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Q: How do I start a new Amber project?

A: You can see the steps described here which are basically:

1. npm install -g amber-cli
2. mkdir newProjectDir
3. cd newProjectDir
4. amber init
5. amber serve

And visit http://localhost:4000

Here is also a terminal screencast doing just that:

Q: How do I get back the Helios IDE after I have closed it?

Press this sequence of keys: Shift, Shift, Ctrl, Shift. A dialog should appear with "Legacy IDE" and "Helios IDE" buttons.

In case the above did not work, evaluate the following in the JavaScript console:

`require('amber/helpers').popupHelios()`

Q: What version is the amber website running?

1. Open IDE at http://amber-lang.net/.
2. Go to Workspace tab.
3. Print-it Smalltalk version.

How do I install the latest Amber version?

'Latest' often means the 'latest stable'. If this is the case go for

  npm -g install amber-cli

If you mean really the prereleases,

  npm -g install amber-cli@bleedingedge 

should install the last prerelease (but not the stable version even if it is newer).

Use npm info amber-cli to find out which version is latest and which one is bleedingedge, if you are unsure.

How do I update Amber?

• npm install -g amber-cli will get it fixed for all new projects and

• npm update amber-dev in every project dir will fix it for current projects

How do I get the text value of an input field?

Assuming I have a field with an id of #field1, how do I get the text value of it?

Answer:

'#field1' asJQuery val

Note:

All Javascript methods in jQuery are available to you this way.

Multi parameter functions are then mapped like:

aQuery.sampleFunc (a,b,c);

aQuery sampleFunc: a and: b and: c.

The and: can be whatever. The only thing that matters is the first part of the keyword selector which has to match the function name.

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