[ann] moose 5.0

Hi, Guys, 

I'm not (yet) working on Pharo (still VW and some VisualSmalltalk in the few time left free from my main job), but I follow what you do (not just you but all the community) and I have to admit you (all) work really hard. Bergel is doing a fantastic job, and your Moose is very nice, etc. 

But, I really liked the presentation of the GT stuff, I can understand the energy you put behind your work.

Great work. I'm happy you are on the ST community and working on the language (ST) i like the most. Thanks!

 (Oh, I know you don't like to have Pharo called Smalltalk, but I don't like religion's wars, so that is yet smalltalk, for me).

BTW: Happy Holidays to all.

Giorgio

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Tudor Girba <[hidden email]> wrote:

We are happy to announce Moose 5.0:

*http://moosetechnology.org/#install*

Description

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This is by far the most extensive Moose release to date. Just take a look at these two trailers.

- Spotter: https://vimeo.com/113832673

- Inspector: https://vimeo.com/103463364

The key highlights are:

- It is based on Pharo 3.0.

- Roassal2 is a complete reimplementation of the core visual engine of Moose.

- Roassal2 replaced Roassal, EyeSee and Graph-ET, and it features many new things including smooth animations, new composeable builders and several new layouts.

- All built-in Moose visualizations use Roassal2.

- Glamour has been extended with a Pager browser and with Rubric as the main text editor.

- GTSpotter is a new tool that makes it possible to find objects fast.

- GTInspector saw major usability improvements based on the Pager browser, and it now comes with many object specific extensions.

- GTPlayground provides a new way to handle scripts and when combined with GTInspector, it can replace the dedicated easels and editors.

- Moose Finder has been extended with the ability of handling in place visualizations.

- GTDebugger has been strengthen and was made more robust.

- PetitParser has been extended with the notion of context which enables elegant island parsing.

A list of issues addressed in this release can be found at:

http://code.google.com/p/moose-technology/issues/list?can=1&q=status=Fixed%20milestone=5.0

Installation

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The Moose Suite 5.0 comes for each platform as a separate bundle:

- *Moose Suite 5.0 for Mac>http://moosetechnology.org/res/download/moose_suite_5_0-mac.zip*

- *Moose Suite 5.0 for Windows>http://moosetechnology.org/res/download/moose_suite_5_0-win.zip*

- *Moose Suite 5.0 for Linux>http://moosetechnology.org/res/download/moose_suite_5_0-linux.zip*

The Moose Suite 5.0 can also be loaded in a Pharo 3.0 image either from the Configuration Browser, or by executing the following script:

==Gofer new

==      smalltalkhubUser: 'Moose' project: 'Moose';

==      configuration;

==      loadStable

Happy holidays!

The Moose team