December 2013 - Pharo-users

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by Damien Cassou

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Sergi Reyner <sergi.reyner(a)gmail.com>wrote: > You mean how to write a bot with Chromia? If you do it with Chromia, many details (such as network stuffs I guess) won't be shown. But this gives you the possibility to implement a great bot. If you do it without Chromia, you can show all the details so that the reader learns a lot of Pharo. Both are fine I would say. If you decide to write a tutorial, we could integrate it in the next book: https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoForTheEnterprise/lastSucces… -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." Winston Churchill

Dec. 19, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by Sergi Reyner

2013/12/19 StÃ©phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> what would be fun is to see if we can build a little tutorial that show to > newbies how to write a simple IRC bot. > You mean how to write a bot with Chromia? > Would you be interested to work on that? > Because I would love that my son is able to build one with Pharo. > I would like to at least make the code a bit more modular/less network-centric first. That said, I will see if I can find time to write something that resembles a tutorial these holidays. Cheers, Sergi

Dec. 19, 2013

gtinspector deconstructed

by Tudor Girba

Hi, I took a bit of time to describe how the GTInspector works, what makes it different, and to provide hints for several usage scenarios. http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/the-moldable-gtinspector-deconstructed It's a long post, I know :), but please take a look. As you might know, this is the default inspector in the Moose image, but it can also be loaded in a fresh Pharo image. I am particularly interested in the following: - if you never used it, and tried it now, what don't you like? - if you used it, was there anything that you did not know? - and of course, what do you like about it? Cheers, Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

Dec. 19, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

what would be fun is to see if we can build a little tutorial that show to newbies how to write a simple IRC bot. Would you be interested to work on that? Because I would love that my son is able to build one with Pharo. Stef > Sergi, you're too harsh on your code, I'm looking at it and it's nice! :) > > Yeah, I do that sometimes... but I can feel that itÂ´s not as clean as it could be. More small pieces!! :)

Dec. 19, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

On 18 Dec 2013, at 18:11, Sergi Reyner <sergi.reyner(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 2013/12/18 <btc(a)openinworld.com> > I would say just ensure that it is packaged to load cleanly on a fresh image. > > Yes, as I mention on the description, IÂ´m wrapping my head around Metacello trying to put together a decent ConfigurationOfChromia. indeed we are trying to build a tool to he;p people write them. Stef > > Cheers, > Sergi

Dec. 19, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

Hi sergi publish you code! It sound exciting. Stef > IÂ´ve been writing a bot for a while now, with the purpose of learning proper Smalltalk and OOP idioms/techniques (IÂ´ve been using C-ish languages for a long time now, and IÂ´m trying to cure myself :D). I must say that the process has been quite enlightening so far, I never really understood OOP until now. Super! Keep going reading and coding. Did you read Smalltalk by example. > > So far I have a bot that works fine for my needs, but IÂ´d like to contribute back, so IÂ´ll just list some thoughts and you can comment on them. All constructive criticism and pointers on how to do them are welcome! > > IÂ´m writing in on Pharo 3. > > I want to split the code I currently have in 3 parts: > - part 1: a couple of classes IRCClient/ZdcSecureIRCClient mirroring POP3Client/ZdcSecurePOP3Client, with the intention of contributing them back to Pharo > - part 2: an IRCBot framework, which IÂ´ll likely name 'Chromia', to be released under MIT license too > - part 3: my own bot using that framework, which would add all the extras like games > Does that sound reasonable? > > At this point my code is quite messy, so IÂ´m deciding whether to put it on SThub or not yet. > > IÂ´m depending on http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~PharoExtras/JSON for reading some JSON file from a website. > > Though itÂ´s not high on my priority list, I wouldnÂ´t mind making it as portable to other dialects as possible, too. > > > Cheers, > Sergi

Dec. 19, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by Sergi Reyner

2013/12/18 Sergi Reyner <sergi.reyner(a)gmail.com> IÂ´ve almost finished writing it. I just need some code to load the minimum > amount of code required to use PPCompositeParser and GLMTabulator. > Gofer it smalltalkhubUser: 'SergiReyner' project: 'Chromia'; package: 'ConfigurationOfChromia'; load. (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfChromia) perform: #load. Loads "fast" and "cleanly". Cheers, Sergi

Dec. 19, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by Sergi Reyner

2013/12/18 Sergi Reyner <sergi.reyner(a)gmail.com> > 2013/12/18 <btc(a)openinworld.com> > > I would say just ensure that it is packaged to load cleanly on a fresh >> image. >> > > Yes, as I mention on the description, IÂ´m wrapping my head around > Metacello trying to put together a decent ConfigurationOfChromia. > IÂ´ve almost finished writing it. I just need some code to load the minimum amount of code required to use PPCompositeParser and GLMTabulator.

Dec. 18, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN] Phratch 1.0beta

by StÃ©phane Ducasse

> > > > and add the catalog metadata. > > What is it ? the idea is that you describe the your configurationOf with 5 class methods, you push you configuration to a central repository and you get added to the official pharo catalog. https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoProjectCatalog/HTML_Report/? > > Jannik > > > Stef > > On 16 Dec 2013, at 22:45, jannik.laval <jannik.laval(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I continue to develop Phratch, the port of Scratch in Pharo. >> Phratch is a visual programming language on top of Pharo. >> >> There are lots of new features: >> >> - Settings >> - FileSystems >> - Metacello >> - integration of BYOB (allows to build your own blocks) >> - integration of Color and Files >> - a lot of new useful blocks >> - projects saved with Fuel >> - possibility to implement new features without modifying the core of the system >> - possibility to customize the environment: add new categories, add new kinds of Sprite, add new blocks. >> >> Phratch is available for Pharo2.0 with the following configuration: >> â >> Gofer it >> url: 'http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/JLaval/Phratch/main' >> username: '' >> password: ''; >> package: 'ConfigurationOfPhratch'; >> load. >> ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfPhratch) project version: '1.0') load. >> (Smalltalk at: #PhratchFrameMorph) open perform: #saveImageForEndUserSilently. >> â >> >> I hope to write documentations about all of the new features asap. >> You can follow Phratch here: >> http://car.mines-douai.fr/category/phratch/ >> and here : >> https://code.google.com/p/phratch/ >> >> Cheers, >> Jannik > > > > > -- > ~~Jannik Laval~~ > Ãcole des Mines de Douai > Enseignant-chercheur > http://www.jannik-laval.eu > http://car.mines-douai.fr/ >

Dec. 18, 2013

Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

by Sergi Reyner

2013/12/18 Bernat Romagosa <tibabenfortlapalanca(a)gmail.com> > Sergi, you're too harsh on your code, I'm looking at it and it's nice! :) > Yeah, I do that sometimes... but I can feel that itÂ´s not as clean as it could be. More small pieces!! :)

Dec. 18, 2013