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Original Post: Some cool stuff for VW 7.2
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For those of you who haven't seen the early releases of VW 7.2, there are a number of niceties coming down the pike:
As you type filtering of packages and bundles in the Store published items list
Same behavior in the Store Loaded Items view
A Class creation dialog - which makes specifying the various options clearer, and provides reasonable defaults
While these things seem minimal, they make working with the system much more pleasant. It's all part of the long term effort to make VisualWorks easier to use. Another thing to take note of is the delivery of Beta 3 of Pollock. Pollock is the new GUI under development for VW - for news on the process, read Sam Shuster's blog. There's still a lot to be done on Pollock, but what's there has enough meat to take a serious look at.
Also new to preview is GLORP - the open source O/R mapping framework for Smalltalk. While GLORP is not complete, work is progressing steadily - and with a lot of very welcome help from the community
Make sure to check here for updated information on the fall release!
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