First Name: Dale
Last Name: Henrichs
Email: dale.henrichs@gemtalksystems.com
Title: Rowan: A new project/package manager

Abstract:
Rowan is a new take on project/package management for Smalltalk.

Last year GemTalk Systems decided to incorporate a git-based source code
management system into our base product.

With Monticello nearly 15 years old, Metacello almost 10 years old, and
FileTree over 5 years old the plan was to build a project/package
management system for GemStone/S from the ground up.

Martin McClure began by designing a file per class disk format as an alternative to FileTree, which eventually became the basis for Tonel.

This year we are building the project loader and in-image project management.

Features include:
- atomic project loading
- first class projects and packages:
- definition-based from top to bottom with project, package, class and method definitions
- a complete "tools" API for working with definitions as well as loaded entities (projects, packages, classes and methods)

Metacello functionality (conditional package loading and project dependencies)
is being handled by disk-based (Rowan) configuration objects.

Jadite is the development GUI for Rowan. The initial version of Jadite is an
adaptation of Jade, a Dolphin-based development environment for GemStone/S that
has been maintained by James Foster for many years.

We are currently working on expanding the functionality of Jadeite to
incorporate Rowan projects and configurations. We also plan on starting work on
a Pharo-based Rowan client later this year.

Bio:
Dale Henrichs is a Principal Engineer at GemTalk Systems and has been working
in Smalltalk since 1985. For the last decade Dale has focused on the development
and support of open source projects for both GemTalk Systems and the Smalltalk
community. His contributions to the Smalltalk community include Metacello,
FileTree, and the GemStone port of Seaside. Recently Dale completed work on a
major rewrite of the GemStone/S indexing system.