Why I Love Squeak

addMonticelloFlap
 | newTab monticelloBrowser |
 newTab := Flaps newFlapTitled: 'Monticello' onEdge: #bottom.
 self currentWorld addMorphFront: newTab.
 newTab adaptToWorld: self currentWorld.
 Flaps addGlobalFlap: newTab.
 newTab showFlap.
 monticelloBrowser := MCWorkingCopyBrowser new.
 (monticelloBrowser window)
  openInWorld: newTab referent extent: monticelloBrowser defaultExtent;
  topLeft: newTab referent topLeft + (10 @ 10).
 newTab referent height: monticelloBrowser window height + 20.
 newTab hideFlap

The above code snippet adds a new global flap to the Squeak environment. Inside the flap is the Monticello browser. I've been doing this in my Squeak images for a long time, but doing the above by hand for each image. I went into the system and figured out what each of the menu items did to create the above. This is simple in Squeak because everything in Morphic is inspectable. It allowed me to create the script you see.

The reason for having a Monticello browser in a global flap is so that you can always have it open in every project and easily accessible. I like to have a Squeak project for everything I do and like having one Monticello browser.

The above was not much effort and took little time to figure out. Love is.