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Re: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec

by Craig

Nicolai, This code works perfectly. This is pretty-much exactly what I did. Except that I left the m openWithSpec message send where it was in the example, just before instantiating the columns. (see below) The example clearly needs updating. The way that you did it makes perfect sense, thank you. Craig From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Nicolai Hess Sent: 16 February 2015 01:03 AM To: Any question about pharo is welcome Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec Another example, (modified TreeModel example) |r m col1 col2 col3| r := FileLocator vmDirectory. m := TreeModel new. m roots: r allFiles. m rootNodeHolder: [ :item | TreeNodeModel new content: item; icon: Smalltalk ui icons smallLeftFlushIcon ]; title: r fullName. m openWithSpec. col1 := TreeColumnModel new displayBlock: [ :node | node content basename ]; headerLabel:'Name'. col2 := TreeColumnModel new displayBlock: [ :node | node content creationTime ]; headerLabel:'Time'. col3 := TreeColumnModel new displayBlock: [ :node | node content permissions]; headerLabel:'Permissions'. m columns: {col1. col2 . col3}. 2015-02-15 23:30 GMT+01:00 Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven(a)stfx.eu>: This is the easiest way that I know to show a simple table. MultiColumnListModel new items: #(('x coordinate' 'y coordinate' 'z coordinate')(1 2 3)(4 5 6)(7 8 9)); displayBlock: [ :x | x collect: #asString ]; setSelectedIndex: 2; title: 'My table'; openWithSpec. > On 15 Feb 2015, at 22:36, Craig <craig(a)hivemind.net> wrote: > > Hi Sven, > > I count myself as a beginner with Pharo, although I've been dabbling with Pharo UI choices for a few months now. > Like Sebastian, I wrote Spec off as too immature for prime-time, but I too come from the commercial > world, so maybe my expectations were unrealistic. > > So I took the time to learn Spec. My very first requirement is to display some data in a grid or table like manner, so I took a look at the TreeModel, and tried to adapt one of the examples to fit. However, whenever I try to add a third column to the model, I get a "Subscript Out of Bounds". > I also tried to change the oddRowColor, but it had no effect. > > I hope that is specific enough for you. > > Craig > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Sven Van Caekenberghe > Sent: 13 February 2015 11:12 AM > To: Any question about pharo is welcome > Subject: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec > > Hi, > > > From now on it is forbidden to complain about Spec in general, unspecific terms unless you have taken the time to learn about it. Here is a guide to documentation about Spec, most recent first. > > > There is an excellent presentation by Johan Fabry did during the last Pharo Days, 'Using Spec to Build a UI'. *MUST WATCH* (the video is not yet fully public, but soon will be, the link should work though): > > http://youtu.be/OL23s9ZUIR0?list=PL4actYd6bfnz98ngrKALwwStl3C3odEKG > > The slides are also not yet available, but soon will be (the talk is much better that the slides on their own). > > > This draft chapter 'Spec: a framework for describing user interfaces' for an upcoming book: > > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Books/job/PharoBookWorkInProgre… > > > Look in the image. > > Browse the hierarchy below AbstractWidgetModel in the category Spec-Core-Widgets in Pharo 4, look at the protocols called 'protocol' & 'protocol-events' mainly. Look for references to each class. Trace senders of methods until you arrive at examples. Study the examples, play with them, change them. > > The UI of most tools in Pharo is also implemented using Spec. Browse the hierarchy below ComposableModel to find them. (Komitter, Versionner, Critics, Metacello, the old Eye Inspectors, ..). Watch and learn. > > > The cool Spec website: > > http://spec.st > > > Read some cool articles like: > > https://medium.com/concerning-pharo/rediscovering-the-ux-of-the-legendary-h… > > See the section 'HP35CalculatorModel' for the Spec part. > > > The following papers (some older ones refer to API that has changed): > > 'Seamless Composition and Reuse of Customizable User Interfaces with Spec' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse13a-SCICO-Spec.pdf > > 'Spec - A Framework for the Specification and Reuse of UIs and their Models' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse12b-Spec-IWST12-Final.pdf > > 'Spec â Technical Report' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/reports/Ryse12a-SpecTechReport.pdf > > > Use the image to build a couple of simple UIs using Spec. You will be surprised to learn that it is not that difficult. Just go with the flow, don't try to enforce your world view on it, wait until you are further along. > > > Have fun ! > > > Sven > > > PS: Once you have done all the above, you are most welcome to help improve Spec by discussing specific, concrete issues. > > > -- > Sven Van Caekenberghe > Proudly supporting Pharo > http://pharo.org > http://association.pharo.org > http://consortium.pharo.org > > >

