Torch is a tool for supporting change integration with Monticello repositories.

Both tools are used in the ongoing Pharo development process. You can find on their respective webpage a small tutorial to learn the basics.

You can play with it by using the ready made one-click distribution.

You can test the current version by downloading the latest nightly build.

This approach starts from the premise that assessment is an act of reasoning, but when large amounts of data are involved, we need tools to deal with all details. The novelty comes from the idea that tools should bend around humans, rather than requiring humans to conform to them.

This idea is made practical through the extensive and flexible platform offered by Moose.

This is the first fully open source release of Moose: it is based on Pharo 1.0 released under MIT, and all its components are available under a BSD/MIT license.

What is new

Core developments:

• New meta-meta-model: FM3 implemented in Fame
• New FAMIX 3 meta-model defined using Fame
• New query interface for FAMIX
• FAMIX extensions for Java to support annotations and exceptions
• Glamour: new generic engine for scripting browsers
• Merlin: a new framework for defining wizards
• MooseAlgos: Improved generic algorithms for graph and data manipulation
• PetitParser: a novel framework for defining modular parsers
• Improved Mondrian engine for scripting graph-based visualizations
• Arki: a framework for fast creation of custom reports

Improved user interface:

• Extensible Moose Finder based on Glamour with integrated visualizations and query facilities
• Moose meta-model browser
• Wizard-based importers for Smalltalk and Java (with inFusion)
• Customizable System Complexity visualization
• Customizable Distribution Map visualization
• Several dedicated browsers and viualizations

Better technical infrastructure:

• Hudson-based integration server
• Metacello project versioning
• Fame lint rules

Improved documentation:

• The Moose Book: http://themoosebook.org

Other applications:

• The Package Blueprint visualization
• Enriched DSM (eDSM): a suite of tools for detecting dependency cycles
• SmallDude: duplication detection engine
• Distribution Map engine

External applications:

• Aspect Maps: a visual tool for understanding Java aspects
• Spy: a Smalltalk dynamic analysis instrumentation
• AutoMoose: an integration of Moose with the command line
• Moose JEE: a set of tools dedicated to the analysis of JEE systems
• CAnalyzer: a parser and a set of visualizations to analyze C systems
• Tighter integration with inFusion for Java parsing

A complete list of issues fixed in this release can be found at: http://code.google.com/p/moose-technology/issues/list?can=1&q=status=Fixed%20milestone=4.0

Future plans

An incomplete set of future actions:

• Trait-based FAMIX metamodel for better conceptual clarity and more reuse
• Better layered architecture nearing Pharo core: the goal is to ease the path from a Moose prototype to a stand-alone tool for Pharo.
• Improved FAMIX query API
• Improved Glamour engine
• Improved Mondrian engine
• EyeSee engine for drawing charts
• Better browsers for various analyses use cases
• Parsers for various languages
• Tests reorganization
• <your project as a default tool in Moose Suite> ;)

Have fun,
The Moose Team

You can take a look at the sources for these on the dedicated page: http://www.emn.fr/z-info/atlanmod/index.php/AtlanticFM3

Using this infrastructure it is also possible to directly integrate with Hudson.