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Cruiser: A Tool to Package Pharo Applications

Cruiser is an executable tool that simplifies packaging Pharo applications without requiring write access or developer tools. It offers a list of actions grouped by topic, making initialization, copying, configuring, and cleaning seamless. Tested with Windows and Pharo 7.0 (Beta), Cruiser is highly configurable with fast deployment. Future plans include integration within the Pharo Launcher, supporting other platforms, bug fixes for Pharo 7 evolution, and adding new features like loading baselines and copying resources. Join the Pharo community and enhance your application packaging with Cruiser.

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Cruiser: A Tool to Package Pharo Applications

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  1. Cruiser:A Tool to Package Pharo Applications Vincent BLONDEAU 9/11/2018

  2. Who I am • PhD: Test Selection Practices in a Large IT Company • Post doc @ Lam Research: • Full stack team (Chris Thorgrimsson)

  3. All Begins with…. Single Chip The Product 300 mm Wafer Source: Intel Museum

  4. Which Get Turned Into…

  5. And Go Into Things Like This…

  6. What my Team Does • We write the software that runs the machines • We are responsible for infrastructure • Operational infrastructure • The core set of code/libraries/frameworks that run the machines • Tooling infrastructure • Tools for the developers • CI: Jenkins • SCM: Store, Git • Test: Sunit, ATAC • Smalltalk • C/C++/C# • Java • JavaScript

  7. An Example Machine

  8. Lam Research does not use Pharo so why Pharo? • It is currently the leading Smalltalk “idea incubator” • If we like what we see, we will invest in porting • Adopted by the Smalltalk academic & research community • Engagement with the academic community is vital • I am with Lam because of this engagement • Pharo embraces opensource • If we commit to backing work in Pharo (or Squeak) we will commit to making that work open • Roassal • IntelSoft • GraphQL • ObjectChanges • Snowglobe

  9. A First Thing to do Packaging tool: • Where configurating and adding new features is easy • With the good Virtual Machine • Without writing to the file system • Without access to developers tools Cruiser • Executable • Idea

  10. What does that do?

  11. How it Works • List of actions for the packaging • Actions grouped by topic: • Initialization • Copy • Configure • Cleaning Actions • User operations • Finalizing • Based on the settings engine • Pragmas: no strong coupling • Actions are easy to create

  12. How to use it? • Repository: https://github.com/VincentBlondeau/Cruiser • Tested and working with • Windows • Pharo 7.0 (Beta)

  13. An Example with the Pharo Launcher Thursday, 3:30pm

  14. Conclusion • Cruiser • Package Pharo applications • No write access • No developer tools • Highly configurable • Fast deployment

  15. Future Work • Integration inside the Pharo Launcher • Support other platforms • Solve new bugs due to the evolution of Pharo 7 • Avoid to use ProcessWrapper DLL • Implies no-blocking FFI multi-threading • Add new features • Loading baseline and configurations • Copy Resources • Other ideas?

  16. Summary https://github.com/VincentBlondeau/Cruiser

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