Feb. 16, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec

by Nicolai Hess

Another example, (modified TreeModel example) |r m col1 col2 col3| r := FileLocator vmDirectory. m := TreeModel new. m roots: r allFiles. m rootNodeHolder: [ :item | TreeNodeModel new content: item; icon: Smalltalk ui icons smallLeftFlushIcon ]; title: r fullName. col1 := TreeColumnModel new displayBlock: [ :node | node content basename ]; headerLabel:'Name'. col2 := TreeColumnModel new displayBlock: [ :node | node content creationTime ]; headerLabel:'Time'. col3 := TreeColumnModel new displayBlock: [ :node | node content permissions]; headerLabel:'Permissions'. m columns: {col1. col2 . col3}. m openWithSpec. 2015-02-15 23:30 GMT+01:00 Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven(a)stfx.eu>: > This is the easiest way that I know to show a simple table. > > MultiColumnListModel new > items: #(('x coordinate' 'y coordinate' 'z coordinate')(1 2 3)(4 5 6)(7 > 8 9)); > displayBlock: [ :x | x collect: #asString ]; > setSelectedIndex: 2; > title: 'My table'; > openWithSpec. > > > On 15 Feb 2015, at 22:36, Craig <craig(a)hivemind.net> wrote: > > > > Hi Sven, > > > > I count myself as a beginner with Pharo, although I've been dabbling > with Pharo UI choices for a few months now. > > Like Sebastian, I wrote Spec off as too immature for prime-time, but I > too come from the commercial > > world, so maybe my expectations were unrealistic. > > > > So I took the time to learn Spec. My very first requirement is to > display some data in a grid or table like manner, so I took a look at the > TreeModel, and tried to adapt one of the examples to fit. However, > whenever I try to add a third column to the model, I get a "Subscript Out > of Bounds". > > I also tried to change the oddRowColor, but it had no effect. > > > > I hope that is specific enough for you. > > > > Craig > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On > Behalf Of Sven Van Caekenberghe > > Sent: 13 February 2015 11:12 AM > > To: Any question about pharo is welcome > > Subject: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec > > > > Hi, > > > > > > From now on it is forbidden to complain about Spec in general, > unspecific terms unless you have taken the time to learn about it. Here is > a guide to documentation about Spec, most recent first. > > > > > > There is an excellent presentation by Johan Fabry did during the last > Pharo Days, 'Using Spec to Build a UI'. *MUST WATCH* (the video is not yet > fully public, but soon will be, the link should work though): > > > > http://youtu.be/OL23s9ZUIR0?list=PL4actYd6bfnz98ngrKALwwStl3C3odEKG > > > > The slides are also not yet available, but soon will be (the talk is > much better that the slides on their own). > > > > > > This draft chapter 'Spec: a framework for describing user interfaces' > for an upcoming book: > > > > > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Books/job/PharoBookWorkInProgre… > > > > > > Look in the image. > > > > Browse the hierarchy below AbstractWidgetModel in the category > Spec-Core-Widgets in Pharo 4, look at the protocols called 'protocol' & > 'protocol-events' mainly. Look for references to each class. Trace senders > of methods until you arrive at examples. Study the examples, play with > them, change them. > > > > The UI of most tools in Pharo is also implemented using Spec. Browse the > hierarchy below ComposableModel to find them. (Komitter, Versionner, > Critics, Metacello, the old Eye Inspectors, ..). Watch and learn. > > > > > > The cool Spec website: > > > > http://spec.st > > > > > > Read some cool articles like: > > > > > https://medium.com/concerning-pharo/rediscovering-the-ux-of-the-legendary-h… > > > > See the section 'HP35CalculatorModel' for the Spec part. > > > > > > The following papers (some older ones refer to API that has changed): > > > > 'Seamless Composition and Reuse of Customizable User Interfaces with > Spec' > > > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse13a-SCICO-Spec.pdf > > > > 'Spec - A Framework for the Specification and Reuse of UIs and their > Models' > > > > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse12b-Spec-IWST12-Final.pdf > > > > 'Spec â Technical Report' > > > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/reports/Ryse12a-SpecTechReport.pdf > > > > > > Use the image to build a couple of simple UIs using Spec. You will be > surprised to learn that it is not that difficult. Just go with the flow, > don't try to enforce your world view on it, wait until you are further > along. > > > > > > Have fun ! > > > > > > Sven > > > > > > PS: Once you have done all the above, you are most welcome to help > improve Spec by discussing specific, concrete issues. > > > > > > -- > > Sven Van Caekenberghe > > Proudly supporting Pharo > > http://pharo.org > > http://association.pharo.org > > http://consortium.pharo.org > > > > > > > > >

