Is Seaside still a valid option?

Question

Seaside just released a release candidate for the upcoming 3.0 version, so it appeared on my radar again. As I\'m currently pondering what web framework to use for a future

Answer 1

I find the productivity of working in a Smalltalk IDE with a good set of abstractions outweights all other issues in engineering dominated projects. It works well as an enterprise system for a small company with about 100 (simultaneous, but not heavy) users on a single server (without going to SSD). Since 2007:

• Seaside has shown to be able to make the switch from html workflows to javascript ones;
• Seaside has been ported to a lot of different Smalltalks;
• Has seen Gemstone release GLASS;

The new 'cog' vm with much improved performance has been released a few weeks ago and shows great promise for improved performance.