Seaside Web Application Framework

See http://seaside.st

A ModalWebFramework that implements WebTransactionsWithContinuations, written in SmalltalkLanguage. Originally inspired by WebObjects and the work of PaulGraham for the YahooStore, it:
* is written in SmalltalkLanguage (originally SqueakSmalltalk)
* optionally uses CallWithCurrentContinuation to provide very sophisticated control flow and backtracking support.

Applications built with it include DabbleDb, a spreadsheet-like database, and PierCms, a wiki and web ContentManagementSystem.

Reading others' code is also a learning activity, since all source code in SeasideFramework is available.

Canadian Smalltalkers AviBryant and JulianFitzell created Seaside in 2001.  Community leaders include LukasRenggli , PhilippeMarschall, and MichelBany.    Version 2.8 was released in 2007, and as of 2009, development of version 3.0 continues under PharoSmalltalk, with ports to other Smalltalks.

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Areas I have found useful in my pursuit of WebAppCreationNirvana:

http://www.root.cz/clanky/seaside-1/ (13 or more sections). As you can see, its written in .cz, but I've learned that when you adapt to the various Smalltalk idioms, the program becomes the documentation.

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How does this compare to RubyOnRails? 

''Rails is a full web development stack. Seaside doesn't provide data-access mechanisms out of the box, even though Magma (a pure Smalltalk object database for Squeak) seems to be a popular combination. I don't think it would be possible to create sites like DabbleDb in an agile manner using anything but a ModalWebFramework.''

There is a port of an early version of Seaside 2 to Ruby, the BorgesFramework (http://borges.rubyforge.org/)

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There was a colloquium on Seaside at PortlandStateUniversity on February 20, 2006.  Presented by AviBryant of Smallthought Systems.
* http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~colloq/bryant.html
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