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Glamorous Toolkit (https://gtoolkit.com https://gtoolkit.com) by feenk, which embodies the thesis of this blog post, is in my opinion the most exciting working
by jarmitage 6y ago
Glamorous Toolkit (https://gtoolkit.com https://gtoolkit.com) by feenk, which embodies the thesis of this blog post, is in my opinion the most exciting working development environment in decades. I think in 5-10 years people will be pointing to it as having a huge impact on the industry.
I implore anyone serious about changing how software development works to digest Andrei Chis' thesis Moldable Tools: http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/phd/chis-phd.pdf http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/phd/chis-phd.pdf
Once you understand the consequences of reducing the cost of specialised tool development by orders of magnitude, it becomes obvious that a qualitative change in experience follows, that brings us much closer to what people like Engelbart were searching for.
- vanderZwan 6y ago> Glamorous Toolkit is implemented in Pharo, but it's made to work for many languages. Ooooh, now I am interested. I really enjoyed exploring Pharo but couldn't combine it with work. But getting to play with Pharo for a work-environment while still being able to do my day job sounds very appealing
- tudorgirba 6y agoYep. It can be directly used in several scenarios for systems built in all sorts of technologies. Join the conversation :).
- bmitc 6y agoThanks for the links and references! I am very interested in these things. One of the things I hate most about being a software developer is the tool infrastructure. I want documentation that’s accurate (actually, that would save probably at least 50% of my time), interactive documentation and debugging, little GUIs that help with various tasks, etc. I am actually working on my own vision of this, but it is slow going.