I don't much like this nice idea. Why? see all the (self flags: #toRemove) and such kind of annotations in Squeak. Then tend to last much longer than due. A todo list should have a (short) expiration date. Maybe a method with expired todo should be purely and simply erased ;)
2013/12/12 Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> > Nice idea Torsten, this kind of tricks ;-) > Maybe we can save them online somewhere ? > gists.github.com ? > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > the mailinglist, stackoverflow and other Pharo related medias are > typically used > > in the "here is a question to problem" followed by an "answer from > community" style. > > > > But lets also think the other way around: if we already have a solution > for a > > problem that others may have too or may have in the future we should > share the > > answer/solution as well. > > > > I'm sure many of you have some tricks that make developing with Pharo > much easier > > and others can profit from these tricks if we share them here on the > list. > > > > Be it > > - a simple and useful script > > - a simple key combination other may not yet know of > > - a package one can use or how you use it > > - a link to a nice description on the web related on how to use Pharo > > - a custom tool that makes development easier > > - an algorithm or something that you think was solved very elegant > > - a way you solved a common problem easily in your app > > - ... > > > > Then just describe it in a few lines and post it. Also write in which > Pharo > > version you tried it - this makes it easier for others to see in which > > version the trick/solution is known to work. > > > > The idea goes like this: if you have a trick to share then send a mail > with > > subject "Pharo Trick: #xxxx] - Short Description" to the Pharo dev AND > Pharo user > > list (see http://lists.pharo.org). Make sure to increase the trick > counter xxxx. > > > > Using this special subject one can later easily get the tricks from the > > mailinglist archive. Also others can refer to the trick if it solves a > common > > problem other may ask for on the list. > > > > Lets see if we are able to reach the goals of 100, 1000 or more Pharo > tricks ;) > > > > Bye > > T. > > > > > > I will start with something easy but useful: > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [Pharo Trick: #0001] - Simple TODO > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Works in: Pharo3.0 Latest update: #30635 but should work in other > versions too > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > If you develop an app with Pharo you may not yet fully implement all > features. > > Some kind of marker for future "ToDo's" is often needed. Using a pragma > on a method is > > the easiest solution here: > > > > foo > > <todo: 'Add world later'> > > "That method is not yet fully implemented" > > > > Transcript show: 'Hello' > > > > > > Using a simple expression in the workspace you can browse all the TODOs > for your > > project afterwards in a window: > > > > SystemNavigation default browseAllSendersOf: #todo: > > > > You can even query the system for the todo descriptions if you need the > full > > list of things to work on: > > > > (PragmaCollector filter: [:prg | prg keyword = 'todo:']) > > reset; > > collect: [:each| each arguments first ] > > > > As the pragma keyword #todo: is very common and may be used by others too > > it may be wise to use a custom one like "myappplicationTodo:" or similar. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > Serge Stinckwich > UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) > Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk > http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/ > >
