Produce several tutorial applications for Suixo. These applications should demonstrate:
- How to start using the framework in your application.
- What benefits the framework will bring (see technical details)
- When to use a domain model driven user interface (i.e. naked objects) and when to use a workflow driven user interface
- How to apply domain driven design
- The advantage of using Smalltalk Seaside as development environment for enterprise applications
Technical details
Context
Suixo is an open source Smalltalk Seaside application framework used to build a.o. a vertical market solution for healthcare. The healthcare solution is currently used daily by about 80 users. Suixo is an application level framework that currently features:
- Workflow engine
- Generic reusable business model
- Party model (company / person)
- Time tracking
- Role based access control
- Content management system
Used technology
Suixo integrates the following technologies into an application level framework:
- Pharo (virtual machine)
- Seaside (web framework)
- Glorp (ORM)
- Postgres (persistence)
- Scriptaculous ui (Ajax components)
- ShoreComponents (widgets)
- Mold (meta model)
- Graphviz (workflow visualisation)
- Flotr (graphics)
- Soap (webservices)
Goal
Currently the framework has a steep learning curve, because it uses many technologies of the Smalltalk Seaside environment. The tutorial applications should make the framework more accessible.
Benefits to the Student
- Exposure to high level frameworks
- Designing large and complex applications
- Working in an agile environment
Benefits to the Community
- Make Pharo/Seaside a more appealing open source environment for the development of enterprise applications:
- Demonstrates Smalltalk Seaside viability for large and complex applications
- Better accessability of application level reusable functionality
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