Oleksandr Zaitsev

In this post I introduce a modern activity bar plus dockable sidebar for Cormas and explain why this pattern improves navigation, extensibility, and focus during modelling and simulation. I discuss the design goals behind adopting this interface and how it supports future plugins. Finally, I propose a concrete implementation strategy in Pharo using the Spec2 UI framework.

We are happy to announce that the Cormas project now provides three dedicated mailing lists to better support our community of modelers, developers, and collaborators.

For the past year, the Cormas website relied on Docsify. It was simple, lightweight, and easy to set up. But as our our documentation grows and becomes more mature, we decided to migrate to Docusaurus. Here are the main reasons: