Develop in Pharo, then deploy to GemStone.
# pharo4gem
Develop in Pharo, then deploy to GemStone.
## Author: AlbertLee (hanzhupeng@qq.com)
## Intro
GemStone is a great Object Database and Smalltalk sys. Pharo is my favorite Smalltalk develop environment.
Unfortunately, the develop toolchain for gemstone is weird and out dated. I cannot install GemTool. I must using Jade on Windows, and connect to a Unix/Mac server.
I want to use Pharo, so I write this simple tool.
Develop in Pharo, and then use this tool to translate to a topaz script. Then input it from topaz shell.
## 介绍
GemStone 的开发环境比较折腾，GemTool似乎年久失修。目前我搞定的环境是在Windows下跑Jade，连Mac/Linux下的服务器。出门要带两台电脑。。。（VirtualBox最近也不好用）。我还是希望用Pharo来做系统的设计开发，然后用转换工具把代码转到GemStone里去部署。
预计需要几步：
1. 代码的转换，这个比较容易
2. GemStone特殊的容器类的Pharo兼容层
## Usage
```smalltalk
"Export YourClass to /tmp/YourClass.topaz file"
GemHelper exportClass: YourClass toFile: '/tmp/YourClass.topaz'.
"Export several classes to a dir"
GemHelper exportClasses: {YourClass1 . YourClass2} toDir: '/tmp/somedir'.
"Export all classes in YourPackageName to a dir (seperate files)"
GemHelper exportPackage: 'YourPackageName' toDir: '/somedir'.
```