Stef, Far be it from me to kick you anywhere, but IMHO a local Seaside server is a very nice OPTION to have; I strongly disagree with those who have suggested the Polymorph, host widgets, etc. are a waste of time by comparison. We need both.
One niche where local-only Seaside is a great idea is to provide a configuration GUI for a service. Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stéphane Ducasse Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:41 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Starting out: db and gui recommendation Hi rick welcome! > 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? If you need a desktop app yes. Else why not seaside directly? > 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? Yes! > 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. We want the same. :) Do not hesitate to kick our asses. The Smalltalk community got trapped into the "we invented the mouse" syndrome and we should really move again. Stef _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
