User's Guide
The team-development environment manages Smalltalk source code at four
levels:
- Methods
- Individual methods (or scripts) are the smallest unit of source code that
the library maintains. Each time a method is changed and saved, an
edition of its source code is saved in the library, so that individual changes
can be tracked and managed as classes are developed.
- Classes
- Classes (or parts), which typically contain several methods, are also
tracked in the library. As the methods of a class become more complete,
developers can create versions of classes, and share them with
other developers.
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Applications
- Sets of classes are collected into applications. Developers can
also create and share versions of applications.
-
Maps
- Sets of applications form configuration maps. Maps
provide an easy way to share applications with the entire team of
developers. Maps can also be used to import and export sets of
applications between libraries.
Unlike traditional source code management systems, where source files are
checked out and checked in, VisualAge's access control authorizes groups
of developers to work on specific classes and applications. Day-to-day,
these group members create new editions of methods and classes. Each
class, application, and map also has a single owner, or manager, who can
release stable versions of it at appropriate times.
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