Hi Frank, Craig is not working on PharoJS. He works on another project derived from SqueakJS (a project that offers a VM running inside the browser) that also has integration for Pharo.
Cheers, Doru > On Aug 14, 2017, at 8:38 AM, Frank-B <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Craig, > > upfront thank you very much for being willing to respond to my problems and > questions. > > As I tried to make clear in this and the neighboring thread: > http://forum.world.st/PharoJS-crashes-at-first-try-td4960686.html > I am looking for a serious "professional" solution to combine server-side > Smalltalk with client-side JavaScript, which is sourced in the same > Smalltalk image that runs the server. This is an essntial part of all of my > product plans and ideas. I am only in software for mass-markets (Fremium > principle) and not in customer-centric projects like most Smalltalkers. > > Another important background: My quite large Smalltalk famework contains the > greatest parts of the data that defines the UI and, second, I have very > specific plans for the UI in the long run, because the UI decides mostly > about the success or failure of an application software. > > There are currently three "candidates": ST2JS, Orca and PharoJS. > > As you can read in the second thread (see link above) the PharoJS image > failed at first attempt. Therefore my question, are you aware of a working > image? > > Second, is there anywhere some detailed information available about what > PharoJS does and, at least basically, how it's done? (Side-remark: This part > is excellent for Orca, I recommend the Orca papers. Brilliant concepts!) > > Third, are you aware of real-life solutions based on PharoJS? > > I am currently still at the very beginning of my investigations and my very > first impression of PharoJS was the worst possible: The trial image failed > at first attempt and, even worse, neither general documentation nor > code/class comments were available. Both are a no-go for me, being a > "documentation fanatic" out of very long experience in software development. > > Thank you in advance for a short comment. > > Frank > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Anybody-using-Orca-Smalltalk-to-JavaScript-tp4960519p4960895.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "Be rather willing to give than demanding to get."
