Rick, I recommend the red pill. FWIW, I am using ODBC with reasonably good results, but need to give SquakDBX a try. There are also some native interfaces lurking around, and they might be worth a look.
Polymorph is probably a good choice for a GUI. See TEasilyThemed (a trait used in IIRC ComposableMorph and StandardWindow). There is room for improvement, but it is remarkably powerful once you dig into it. A local browser accessing Seaside is an option. Some have suggested that as an ideal GUI framework, which, well,..., let's say that I disagree - that is not to say that you should not use it. We need a good GUI framework, and Polymorph is leading the pack right now. Bill ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Morrison Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Pharo-project] Starting out: db and gui recommendation I am a Java & .Net application programmer who has flirted with Smalltalk for a long time without doing the "deep dive" to really understand it. Pharo and Seaside are making me think that everything is coming together now for another try. That and some micro-ISV ambitions to give me a real reason to write some code outside of work. For my type of project I really need a db package and a gui package. That leads to the questions: 1. Right now, is SqeakDBX my best choice for a db interface? Sqlite is my db of choice for the project I have in mind. 2. For the UI, I've been reading about the choices and I'm having a hard time finding a currently supported project. Do I go with polymorph by default? For the UI, what about "self-hosting" a Seaside instance and doing the UI in the browser? Ie, the app starts a Seaside server and opens a browser window pointed at the apps main window (home page). Can that be done? Is it a good idea? I hope you can give me some direction. I like the direction of Pharo and Seaside is just plain cool. I want to do this to get my head outside the coding box I'm kind of stuck in. And have some fun. Thanks for any help, Rick
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