Feb. 15, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec

by Sven Van Caekenberghe

This is the easiest way that I know to show a simple table. MultiColumnListModel new items: #(('x coordinate' 'y coordinate' 'z coordinate')(1 2 3)(4 5 6)(7 8 9)); displayBlock: [ :x | x collect: #asString ]; setSelectedIndex: 2; title: 'My table'; openWithSpec. > On 15 Feb 2015, at 22:36, Craig <craig(a)hivemind.net> wrote: > > Hi Sven, > > I count myself as a beginner with Pharo, although I've been dabbling with Pharo UI choices for a few months now. > Like Sebastian, I wrote Spec off as too immature for prime-time, but I too come from the commercial > world, so maybe my expectations were unrealistic. > > So I took the time to learn Spec. My very first requirement is to display some data in a grid or table like manner, so I took a look at the TreeModel, and tried to adapt one of the examples to fit. However, whenever I try to add a third column to the model, I get a "Subscript Out of Bounds". > I also tried to change the oddRowColor, but it had no effect. > > I hope that is specific enough for you. > > Craig > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Sven Van Caekenberghe > Sent: 13 February 2015 11:12 AM > To: Any question about pharo is welcome > Subject: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec > > Hi, > > > From now on it is forbidden to complain about Spec in general, unspecific terms unless you have taken the time to learn about it. Here is a guide to documentation about Spec, most recent first. > > > There is an excellent presentation by Johan Fabry did during the last Pharo Days, 'Using Spec to Build a UI'. *MUST WATCH* (the video is not yet fully public, but soon will be, the link should work though): > > http://youtu.be/OL23s9ZUIR0?list=PL4actYd6bfnz98ngrKALwwStl3C3odEKG > > The slides are also not yet available, but soon will be (the talk is much better that the slides on their own). > > > This draft chapter 'Spec: a framework for describing user interfaces' for an upcoming book: > > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Books/job/PharoBookWorkInProgre… > > > Look in the image. > > Browse the hierarchy below AbstractWidgetModel in the category Spec-Core-Widgets in Pharo 4, look at the protocols called 'protocol' & 'protocol-events' mainly. Look for references to each class. Trace senders of methods until you arrive at examples. Study the examples, play with them, change them. > > The UI of most tools in Pharo is also implemented using Spec. Browse the hierarchy below ComposableModel to find them. (Komitter, Versionner, Critics, Metacello, the old Eye Inspectors, ..). Watch and learn. > > > The cool Spec website: > > http://spec.st > > > Read some cool articles like: > > https://medium.com/concerning-pharo/rediscovering-the-ux-of-the-legendary-h… > > See the section 'HP35CalculatorModel' for the Spec part. > > > The following papers (some older ones refer to API that has changed): > > 'Seamless Composition and Reuse of Customizable User Interfaces with Spec' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse13a-SCICO-Spec.pdf > > 'Spec - A Framework for the Specification and Reuse of UIs and their Models' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse12b-Spec-IWST12-Final.pdf > > 'Spec â Technical Report' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/reports/Ryse12a-SpecTechReport.pdf > > > Use the image to build a couple of simple UIs using Spec. You will be surprised to learn that it is not that difficult. Just go with the flow, don't try to enforce your world view on it, wait until you are further along. > > > Have fun ! > > > Sven > > > PS: Once you have done all the above, you are most welcome to help improve Spec by discussing specific, concrete issues. > > > -- > Sven Van Caekenberghe > Proudly supporting Pharo > http://pharo.org > http://association.pharo.org > http://consortium.pharo.org > > >

