Download and installation instructions

For inpatient here is a One-Click Pharo image for Linux, Mac or Windows, which you can download by clicking:

Aida 6.5 on Pharo 1.4

After download unpack it and click .sh on Linux, .app on Mac or .lnk on Windows to start an image then in web browser open http://localhost:8888 and voila, your brand new Aida web application server is ready!

About Smalltalk

AIDA/Web is a Smalltalk application, therefore you need a Smalltalk first. To start with Smalltalk please visit the World of Smalltalk first. Then you need to choose a Smalltalk dialect. Currently Aida/Web supports six dialects:

• Squeak and Pharo, open source, download it here and here
  
• Gemstone/S from Gemstone, download GLASS here
• VisualWorks and ObjectStudio from Cincom, download Personal-use version here
  
• Dolphin Smalltalk from ObjectArts, download it here.
• Smalltalk/X from Exept, download free version here.

If you are new to Smalltalk read an on-line book Pharo by Example for a start.

Stable release

1. Download:

• Squeak and Pharo:
  • skip to Install
• Gemstone GLASS
  
  • follow the guide Running Aida/Web on Gemstone GLASS
    
• VisualWorks:
  •    VisualWorks CD already includes Aida/Web, just open Parcel Manager and in tab Suggestions>Web Development load parcel AIDAWeb.
  • Cincom Public Repository, bundle AIDA/Web
  • VW parcels can be also downloaded from: http://ftp.aidaweb.si/aida/aida-6.4-vw-parcels.tar.gz (Swazoo parcels included)
    
• Dolphin Smalltalk:
  • http://ftp.aidaweb.si/aida/aida-6.0-dolphin.zip (includes Swazoo 2.2)
    
• Smalltalk/X
  • http://smalltalk.felk.cvut.cz/download/aida/aida+swazoo+sport_09.12.2008.zip

2. Install:

• Pharo: load with the following script:

  Gofer new
    squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository';
    package: 'ConfigurationOfAida';
    load.

  (Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfAida) load.

• Squeak:
  1. From Monticello install packages in that order: Sport-2.031.mcz and Swazoo-2.3beta3.1.mcz (from SqueakSource), Aida6.5-interim.0.mcz (from mc.aidaweb.si)
     
• Gemstone GLASS
  1. follow the guide mentioned above
• VisualWorks:
  
  1. load parcel or bundle Swazoo 2.3 beta2
  2. load parcel or bundle AIDAWeb 6.5
• Dolphin Smalltalk:
  1. unpack .zip
  2. install package AIDA Dolphin.pac (will load other packages as prerequisites)
• Smalltalk/X
  • Smalltalk loadPackage: 'stx:goodies/aida'
  • Aida::SwazooAida startOn: 8888

3. Run:

1. In web browser open http://localhost:8888
2. login with username: admin, password: password