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Torsten Bergmann

New Tool: Catalog Browser in Pharo 5.0

Hi,

maybe you already noticed. The latest update for Pharo 5 which is 50103 (see [1]).
includes a new tool called "Catalog Browser".

Where to go
===========

You will find it under "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser" and it will display the
configs together with the catalog metadata like project description.

The code is managed with a configuration similar to what we have for
a few other packages/projects. The tool was written by Esteban Lorenzano with small
improvements like spotter integration from my side. Feel free to contribute more features.

The repository can be found on SmalltalkHub [2].

This new tool basically gives you access to all available configurations
aggregated at [3]. You can use a small UI to search and load the configs
(see world menu -> "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser".

But you can also use Spotter to load a config.

Example on how to load ScriptManager config:
============================================
- open Spotter (SHIFT + ENTER on Windows, ...)
- type in "Script" and you will find a spotter category "Catalog Projects" with "ScriptManager" in it
- just hit enter and the config is loaded

Same for all others, so try with "Seaside", "MongoTalk", ...

In the short/mid-term this new tool should replace the existing config browser as it
gives more informations about the projects.

What to do next:
================
- give feedback
- we should update all our configs with catalog descriptions
- it would be nice if the spotter integration would include also a preview of the project
description
- ...

If you want to contribute just tell Esteban so he can add you to the project.

Thanks
Esteban & Torsten

[1] http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-dev_lists.pharo.org/2015-June/110964.html
[2] http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~estebanlm/CatalogBrowser
[3] http://catalog.pharo.org/catalog/json

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Tudor Girba-2

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Tool: Catalog Browser in Pharo 5.0

Really cool!

About the spotter integration, it is really nice to be able to search and find new projects like this. Well done.

But, there are two things that I would change:

- Right now, the processor order is 10. If you search for GTSpotter, you will get the catalog project before the class:

I would rather prefer the order to be next to the Metacello configurations, so I would make it 90. The reason is that the things that are in the image should take precedence because they are much more often used.

- For the preview, I would put the details that we have about the project.

- Also, if you are at it, it would be nice to add an inspector extension for showing all projects of a CatalogProvider and to add a load action for a CatalogProject object :)

Cheers,

Doru

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Torsten Bergmann <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,

maybe you already noticed. The latest update for Pharo 5 which is 50103 (see [1]).
includes a new tool called "Catalog Browser".

Where to go
===========

You will find it under "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser" and it will display the
configs together with the catalog metadata like project description.

The code is managed with a configuration similar to what we have for
a few other packages/projects. The tool was written by Esteban Lorenzano with small
improvements like spotter integration from my side. Feel free to contribute more features.

The repository can be found on SmalltalkHub [2].

This new tool basically gives you access to all available configurations
aggregated at [3]. You can use a small UI to search and load the configs
(see world menu -> "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser".

But you can also use Spotter to load a config.

Example on how to load ScriptManager config:
============================================
- open Spotter (SHIFT + ENTER on Windows, ...)
- type in "Script" and you will find a spotter category "Catalog Projects" with "ScriptManager" in it
- just hit enter and the config is loaded

Same for all others, so try with "Seaside", "MongoTalk", ...

In the short/mid-term this new tool should replace the existing config browser as it
gives more informations about the projects.

What to do next:
================
- give feedback
- we should update all our configs with catalog descriptions
- it would be nice if the spotter integration would include also a preview of the project
description
- ...

If you want to contribute just tell Esteban so he can add you to the project.

Thanks
Esteban & Torsten

[1] http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-dev_lists.pharo.org/2015-June/110964.html
[2] http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~estebanlm/CatalogBrowser
[3] http://catalog.pharo.org/catalog/json

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EstebanLM

Re: New Tool: Catalog Browser in Pharo 5.0

In reply to this post by Torsten Bergmann

Hi,

> On 11 Jun 2015, at 08:55, Torsten Bergmann <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> maybe you already noticed. The latest update for Pharo 5 which is 50103 (see [1]).
> includes a new tool called "Catalog Browser".
>
> Where to go
> ===========
>
> You will find it under "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser" and it will display the
> configs together with the catalog metadata like project description.

this is the most important, so people can actually know what a project is about :)
but of course, that depends on you providing information in catalog methods!

>
> The code is managed with a configuration similar to what we have for
> a few other packages/projects. The tool was written by Esteban Lorenzano with small
> improvements like spotter integration from my side. Feel free to contribute more features.
>
> The repository can be found on SmalltalkHub [2].
>
> This new tool basically gives you access to all available configurations
> aggregated at [3]. You can use a small UI to search and load the configs
> (see world menu -> "Tools" -> "Catalog Browser".
>
> But you can also use Spotter to load a config.
>
> Example on how to load ScriptManager config:
> ============================================
> - open Spotter (SHIFT + ENTER on Windows, ...)
> - type in "Script" and you will find a spotter category "Catalog Projects" with "ScriptManager" in it
> - just hit enter and the config is loaded
>
> Same for all others, so try with "Seaside", "MongoTalk", ...
>
> In the short/mid-term this new tool should replace the existing config browser as it
> gives more informations about the projects.
>
> What to do next:
> ================
> - give feedback
> - we should update all our configs with catalog descriptions

please, this is vital to have a good entry point to your projects.

> - it would be nice if the spotter integration would include also a preview of the project
> description
+1

> - ...
>
> If you want to contribute just tell Esteban so he can add you to the project.
well no… I just made it public access, so anyone can commit changes there… :)
(And I will move it to PharoExtras team soon, that’s the correct place once integrated in image… but well… time is tyrant :P)

Esteban

ps: Thanks Torsten to look at it!

>
> Thanks
> Esteban & Torsten
>
> [1] http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-dev_lists.pharo.org/2015-June/110964.html
> [2] http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~estebanlm/CatalogBrowser
> [3] http://catalog.pharo.org/catalog/json<catalogBrowser.png>

Torsten Bergmann

Re: New Tool: Catalog Browser in Pharo 5.0

Esteban wrote:
> > If you want to contribute just tell Esteban so he can add you to the project.
> well no… I just made it public access, so anyone can commit changes there… :)
> (And I will move it to PharoExtras team soon, that’s the correct place once integrated in image… but well… time is tyrant :P)

I moved it to PharoExtras, MCZs are copied and config adopted (with a new version 0.5):

http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~PharoExtras/CatalogBrowser/

This is tracked for integration in:

https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15744/CatalogBrowser-moved-to-PharoExtras

BTW: IMHO we can close https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/15703/

Thanks
T.