Feb. 15, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec

by Ben Coman

Thanks Craig. Can you fileout a minimal code script to reproduce these errors in a fresh image? Either post here or even better, open an issue at https://pharo.fogbugz.com with the fileout attached at paste the link to the issue here. cheers -ben On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 5:36 AM, Craig <craig(a)hivemind.net> wrote: > Hi Sven, > > I count myself as a beginner with Pharo, although I've been dabbling with > Pharo UI choices for a few months now. > Like Sebastian, I wrote Spec off as too immature for prime-time, but I too > come from the commercial > world, so maybe my expectations were unrealistic. > > So I took the time to learn Spec. My very first requirement is to display > some data in a grid or table like manner, so I took a look at the > TreeModel, and tried to adapt one of the examples to fit. However, > whenever I try to add a third column to the model, I get a "Subscript Out > of Bounds". > I also tried to change the oddRowColor, but it had no effect. > > I hope that is specific enough for you. > > Craig > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf > Of Sven Van Caekenberghe > Sent: 13 February 2015 11:12 AM > To: Any question about pharo is welcome > Subject: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec > > Hi, > > > From now on it is forbidden to complain about Spec in general, unspecific > terms unless you have taken the time to learn about it. Here is a guide to > documentation about Spec, most recent first. > > > There is an excellent presentation by Johan Fabry did during the last > Pharo Days, 'Using Spec to Build a UI'. *MUST WATCH* (the video is not yet > fully public, but soon will be, the link should work though): > > http://youtu.be/OL23s9ZUIR0?list=PL4actYd6bfnz98ngrKALwwStl3C3odEKG > > The slides are also not yet available, but soon will be (the talk is much > better that the slides on their own). > > > This draft chapter 'Spec: a framework for describing user interfaces' for > an upcoming book: > > > https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Books/job/PharoBookWorkInProgre… > > > Look in the image. > > Browse the hierarchy below AbstractWidgetModel in the category > Spec-Core-Widgets in Pharo 4, look at the protocols called 'protocol' & > 'protocol-events' mainly. Look for references to each class. Trace senders > of methods until you arrive at examples. Study the examples, play with > them, change them. > > The UI of most tools in Pharo is also implemented using Spec. Browse the > hierarchy below ComposableModel to find them. (Komitter, Versionner, > Critics, Metacello, the old Eye Inspectors, ..). Watch and learn. > > > The cool Spec website: > > http://spec.st > > > Read some cool articles like: > > > https://medium.com/concerning-pharo/rediscovering-the-ux-of-the-legendary-h… > > See the section 'HP35CalculatorModel' for the Spec part. > > > The following papers (some older ones refer to API that has changed): > > 'Seamless Composition and Reuse of Customizable User Interfaces with Spec' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse13a-SCICO-Spec.pdf > > 'Spec - A Framework for the Specification and Reuse of UIs and their > Models' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse12b-Spec-IWST12-Final.pdf > > 'Spec â Technical Report' > > http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/reports/Ryse12a-SpecTechReport.pdf > > > Use the image to build a couple of simple UIs using Spec. You will be > surprised to learn that it is not that difficult. Just go with the flow, > don't try to enforce your world view on it, wait until you are further > along. > > > Have fun ! > > > Sven > > > PS: Once you have done all the above, you are most welcome to help improve > Spec by discussing specific, concrete issues. > > > -- > Sven Van Caekenberghe > Proudly supporting Pharo > http://pharo.org > http://association.pharo.org > http://consortium.pharo.org > > > >

