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This tutorial is an exploratory introduction to the Seaside 2.5 web framework.

Seaside Tutorial

Seaside represents a new generation of web frameworks: It makes web development simple and fun. Using advanced features ... all » of Squeak, Seaside is able to provide easy to use abstractions for true agile development.

Exploring the Seaside Web Application Framework for Squeak Smalltalk

A Dramatic Improvement in Abstraction and Productivity

Building advanced web applications is notoriously hard and complex. The current state of the art is a modified version of the model-view-controller paradigm, implemented with some kind of server pages, web actions and an object model. But even using the best framework in an advanced environment, there are some major problems.
The request-response cycle of HTTP remains visible, the statelessness of HTTP requires often complex session management, form processing remains an annoying, repetitive task and there is no such thing as components that can be combined freely.

Continuations, or high-level programming abstractions, are often seen as academic toys, but a new breed of Web server can make the average developer much more productive. Continuation servers let you support the Back button in Web browsers and code with a more consistent programming style. Developers the world over recognize Seaside as the top existing continuation server, but Seaside does much mo

Seaside provides an almost complete integration of script.aculo.us, allowing the use of the library without having to write a single line of JavaScript code. Everything can be configured and plugged together using Smalltalk objects. Try by yourself, by clicking trough this functional test suite and by browsing the source-code.