Phratch Website + version 3.0 in dev

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce Phratch website: www.phratch.com

Thanks to the support of ESUG, it is possible to make visible this wonderful project.

For now, what is available on the site:

- a presentation of Phratch (you can refer to it now)

- installation files, there is a portable version for Windows, Linux, MacOS.

- tutorials

- block documentation: generated from a Phratch image !

- Some elements for Jetstorm (a lot of new articles will come soon)

- a category with news

Now about the versions, I am developing the version 3.0

Why this number ? Why a third version in one year of work ?

It is clear that a lot of work is already done. Each version represents strong changes in the architecture.

- version 1.0 is the port of Scratch + BYOB + Panther in Pharo. It is working but not extendable.

- version 2.0 makes Phratch really extendable. We can develop our own block for everything in Pharo. I also make Phratch more modular with the use of Pragmas for some menus, declaration of blocks… It is available only in Pharo 3.0. There are some languages available, I hope more people can translate in other languages (http://www.phratch.com/archives/612).

- version 3.0 is the version in development. What is new here: Before this version Phratch was really slow. I am cleaning the code, and now it begins to be fast, really fast ! We also begun to write tests.

I am really happy to have the support of ESUG and Pharo.

Thanks to the community to make Pharo as usable as it it, it makes our dreams possible.

Cheers,

~~Jannik Laval~~
École des Mines de Douai
Enseignant-chercheur
http://www.jannik-laval.eu
http://car.mines-douai.fr/