[Glass] GS for OSX

Fri Sep 27 09:01:14 PDT 2013

Hi,
Where can I read about the "new GS for OSX" ?
Thanks,

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:43 PM, James Foster <
James.Foster at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:

> I'm working on the PaaS support (did you catch my ESUG presentation at
> https://programminggems.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/video-of-esug-2013-presentation/?).
> I'd be interested in working with a few people who would like to have
> GemStone as a PaaS.
>
> As to interfacing Ruby to GS, see https://github.com/jgfoster/topaz_web,
> https://github.com/jgfoster/gemstone_ruby_sample, and
> https://github.com/jgfoster/gemstone_ruby (this is hard-coded to 3.1.0.4
> for now).
>
> James
>
> On Sep 27, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Charles Monteiro <charles at nycsmalltalk.org>
> wrote:
>
> good man, unlike those traitors that darted over from Cincom to Google :)
>
> One of the reasons I don't use Gemstone/ S for my own pet projects is
> because I can't get any Paas support,and  its just too costly (for me) to
> keep a server up on EC2, the other issue would be a lightweight way of
> doing http service calls to GS , perhaps have a Ruby C lib interface to a
> linked gem ?, with something like Sinatra backed by a fast http server
> fronting it, not convinced that Seaside  on GS or Aida will scale, I
> actually have local clients doing http calls i,e. not a web app
>
> Gemstone / S is awesome but I wont' be interfacing to it via VW any more
> and thus that changes the proposition for me which is why Maglev has peaked
> my interest but ti seems that project is stagnating
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:03 AM, James Foster <
> James.Foster at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>
>> I think that most of the ESUG attendees were either employed or students.
>> ;-)
>>
>> If you are developing a web-based application you could certainly use a
>> Mac for development (with testing on a Windows machine). I'm also looking
>> at making it easier to use a hosted server for GemStone/S development.
>>
>> I'm not really a good person to give advice on Ruby (including MagLev)
>> since I'd do my best to stay with Smalltalk.
>>
>> James
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2013, at 7:54 AM, Charles Monteiro <charles at nycsmalltalk.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> the other question is how many of those are employed :), anyhow I do use
>> a Mac mini as my main dev machine but have Windows on vmware  since our
>> clients deploy the UI apps on Window boxes, sure webtools would be fine, in
>> the case of maglev would you use Sinatra?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:06 AM, James Foster <
>> James.Foster at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Charles,
>>>
>>> Good question, and the answer is no, we do not expect people to deploy
>>> on a Mac. The goal is to make development easier, especially for those who
>>> are using Smalltalk but have not tried GemStone. Take a look a what
>>> machines Smalltalk developers are using (
>>> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201373129904046) and you get
>>> an idea of what I have in mind.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jupiter,
>>>
>>> You have several options: (1) you can enter a port number in the field
>>> that currently has a name, (2) you can add the name & port to your local
>>> /etc/services, and (3) if you start your client from a shell that has the
>>> proper environment (e.g., using the 'Terminal' button), then the name
>>> should map properly to the port.
>>>
>>> As to a client UI, at first I was thinking of duplicating Jade for
>>> Windows (http://seaside.gemtalksystems.com/jade/), but now I'm leaning
>>> toward a web-based suite of tools (https://github.com/jgfoster/webtools
>>> ).
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> On Sep 27, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Charles Monteiro <charles at nycsmalltalk.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> question, not trying to be critical, the mac app does look great and I
>>> can see how its very helpful for development purposes but folks would not
>>> really deploy on a Mac OS X server ? or would they ?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Jupiter Jones <jupiter.jones at mail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been playing with the new GS for OSX and it's everything a one
>>>> button mouse user could ask for :)
>>>>
>>>> I only have one feature request - the ability to set the netldi port
>>>> along with the name. That would save having to update the configurations…
>>>> unless I can use the name rather than the port. Just thought of that while
>>>> typing - will have to give it a try.
>>>>
>>>> Also, keen to know what's going to happen when we can create Logins… A
>>>> OSX native tODE? Now that would be awesome!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the great app!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Jupiter
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