Extending the Traits UI of Squeak
Traits are new in the version 3.9 of Squeak but are still lacking a sophisticated user interface. The goal of this project would be to extend an early version of a traits browser which is based on the OmniBrowser framework. Ideas:
- in the browser display whether a method is obtained from a trait or not
- if it is from a trait, show in which trait, and provide navigation facilities. Same for local methods that take precedence over a trait method
- make other OmniBrowser tools Traits aware. E.g., sender and implementor windows.
- add refactorings like "extract trait from class" or "inline trait methods"
- combine the browser with the requires browser (an algorithm by Nathanael Schärli which computes all messages of a class that are self-sent but not implemented)
- drag-n-drop support to move methods from a class to a trait)
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