[Cuis] Patterns

[Dan Norton]

On 6 Nov 2015 at 15:28, Juan Vuletich wrote Re: [Cuis] ColorEditor updated:

> Hi Ken,
> 
> On 11/2/2015 8:27 PM, KenD wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > However, class comments are not usually where design patterns show
> up.  8^|
> >
> > In the case of #when:send:to: I suggest a slightly larger
> discussion around building paned windows which update dependent
> panes.
> >
> > What constitutes good style?  What code patterns help?
> >
> > Think "Useful Code Patterns" to augment "Useful Expressions".
> 
> In 2009 I wrote 
> http://www.jvuletich.org/LightWidgets/AnExampleOfLightWidgetsProgram
> ming.txt 
> and 
> http://www.jvuletich.org/LightWidgets/ProgrammingWithLightWidgets.tx
> t . 
> I've had the idea of making all the GUI code in Cuis follow this
> style. 
> But time is always short...
> 

As one who benefits greatly from studying other people's code ;-) I favor copy and paste over 
reading prose. The most useful "Useful Code Patterns" would be something in a code 
window like "Useful Expressions" IMO. But where UE is code line oriented, it needs to be 
class and method orented.  It would be heavily commented as to what is on a line, or in a 
method, and why, because this is a big problem with Smalltalk in many cases. Once pasted, 
the comments would be customized or removed.

I started a package with a model and a view, trying to be minimalist about getting them to 
simply put up a window without bringing up the debugger. There are lots of comments. 
Please take a look and give me yours.

	https://github.com/dhnorton/Cuis-Smalltalk-patterns

It tries to be the most efficient, direct, and simple pattern for opening a view on a model in 
Cuis. It's deliberately not glitzy. Glitz is added by the user. Next, I plan to incorporate 
#when:send:to: fundamentals.

 - Dan
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