Smalltalk - [ANN] Pharo Launcher 2.0 released!

[ANN] Pharo Launcher 2.0 released!

Posted by demarey on Apr 17, 2020; 4:08pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/ANN-Pharo-Launcher-2-0-released-tp5115123.html

Hi all,

Pharo Launcher 2.0 has just been released! It is available from http://pharo.org/download.

This new version introduces major changes:

The UI has been fully rewritten using the new Spec2 framework and the Commander2 library. UI has been revamped to increase usability, especially for newcomers. The main window is now composed of a toolbar and the list of images. The template list is now available when clicking on the new image button.
Documentation web site : All Pharo Launcher features are now explained in the new documentation available at https://pharo-project.github.io/pharo-launcher. You can contribute easily by clicking the *edit on GitHub* button.
You can now have many launch configurations for an image (VM to use, vm and image arguments). It means you can use headless Pharo VM from Pharo Launcher.
When creating a new image, you can specify an initialisation script that will be run once at the first image launch. It is useful to load your project code in a stock Pharo image for example. See https://pharo-project.github.io/pharo-launcher/create-images/#image-initialization-script
You can now define your own template sources in addition to official sources (see https://pharo-project.github.io/pharo-launcher/templates/#create-your-own-list-of-template-categories), including authenticated sources.
Improved image metadata. Pharo Launcher now manages all image metadata in a single STON file (including description, Pharo version).

Big thanks to all contributors, including issue reports. It is also the opportunity to thanks Damien Cassou, the original author of Pharo Launcher.

Here is the changelog:

Here are some highlights:

New features:

Improvements:

Bug fixes:

Regards,

The Pharo team.