[pro] Are you an Imager or a Filer?

[Drew Crampsie]

I use files and quicklisp when developing, but deliver and provision
binary images.

Most of my apps are web based, and i run the lisp image behind runit,
a service manager that handles logging as well as startup and
shutdown, and restarting the image if it crashes. It also makes
rolling back a release trivial, modulo database schema changes.

I don't use anything like cl-launch or buildapp, if only because these
tools didn't exist in a usable form when i started, and i haven't had
a good reason to change.

Quicklisp, OTOH, has changed the way i work significantly. With the
exception of production instances, most of my code is deployed via a
load.lisp script that explicitly lists and loads dependencies from QL,
where before libraries were kept in version control. I'm also using
more libraries these days.

So, i'm both, but primarily a filer these days.

Cheers,

drewc

On 20 January 2011 07:45, Ala'a Mohammad <amalawi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm continually learning Common-lisp and trying to find the best style
> that suites me better. I've tried 'an imager' style (cooking a an
> image with all required libraries loaded when required), and 'a filer'
> style (loading files or systems each time I fire-up a CL
> implementation). I'm interested to hear what others use CL. How do
> they manage day to day work? how do their preferred style mesh into
> their production pipeline (coding, debugging, deployment and
> maintenance)? and what makes them prefer one way over another or the
> mix if applicable?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ala'a Mohammad.
>
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