Re: installation on server

Painful? There is a one-click installer on SqueakMap that provides automatically loads all the requirements to run Pier. I will soon provide a similar one-click installation for Seaside, as discussed at Smalltalk Solutions, unfortunately that had to wait because I was busy finishing my Master Thesis. You copy a ready image, that you created on a desktop machine, to the server. This is what we are doing for most of our applications. The nature of Smalltalk allows one to interact, e.g. update code, fix problems, load plugins, with the application while it is running. There is usually no need to have a down-time or to setup a second server to take over while doing maintenance work. It is possible to run Squeak without a graphical user interface though, however this will take away a lot of power from the environment. If you server doesn't allow to have a graphical user interface it is also possible to install a VNC server in your image so you can interact like that. Cheers, Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch