Nicolas Petton | 10 May 21:13
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Re: Question about Aida vs Seaside


Le samedi 10 mai 2008 à 10:47 -0400, Rob Rothwell a écrit :
> Sure...I think best "out loud" around other people, so I hope you
> don't mind going "back and forth!"
> 
> I don't think I can call myself a compete Smalltalk "novice" anymore,
> though I still feel like it compared with everyone else out there.  My
> programming experience is purely procedural:  Assembly, VisualBasic,
> etc..., but I was always trying to do Smalltalk-ish stuff.  It has
> taken me a LONG time to be able to do "useful work."
> 
> Also keep in mind that I COMPLETELY missed the web-programming
> movement while I was in the Army.  I have NO experience with HTML,
> CSS, Javascript, etc, etc, etc...
> 
> With that in mind, I found Seaside challenging because it builds on
> your [pre-existing] web knowledge.
> 
> Aida, in my mind, is much "simpler" in this regard, or at least more
> "abstract."  I could actually (for the most part) "figure it out" by
> browsing the classes and the WebDemoApp methods.
> 
> The idea of "naming conventions" confused me at first about Aida--you
> MUST have a domain object (MyObject) that is the domain model for your
> application (MyObjectApp).  Starting and stopping your site is a bit
> rough, and styling your site can be confusing.  I can change the style
> now, but am no good at CSS, so I am limited in what I can change.
> 
> For Squeak, Nicolas is doing some great Scriptaculous work
> (http://nico.bioskop.fr/). 

It's not only for Squeak, but for the next Aida release (6.0) in
general. So it will be available for Squeak, VW and Gemstone/S :)

Cheers!

Nico
-- 
Nicolas Petton
http://nico.bioskop.fr
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         OOOOOOOOO
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Le samedi 10 mai 2008 à 10:47 -0400, Rob Rothwell a écrit :
> Sure...I think best "out loud" around other people, so I hope you
> don't mind going "back and forth!"
> 
> I don't think I can call myself a compete Smalltalk "novice" anymore,
> though I still feel like it compared with everyone else out there.  My
> programming experience is purely procedural:  Assembly, VisualBasic,
> etc..., but I was always trying to do Smalltalk-ish stuff.  It has
> taken me a LONG time to be able to do "useful work."
> 
> Also keep in mind that I COMPLETELY missed the web-programming
> movement while I was in the Army.  I have NO experience with HTML,
> CSS, Javascript, etc, etc, etc...
> 
> With that in mind, I found Seaside challenging because it builds on
> your [pre-existing] web knowledge.
> 
> Aida, in my mind, is much "simpler" in this regard, or at least more
> "abstract."  I could actually (for the most part) "figure it out" by
> browsing the classes and the WebDemoApp methods.
> 
> The idea of "naming conventions" confused me at first about Aida--you
> MUST have a domain object (MyObject) that is the domain model for your
> application (MyObjectApp).  Starting and stopping your site is a bit
> rough, and styling your site can be confusing.  I can change the style
> now, but am no good at CSS, so I am limited in what I can change.
> 
> For Squeak, Nicolas is doing some great Scriptaculous work
> (http://nico.bioskop.fr/). 

It's not only for Squeak, but for the next Aida release (6.0) in
general. So it will be available for Squeak, VW and Gemstone/S :)

Cheers!

Nico
--

-- 
Nicolas Petton
http://nico.bioskop.fr
            ___
          ooooooo
         OOOOOOOOO
        |Smalltalk|
         OOOOOOOOO
          ooooooo
           \   /
            [|]
--------------------------------
Ma clé PGP est disponible ici :
http://nico.bioskop.fr/pgp-key.html

Gmane