Feb. 15, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec

by Craig

Hi Sven, I count myself as a beginner with Pharo, although I've been dabbling with Pharo UI choices for a few months now. Like Sebastian, I wrote Spec off as too immature for prime-time, but I too come from the commercial world, so maybe my expectations were unrealistic. So I took the time to learn Spec. My very first requirement is to display some data in a grid or table like manner, so I took a look at the TreeModel, and tried to adapt one of the examples to fit. However, whenever I try to add a third column to the model, I get a "Subscript Out of Bounds". I also tried to change the oddRowColor, but it had no effect. I hope that is specific enough for you. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Sven Van Caekenberghe Sent: 13 February 2015 11:12 AM To: Any question about pharo is welcome Subject: [Pharo-users] Learning Spec Hi, >From now on it is forbidden to complain about Spec in general, unspecific terms unless you have taken the time to learn about it. Here is a guide to documentation about Spec, most recent first. There is an excellent presentation by Johan Fabry did during the last Pharo Days, 'Using Spec to Build a UI'. *MUST WATCH* (the video is not yet fully public, but soon will be, the link should work though): http://youtu.be/OL23s9ZUIR0?list=PL4actYd6bfnz98ngrKALwwStl3C3odEKG The slides are also not yet available, but soon will be (the talk is much better that the slides on their own). This draft chapter 'Spec: a framework for describing user interfaces' for an upcoming book: https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Books/job/PharoBookWorkInProgre… Look in the image. Browse the hierarchy below AbstractWidgetModel in the category Spec-Core-Widgets in Pharo 4, look at the protocols called 'protocol' & 'protocol-events' mainly. Look for references to each class. Trace senders of methods until you arrive at examples. Study the examples, play with them, change them. The UI of most tools in Pharo is also implemented using Spec. Browse the hierarchy below ComposableModel to find them. (Komitter, Versionner, Critics, Metacello, the old Eye Inspectors, ..). Watch and learn. The cool Spec website: http://spec.st Read some cool articles like: https://medium.com/concerning-pharo/rediscovering-the-ux-of-the-legendary-h… See the section 'HP35CalculatorModel' for the Spec part. The following papers (some older ones refer to API that has changed): 'Seamless Composition and Reuse of Customizable User Interfaces with Spec' http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse13a-SCICO-Spec.pdf 'Spec - A Framework for the Specification and Reuse of UIs and their Models' http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/papers/Ryse12b-Spec-IWST12-Final.pdf 'Spec â Technical Report' http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/archives/reports/Ryse12a-SpecTechReport.pdf Use the image to build a couple of simple UIs using Spec. You will be surprised to learn that it is not that difficult. Just go with the flow, don't try to enforce your world view on it, wait until you are further along. Have fun ! Sven PS: Once you have done all the above, you are most welcome to help improve Spec by discussing specific, concrete issues. -- Sven Van Caekenberghe Proudly supporting Pharo http://pharo.org http://association.pharo.org http://consortium.pharo.org

Feb. 15, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] GSOC 2015 Call for Ideas

by Sebastian Sastre

Great! Forked repo, starred and PR sent: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-project-proposals/pull/1 <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-project-proposals/pull/1> keep up the good work! > On Feb 15, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckwich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear pharoers, > > this year Pharo consortium (and community) is going to take part in a > Google Summer of Code event[1] as a standalone organization. This is > an opportunity to promote Pharo, get some job done and have students > paid. > > Currently we are at the most important stage as we are preparing the > organization application, and hoping that we will be accepted and > granted decent amount of project slots. Everyone can help with > application by submitting ideas for student projects. > > Current list can be found at: > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-project-proposals/blob/master/Topics… > > It is in STON format, and result is being generated at: http://gsoc.pharo.org/ > > Please add your ideas following the format of existing projects and > open a pull request with them (you will need a github account). > Preferably submit ideas with possible mentors, but if none are > available at the moment ideas without mentors are also welcome. > > The template to submit projects is : > > PharoTopic new > title: 'The name of your project; > contact: 'email address'; > supervisors: 'Supervisors names'; > keywords: 'keywords separated by spaces; > context: 'a description of the context of the project'; > goal: 'description of the goal'; > level: 'Beginner or Intermediate or Advanced'; > yourself. > > We will need a lot of projects/idea before February 20th 2015, the > deadline for applying to GSOC 2015. > > Do not hesitate to ask questions. Administrators of this yearâs > application are Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckwich(a)gmail.com> and > Yuriy Tymchuk <yuriy.tymchuk(a)me.com> > > If you don't know how to edit the list, please send your project > following the template to the administrators. > > [1]: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 > > Cheers, > -- > Serge Stinckwich > UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) > Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk > http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/ >

Feb. 15, 2015

GSOC 2015 Call for Ideas

by Serge Stinckwich

Dear pharoers, this year Pharo consortium (and community) is going to take part in a Google Summer of Code event[1] as a standalone organization. This is an opportunity to promote Pharo, get some job done and have students paid. Currently we are at the most important stage as we are preparing the organization application, and hoping that we will be accepted and granted decent amount of project slots. Everyone can help with application by submitting ideas for student projects. Current list can be found at: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-project-proposals/blob/master/Topics… It is in STON format, and result is being generated at: http://gsoc.pharo.org/ Please add your ideas following the format of existing projects and open a pull request with them (you will need a github account). Preferably submit ideas with possible mentors, but if none are available at the moment ideas without mentors are also welcome. The template to submit projects is : PharoTopic new title: 'The name of your project; contact: 'email address'; supervisors: 'Supervisors names'; keywords: 'keywords separated by spaces; context: 'a description of the context of the project'; goal: 'description of the goal'; level: 'Beginner or Intermediate or Advanced'; yourself. We will need a lot of projects/idea before February 20th 2015, the deadline for applying to GSOC 2015. Do not hesitate to ask questions. Administrators of this yearâs application are Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckwich(a)gmail.com> and Yuriy Tymchuk <yuriy.tymchuk(a)me.com> If you don't know how to edit the list, please send your project following the template to the administrators. [1]: https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 Cheers, -- Serge Stinckwich UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/

