December 2012 - Pharo-users

Re: [Pharo-users] parse iCalendar (rfc2445) recurrence rules into a Schedule?

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

Thanks this is great to see more configurations :) I love that. Because this is our weapon against complexity. We are working on a tool to help building and updating configurations and soon we will need beta testers :) Stef On Dec 13, 2012, at 2:51 AM, Paul DeBruicker wrote: > On 12/07/2012 12:04 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse wrote: >> Hi paul >> >> I looked around and I found >> iCalendar, vCalendar and vCard >> I imagine that this is the one you found. And indeed Yann Monclair worked on ical. >> >> Stef >> > > I uploaded a version of the ICal package that successfully parses and > enumerates occurrences of events from .ics files. The tests primarily > come from all of the RRULE examples in the RFC2445 spec here: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445#page-117 It does match the output > from those tests and does work with exports from Google Calendar. I've > not tried with Outlook etc. I expect it to work with those. > > I haven't started actually using it but plan to in the next couple days > and will probably make some convenience additions to the ICEvent class > to test for and get enumerated dates. > > > I also made a Configuration and put it here: > > http://www.squeaksource.com/ical and in the > http://www.squeaksource.com/MetacelloRepository > >> On Dec 6, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Paul DeBruicker wrote: >> >>> Hi - >>> >>> Is there a package that will convert an iCalendar (*.ics file, rfe2445) >>> VEVENT and its recurrence >>> /exclusion rules/dates into a Schedule in pharo >>> or squeak or gemstone? >>> >>> >>> I've seen the iCal package on Squeaksource but it doesn't seem to >>> interpret the RRULEs into anything other than their constituent parts. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Paul >>> >> >> > >

Dec. 13, 2012

Re: [Pharo-users] Nautilus class methods button feedback. + show method comment on hover.

by Benjamin

On Dec 13, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Peter H. Meadows wrote: > 1) When browsing code in nautilus how do you know if a class has class methods? > > Sometimes I forget to look for them because many classes don't have > any. Could the button be changed to give visual feedback when a class > has class methods? Maybe tell the user the number of methods? I am afraid that putting the number of method could be too much, but why not :) Anyway, you remark is really relevant :) > The comment button could do the same, although we already have the red > exclamation mark to show classes without comments (which is a great > way of encouraging people to comment their classes). > > 2) Something that would make a big difference to me is showing the > method comment when you hover the pointer over a method. Then I > wouldn't have to give methods super long names, because I could put > details in the comment and get at them quickly. Interesting idea :) Ben

Dec. 13, 2012

Nautilus class methods button feedback. + show method comment on hover.

by Peter H. Meadows

1) When browsing code in nautilus how do you know if a class has class methods? Sometimes I forget to look for them because many classes don't have any. Could the button be changed to give visual feedback when a class has class methods? Maybe tell the user the number of methods? The comment button could do the same, although we already have the red exclamation mark to show classes without comments (which is a great way of encouraging people to comment their classes). 2) Something that would make a big difference to me is showing the method comment when you hover the pointer over a method. Then I wouldn't have to give methods super long names, because I could put details in the comment and get at them quickly.

Dec. 13, 2012

Book recommendations

by Peter H. Meadows

There is some good stuff at http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html What else would you recommend? I think I'm going to get 'A Mentoring Course on Smalltalk' By Andres Valloud (http://www.lulu.com/shop/andres-valloud/a-mentoring-course-on-smalltalk/pap…) Because I've seen some glowing reviews (http://seandenigris.com/blog/?p=573) What else? Is 'Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns' by Kent Beck still relevant to pharo?

Dec. 13, 2012

Re: [Pharo-users] parse iCalendar (rfc2445) recurrence rules into a Schedule?

