[NTLK] Einstein "Workshop" extension

[Marisa Giancarla]

Fantastic!

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> On Mar 2, 2017, at 3:06 PM, Matthias Melcher <mm at matthiasm.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I want to make you all developers by making it as easy as possible to write and test NewtonScript code with Einstein and publish it to MessagePads and eMates.
> 
> For that, I am in the process of adding a NewtonScript developer environment into Einstein.
> 
> Once it is working, you press Command-3, choose some sample project, and off you go writing new Newton Apps.
> 
> 
> I just commited a very first very rough layout of what I want to do to the Einstein code repository on GitHub: https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein.git , branch is called "Workshop". Target is named "macOS Einstein Workshop". Files are all inside the "Workshop/" directory including a git subtree to Newt/0. As always, code contributions are welcome.
> 
> 
> 
> Reasoning:
> 
> To develop new software for the Newton requires quite a big setup. Using a
> Classic MacOS emulator like BasiliskII confronts users with the particularities
> of MacOS 8 and the hellish NTK and even hellisherer MPW. Using Eckhar köppens
> "tntk" on OS X works well, but requires a steep command line learning curve.
> 
> The Einstein Workshop shall eventually provide a simple "it's just there"
> interface to write and test small and medium size Newton apps without the need 
> to install any additional tools.
> 
> DONE:
>    Even though I do know nothing about Cocoa or ObjectiveC, I managed to got a
>    somewhat decent basic layout for an IDE to run. Proof-of-concept style.
> DONE: 
>    Newt/0 in a fork at https://github.com/MatthiasWM/NEWT0.git
>    compiles and runds in 64 bit mode
> DONE:
>    Newt/0 links and actually works inside Einstein. We will use Newt/0 to
>    compile Newton Script code and store it as a .pkg file.
> DONE:
>    I managed to move remove packages in the emulator, replace them with a new
>    version of that package, and run it. Basically everything required to
>    do little development iterations.
> 
> TODO: Newt/0 must clean up the long pointer hash on NewtCleanup()
> 
> TODO: create, load, and store a Newton project file
> 
> TODO: create, load, edit, and store Newton Script files inside the project
> 
> TODO: compile projects into packages
> 
> TODO: UI: the left field is supposed to hold a list of files in the project
> 
> TODO: UI: the top field should be a syntax highlighting editor
> 
> TODO: UI: the bottom field should output messages and allow for a Toolbox connection
> 
> TODO: write importer for NTK projects
> 
> TODO: write importer for packages and recreate the source code
> 
> TODO: add support for other package parts, fonts, books, etc.
> 
> TODO: maybe even integrate the ARM assembler and C compiler
> 
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