expose the image using fuse on linux.
Holidays coming...

Phil

Le 8 juin 2017 10:17, "Dimitris Chloupis" <[email protected]> a écrit :

> problem is when you try to use a generic ide or an ide made for another
> language is that you get a sub standard experience. For example pyDev is an
> Eclipse extension that allows one to use Eclipse which is a predominantly
> Java IDE for Python. I used that in the past now I use PyCharm a Python
> exclusive IDE that is like nigh and day with PyDev.
>
> Pharo IDE has a lot of issues (auto completion being the worst for me) but
> its after all tailor made for Pharo. IDE APIs by the way are very common ,
> especially for open source IDEs like Eclipse, Netbeans etc. So its possible
> to connect pharo with a ton of IDEs out there and not particularly hard ,
> but there is little motivation to do so.
>
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:19 AM Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I just bumped into Microsoft's MIT Licensed IDE "Visual Studio Code" that
>> runs on OSX, Linux & Windows.  What is interesting is their Debug Protocol
>> for connecting to language specific debuggers.
>> * https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/api-debugging
>>
>> If I had time, it would be interesting (and super cool) to build a Debug
>> Adaptor in Pharo
>> * https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/language-support
>> as well as a Language Server Protocol provider
>> * https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/language-support
>> Could make a good student project or two.  The skills learnt and
>> demonstrated would be quite marketable outside of the Pharo community.
>>
>> From a marketing perspective, it might be more palatable for existing
>> Visual Studio users to install Pharo as an extension rather than install
>> Pharo as a whole new IDE (i.e. Pharo) - a common complaint about Smalltalk
>> in general.  At a minimum there is the exposure gained from Microsoft's
>> Extension Marketplace, with early adoptors trying out Pharo
>> just-because-its-there. It also smashes that regular criticism of Smalltalk
>> that it lives too much in its on isolated world.
>>
>> It might attract developers wanting to do polygot development, for
>> example (just guessing that might be possible):
>> * game development using Unity libraries for the game engine with
>> Ronnie's minimal-vm embedded as the scripting language,  and debugging both
>> in parallel from a single environment
>> * Pharo web server backend with Javascript frontend
>>
>> I vaguely wonder if it would be possible to make a Debug Adaptor that
>> integrates VM & Image level debugging, transparently stepping from
>> Smalltalk into the VM C code.  That could be useful for FFI debugging, or
>> developing low-level graphics interfaces that might break our internal IDE.
>>
>> Disclaimer: Like all my random ideas, its a bit vague and dreamy, but I
>> had no concept of it yesterday, so just sharing the find to stimulate
>> future ideas.
>>
>> cheers -ben
>>
>

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