by Paul DeBruicker

On 12/07/2012 12:04 PM, StÃ©phane Ducasse wrote: > Hi paul > > I looked around and I found > iCalendar, vCalendar and vCard > I imagine that this is the one you found. And indeed Yann Monclair worked on ical. > > Stef > I uploaded a version of the ICal package that successfully parses and enumerates occurrences of events from .ics files. The tests primarily come from all of the RRULE examples in the RFC2445 spec here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445#page-117 It does match the output from those tests and does work with exports from Google Calendar. I've not tried with Outlook etc. I expect it to work with those. I haven't started actually using it but plan to in the next couple days and will probably make some convenience additions to the ICEvent class to test for and get enumerated dates. I also made a Configuration and put it here: http://www.squeaksource.com/ical and in the http://www.squeaksource.com/MetacelloRepository > On Dec 6, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Paul DeBruicker wrote: > >> Hi - >> >> Is there a package that will convert an iCalendar (*.ics file, rfe2445) >> VEVENT and its recurrence >> /exclusion rules/dates into a Schedule in pharo >> or squeak or gemstone? >> >> >> I've seen the iCal package on Squeaksource but it doesn't seem to >> interpret the RRULEs into anything other than their constituent parts. >> >> Thanks >> >> Paul >> > >

Dec. 13, 2012

Re: [Pharo-users] refactoring in pharo. examples / documentation

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

do not dream about that :) I will not write chapters with UI and tools involved. What could be done is a video. But essentially you can simply try: get some classes you wrote and try, learn, ask, try, learn, ask. Stef >> Are there any tutorials out there covering the refactoring tools in Pharo2? >> >> What I'd like to see are some real world examples of how experienced >> developers use the refactoring tools. >> > Yes, that would be niceâ¦ > > Marcus

Dec. 12, 2012

Re: [Pharo-users] Why was and:and:and:and: deprecated?

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

Long long long time ago :) And yes you can do it :) > I can't find a neat way to do the same thing. Am I missing something? >

Dec. 12, 2012

Re: [Pharo-users] VMWare golden pharo consortium :)

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

On Dec 11, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Esteban A. Maringolo wrote: > Excellent news. > > Congratulations. > > When will the consortium website be online? beta normally before the holidays of esteban :) ie 16 of Dec Stef > > Regards! > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/VMWare-golden-pharo-consortium-tp4658796p4658892.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >

Dec. 12, 2012

Re: [Pharo-users] Generating test data

by Paul DeBruicker

What about making a TestResource that holds all permutations in a collection? On 12/12/2012 07:41 AM, Norbert Hartl wrote: > > Am 12.12.2012 um 15:07 schrieb Benoit St-Jean <bstjean(a)yahoo.com > <mailto:bstjean@yahoo.com>>: > >> Test data in which domain? >> >> > Any domain. Calling it "test data" might be misleading. I wanted to know > about constructing a test model. Meaning a graph with basic set of > objects that are interlinked. But the completeness (containing state) > differs from test run to test run. So I think there might be special > techniques to construct that. > > Norbert > > >> ----------------- >> Benoit St-Jean >> Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean >> A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero. >> (Albert Einstein) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Norbert Hartl <norbert(a)hartl.name <mailto:norbert@hartl.name>> >> *To:* A friendly place where any question about pharo is welcome >> <pharo-users(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr >> <mailto:pharo-users@lists.gforge.inria.fr>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:33:35 AM >> *Subject:* [Pharo-users] Generating test data >> >> My current project (as it grows) becomes quite a complex piece of >> software. Most of my tests have a huge preamble for setting up >> test model data for the test. Based on inheritance there are >> certain aspects unified to save some work. But test data tends to >> need all permutations of all dimensions of the data to test properly. >> I wanted to ask what approaches are there for constructing sample >> data for complex tests. >> >> thanks, >> >> Norbert >> >> >> >> >

Dec. 12, 2012

Re: [Pharo-users] Generating test data

by Norbert Hartl

Am 12.12.2012 um 15:07 schrieb Benoit St-Jean <bstjean(a)yahoo.com>: > Test data in which domain? > > Any domain. Calling it "test data" might be misleading. I wanted to know about constructing a test model. Meaning a graph with basic set of objects that are interlinked. But the completeness (containing state) differs from test run to test run. So I think there might be special techniques to construct that. Norbert > ----------------- > Benoit St-Jean > Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean > A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero. > (Albert Einstein) > From: Norbert Hartl <norbert(a)hartl.name> > To: A friendly place where any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:33:35 AM > Subject: [Pharo-users] Generating test data > > My current project (as it grows) becomes quite a complex piece of software. Most of my tests have a huge preamble for setting up test model data for the test. Based on inheritance there are certain aspects unified to save some work. But test data tends to need all permutations of all dimensions of the data to test properly. > I wanted to ask what approaches are there for constructing sample data for complex tests. > > thanks, > > Norbert > > > >

Dec. 12, 2012