Feb. 15, 2015

Re: [Pharo-users] On GUI design and how to benchmark it

by Thierry Goubier

Hi Sebastian, a guy which starts by saying that no GUI toolkit of significance were written in FP, and forget to link or cite Garnet (by B. Myers) (Common Lisp) is, how to say, intriguing. Doesn't bode well for the well researched :( Thierry Le 15/02/2015 14:08, Sebastian Sastre a Ã©crit : > Hi guys, > > I saw the interest in GUI lately and today I come across this really > well researched master thesis paper that can put some light on how good > we can perform in the GUI spectrum in terms of practicality, > expressivity and productivity > > Introduction > > Even though OOP was born with the SIMULA programming language in the > 1960s [15], it was Smalltalk that coupled GUI development with the OOP > paradigm [25]. Smalltalkâs inventor Alan Kay was inspired by SIMULA, > among other influences, to create a new language for graphics-oriented > applications leveraging the OOP paradigm â and the rest is history [24]. > Ever since Smalltalk successfully showed the promise of OOP for GUI > development a great deal of subsequent OOP languages and, particularly, > object-oriented GUI toolkits came into existence and eventually into the > mainstream. Nearly all mainstream programming languages today directly > support the OOP paradigm and there is hardly any widely used GUI toolkit > that does not use OOP. Various popular examples of toolkits like Cocoa, > WinForms, Qt, wxWidgets, Tk, Swing and GTK+1 all seem to validate the > notion of OOP and GUI development being a good fit. > > continues: http://www.eugenkiss.com/projects/thesis.pdf > > And it seems it triggered this movement of people that are open to > receive implementations of the seven dimensions of this benchmark in his > repo: > > https://github.com/eugenkiss/7guis/wiki > > I beleive Pharo can score nicely there and if would be a Pharo > implementation there a whole new audience (that we probably aren't > reaching now) might take a serious try > > from mobile > >

Feb. 15, 2015

On GUI design and how to benchmark it

by Sebastian Sastre

Hi guys, I saw the interest in GUI lately and today I come across this really well researched master thesis paper that can put some light on how good we can perform in the GUI spectrum in terms of practicality, expressivity and productivity Introduction Even though OOP was born with the SIMULA programming language in the 1960s [15], it was Smalltalk that coupled GUI development with the OOP paradigm [25]. Smalltalkâs inventor Alan Kay was inspired by SIMULA, among other influences, to create a new language for graphics-oriented applications leveraging the OOP paradigm â and the rest is history [24]. Ever since Smalltalk successfully showed the promise of OOP for GUI development a great deal of subsequent OOP languages and, particularly, object-oriented GUI toolkits came into existence and eventually into the mainstream. Nearly all mainstream programming languages today directly support the OOP paradigm and there is hardly any widely used GUI toolkit that does not use OOP. Various popular examples of toolkits like Cocoa, WinForms, Qt, wxWidgets, Tk, Swing and GTK+1 all seem to validate the notion of OOP and GUI development being a good fit. continues: http://www.eugenkiss.com/projects/thesis.pdf And it seems it triggered this movement of people that are open to receive implementations of the seven dimensions of this benchmark in his repo: https://github.com/eugenkiss/7guis/wiki I beleive Pharo can score nicely there and if would be a Pharo implementation there a whole new audience (that we probably aren't reaching now) might take a serious try from mobile

Feb. 15, 2015

Atomic Game from Gustavo Rafael Pistoia is available :)

by stepharo

Atomic is game where you have to build chemical molecules using given atoms. The goal is to solve a level with as few moves as possible. The level is solved when the new molecule has the same structure as shown by the preview molecule (on the top right). In the higher levels, some tactical skill will be neccessary for solving the puzzle. It has been originally implemented by Gustavo Rafael Pistoia. (ConfigurationOfAtomic project version: '1.0') load AtomicGame browse to browse the main class AtomicGame new openInWorld to play :) Works at least in Pharo 40.

Feb. 15, 2015