AIDA/Web 6.0 This is how the Web works! Janko Mivšek. ESUG 2008, Amsterdam

1. AIDA/Web 6.0
This is how the Web works!
Janko Mivšek
janko.mivsek@eranova.si

3. Contents
Features
Achievements
Present
Future

4. Contents
Features
Achievements
Present
Future

5. Every object has an URL
Alan Kay:“...I do not know of anybody who is
realized that at the very least every object
should have an URL”
OOPSLA97 talk: The Computer Revolution hasn’t
happened yet
Aida did this one year before

6. Web of objects, web of pages
WWWDomain model

7. Every object as a web page
anObject printString
anObject printWebPage

8. Architecture of AIDA web apps

9. Contents
Features
Achievements
Present
Future

20. Contents
Features
Achievements
Present
Future

21. Finally a logo!

22. Just released
AIDA/Web 6.0 beta
Ready for Scribo CMS
AIDA/Scribo 1.0 beta

23. Supported Smalltalk dialects
Four dialects
Squeak
Gemstone GLASS
VisualWorks
Dolphin
Planned
Smalltalk/X
GNU Smalltalk

24. Aida community
1.5 years
60+ on mailing list
2 core developers
Lot of other contributors
Tutorial translators
Wikipedia entry author
Logo designers
http://www.aidaweb.si/community.html

25. Contents
Features
Achievements
Present
Future

26. Future: tree-like navigation
Graph-like navigation Tree-like navigation

27. Future: tree-like navigation

28. Future: tree-like navigation
Closing the last gap to competition
Support for tree-like navigation
LikeYES/NO dialogs
As is usuall in GUI apps

29. Future: callbacks?
e addButtonText:‘Save’
onSubmitDo: [self observee save]
Breaks MVC?
Spagethi code?
For verification

30. Future: internationalization
Multilangual content
Like on Wikipedia, same topic in multiple languages,
but content not necessary the same
Squeak website in many languages

31. Future: in-place translation
Translation of page text
Traslated directly (in-place) on the page
Translations saved in methods
Like method images for pictures
e addText: #fr ->‘Maintenant’

32. BOOK!

33. Smalltalk community support
Squeak.org website
Squeak Project Manager (SPM)
Squeak code on the Web
SqueakMap“uplift”
....
Long-term goal:
Easy access for us and non Smalltakers
Easy management of projects

34. Thanks for your attention!
www.aidaweb.si