Really cool!

About the spotter integration, it is really nice to be able to search and find new projects like this. Well done.

But, there are two things that I would change:

- Right now, the processor order is 10. If you search for GTSpotter, you will get the catalog project before the class:

I would rather prefer the order to be next to the Metacello configurations, so I would make it 90. The reason is that the things that are in the image should take precedence because they are much more often used.

- For the preview, I would put the details that we have about the project.

- Also, if you are at it, it would be nice to add an inspector extension for showing all projects of a CatalogProvider and to add a load action for a CatalogProject object :)

Cheers,

Doru

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Torsten Bergmann <astares@gmx.de> wrote:

Hi,

maybe you already noticed. The latest update for Pharo 5 which is 50103 (see [1]).
includes a new tool called "Catalog Browser".

Where to go
===========

You will find it under "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser" and it will display the
configs together with the catalog metadata like project description.

The code is managed with a configuration similar to what we have for
a few other packages/projects. The tool was written by Esteban Lorenzano with small
improvements like spotter integration from my side. Feel free to contribute more features.

The repository can be found on SmalltalkHub [2].

This new tool basically gives you access to all available configurations
aggregated at [3]. You can use a small UI to search and load the configs
(see world menu -> "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser".

But you can also use Spotter to load a config.

Example on how to load ScriptManager config:
============================================
��- open Spotter (SHIFT + ENTER on Windows, ...)
��- type in "Script" and you will find a spotter category "Catalog Projects" with "ScriptManager" in it
��- just hit enter and the config is loaded

Same for all others, so try with "Seaside", "MongoTalk", ...

In the short/mid-term this new tool should replace the existing config browser as it
gives more informations about the projects.

What to do next:
================
- give feedback
- we should update all our configs with catalog descriptions
- it would be nice if the spotter integration would include also a preview of the project
�� description
- ...

If you want to contribute just tell Esteban so he can add you to the project.

Thanks
Esteban & Torsten

[1] http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-dev_lists.pharo.org/2015-June/110964.html
[2] http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~estebanlm/CatalogBrowser
[3] http://catalog.pharo.org/catalog/json

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