Amber support in Aida/Web

Introduction

Amber (formelly Jtalk) is a Smalltalk over JavaScript, developed by Nicolas Petton. From the website: Amber is an implementation of the Smalltalk language that runs on top of the JavaScript runtime. It is designed to make client-side development faster and easier. 

Amber website: amber-lang.net.

Plans with Amber in Aida

  • client-side programming
  • partitioning of web apps between client and server side
  • only Smalltalk everywhere
  • integration into node.js environments

Usage in Aida

  • currently just an amber.js library is added to WebStyle
  • call 'self style ensureAmber'