[squeak-dev] [ANN] First public version of rSTAdd-ons (Remote Smalltalk)

> Very interesting work Sebastián.
>
> I will try asap and count me as one of the "users" of rST.
>
> Cheers.
> Germán.
>
>
> 2008/4/16, Sebastian Sastre <[hidden email]>:
> > Hi there,
> >
> >         I've released rSTAdd-ons package. I've been working with rST and
> found
> > some issues and improvements I needed which I was monkey-patching in this
> add
> > ons package privately. As others here I've believe on the gains the open
> model
> > can bring to us so I'm releasing all this in squeak source under MIT
> license.
> >
> >         All tests are green. You can find it at rST repository.
> >
> >         This add ons mainly add one feature and starts housekeeping which
> will
> > be evaluated to selectively incorporate in main rST package in team work.
> >
> >         If you use rST in your projects or for any reason you are willing
> to
> > cooperate on maintaining and/or improving it please be my guest to write
> about
> > it to coordinate efforts in that regard. For its future I've made some
> tests to
> > prove we can improve its performance by about x10. Some discussion is
> needed
> > about it to see the more convenient strategy for that.
> >
> >         So today what's new about it?
> >
> >         The more remarcable feature added by rSTAdd-ons package is in
> > BlockContext. You can do things like:
> >
> > | salute |
> > salute := 'hello world'.
> > [1 to: 3 do:[:index|
> >         Transcript cr; show: salute, index asString] valueAt:
> '192.168.1.5'
> > port: 9999.
> >
> > ...or this one:
> >
> > | salute remote |
> > salute := 'hello world'.
> > remote := 'Transcript@192.168.1.5' asLocalObject.
> > [1 to: 3 do:[:index|
> >         remote cr; show: salute, index asString] valueAt: '192.168.1.5'
> port:
> > 9999.
> >
> > (of course all that from other host than 192.168.1.5)
> >
> > That's was critical to be able to create new objects in the remote image
> from
> > "data" in a client image. Also for updating objects. This allows to easily
> use
> > an image as an ODB. If you add some disk support (like Sandstone) you have
> a
> > pretty interesting persistence alternative. Specially for those who use
> Seaside
> > or any scalability hungry architecture by allowing to prevent points of
> > contention in the persistence layer.
> >
> > Other feature is about increasing security by using BoundedTcpListener so
> the
> > broker accepts incoming connections to the specified ip and not from
> others.
> >
> > Also removed some dependecies on Microsoft Windows so in linux all tests
> can be
> > green
> >
> >         cheers,
> >
> >
> > Sebastian Sastre
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] En
> nombre de Jason Rogers
> Enviado el: Viernes, 18 de Abril de 2008 12:42
> Para: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Asunto: Re: [squeak-dev] [ANN] First public version of
> rSTAdd-ons (RemoteSmalltalk)
>
> Sebasitian,
>
> This is pretty nice.  I wanted to clarify something.  You said "(of
> course all that from other host than 192.168.1.5)".  Is there
> something in the package that prevents communication between two
> images on the same machine, using different ports of course?
>
> --
> Jason
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Germán Arduino
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Very interesting work Sebastián.
> >
> > I will try asap and count me as one of the "users" of rST.
> >
> > Cheers.
> > Germán.
> >
> >
> > 2008/4/16, Sebastian Sastre <[hidden email]>:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > >         I've released rSTAdd-ons package. I've been
> working with rST and
> > found
> > > some issues and improvements I needed which I was
> monkey-patching in this
> > add
> > > ons package privately. As others here I've believe on the
> gains the open
> > model
> > > can bring to us so I'm releasing all this in squeak
> source under MIT
> > license.
> > >
> > >         All tests are green. You can find it at rST repository.
> > >
> > >         This add ons mainly add one feature and starts
> housekeeping which
> > will
> > > be evaluated to selectively incorporate in main rST
> package in team work.
> > >
> > >         If you use rST in your projects or for any reason
> you are willing
> > to
> > > cooperate on maintaining and/or improving it please be my
> guest to write
> > about
> > > it to coordinate efforts in that regard. For its future
> I've made some
> > tests to
> > > prove we can improve its performance by about x10. Some
> discussion is
> > needed
> > > about it to see the more convenient strategy for that.
> > >
> > >         So today what's new about it?
> > >
> > >         The more remarcable feature added by rSTAdd-ons
> package is in
> > > BlockContext. You can do things like:
> > >
> > > | salute |
> > > salute := 'hello world'.
> > > [1 to: 3 do:[:index|
> > >         Transcript cr; show: salute, index asString] valueAt:
> > '192.168.1.5'
> > > port: 9999.
> > >
> > > ...or this one:
> > >
> > > | salute remote |
> > > salute := 'hello world'.
> > > remote := 'Transcript@192.168.1.5' asLocalObject.
> > > [1 to: 3 do:[:index|
> > >         remote cr; show: salute, index asString] valueAt:
> '192.168.1.5'
> > port:
> > > 9999.
> > >
> > > (of course all that from other host than 192.168.1.5)
> > >
> > > That's was critical to be able to create new objects in
> the remote image
> > from
> > > "data" in a client image. Also for updating objects. This
> allows to easily
> > use
> > > an image as an ODB. If you add some disk support (like
> Sandstone) you have
> > a
> > > pretty interesting persistence alternative. Specially for
> those who use
> > Seaside
> > > or any scalability hungry architecture by allowing to
> prevent points of
> > > contention in the persistence layer.
> > >
> > > Other feature is about increasing security by using
> BoundedTcpListener so
> > the
> > > broker accepts incoming connections to the specified ip
> and not from
> > others.
> > >
> > > Also removed some dependecies on Microsoft Windows so in
> linux all tests
> > can be
> > > green
> > >
> > >         cheers,
> > >
> > >
> > > Sebastian Sastre
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jason Rogers
>
> "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
> yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
> which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of
> the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
> himself for me."
>  Galatians 2:20
>