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[ANN][Beta Release] DBXTools - Magritte Scaffolding - Phoseydon
by Guillermo Polito Dec. 26, 2011

Dec. 26, 2011

Hi! I'm glad to announce the beta version of Phoseydon, one of the new dbxtalk tools developed as part of the summer of talk project, supported by ESUG. So, *What is Phoseydon?* It is a tool aimed to model and create applications easily, as Ruby does with Rails or python with Django. You describe a model, and from that model a relational database + an object model + an ORM mapping are fed from that model. *What does Phoseydon beta includes?* By now, it reads a database schema, builds a model description from it and then allows us to: - write classes from that description. - serialize that description as Magritte descriptions on the created classes. - build a Glorp mapping from that description. Glorp descriptions right now support Simple mappings (Strings, numbers, booleans..), OneToOne relationships, and ManyToOne relationships. *What does it do in the background?* It tries to explode Magritte benefits to create apps. The model's description is just a magritte descrition, so our class writer, magritte serializer and Glorp mapping builder use magritte visitors to consume that information. This allows people to build i.e. SOAP web services from these same magritte descriptions. *Where is the documentation? *Download info from: http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/pier/Download First Phoseydon doc: http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/pier/Documentation/creating-your-first-dbx… *What is to come?* - Editing your model descriptions in runtime - Create your model descriptions without a database - More easy Glorp mappings support :) (like embedding objects, inheritance and more collections kinds) Please, feel free to provide feedback, critics and suggestions :). You'll find the project's issue tracker and mailing list @ http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/pier/Support Cheers, The DBXTalk Team

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[ANN] New DBXTalk Website Available
by Guillermo Polito Dec. 26, 2011

Dec. 26, 2011

Hi! I'm glad to announce the new -but still in progress- dbxtalk website, which is held in http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/. Here we are documenting the whole project and it's new acquisitions (some of them which I'll be announcing in the following hours) as part of the summer of talk project, supported by ESUG. Please, feel free to provide feedback, critics and suggestions :). You'll find the project's issue tracker and mailing list @ http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/pier/Support BTW, if you need it for something (like information we didn't migrate yet), the previous website is still available @ http://squeakdbx.smallworks.com.ar/ Cheers, Guille

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FAST site down
by Sean P. DeNigris Dec. 26, 2011

Dec. 26, 2011

http://www.fast.org.ar/ is down. Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/FAST-site-down-tp4233718p4233718.html Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Esug-list] Smalltalk logos
by Marcus Denker Dec. 24, 2011

Dec. 24, 2011

On Dec 24, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Francois Stephany wrote: > Thanks Marcus! > > I like that one: http://esug.org/data/Logos+Graphics/balloon.gif > Is it available in higher resolution? Where does it come from? > I think from Bert Freudenberg... ah, yes: http://www.freudenbergs.de/bert/balloon.html -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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[Dutch] Escrow agreement Smalltalk projects
by Rob Vens Dec. 24, 2011

Dec. 24, 2011

Dear Smalltalkers, This issue has been raised by a small Dutch company that delivers (Pharo/Seaside) Smalltalk solutions. When you, as an individual or small company, deliver Smalltalk solutions there is an implied risk for your customers in case of illness or such. This risk can be mitigated through an agreement with other developers/companies in which they state that they are willing and able to take development and support upon themselves, temporary or (semi-) permanent. Of course the process to get this formally agreed is a bit more complex, but this mail is only to ask whether there are (in this case preferably Dutch) Smalltalk developers willing to cooperate on this issue and possibly participate in some kind of legal agreement to provide more robust support to our customers. Please reply to me personally, unless of course you want your response to benefit the broader Smalltalk community on this mailing list. Rob Vens - rob(a)sepher.nl

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Smalltalk logos
by Francois Stephany Dec. 24, 2011

Dec. 24, 2011

Hi, I need to produce some documents about Smalltalk. I'd like to use the classical air balloon as a Smalltalk logo but I cannot find a good looking one in high resolution. Do you have any suggestion? Cheers, Francois -- http://tulipemoutarde.be

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Re: [Esug-list] Smalltalk logos
by Marcus Denker Dec. 24, 2011

Dec. 24, 2011

On Dec 24, 2011, at 3:29 AM, Francois Stephany wrote: > Hi, > > I need to produce some documents about Smalltalk. I'd like to use the classical air balloon as a Smalltalk logo but I cannot find a good looking one in high resolution. Do you have any suggestion? > There is a high-res scan of the smalltalk logo here: http://esug.org/data/Logos+Graphics/ In addition, it has vector versions of the ESUG Logo. Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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UK Smalltalk User Group Meeting on Monday 19th December
by Ayers, Jason Dec. 16, 2011

Dec. 16, 2011

For UK-based Smalltalkers: Just a quick reminder that the next UK Smalltalk User Group ( http://www.uksmalltalk.org/ ) meeting is on this coming Monday, 19th December at 6.30pm at it¹s usual location The Counting House. It has a Christmas theme. Mulled wine and mince pies courtesy of Cincom when you arrive and drinks at their expense for the evening. If that isn¹t enough to tempt you we are discussing the ideas for next year¹s meet ups. We have around 50 ideas and only 12 evenings. This is your chance to help decide which will make interesting and entertaining events. Then Nick and I can get on with trying to arrange them. Another thought is if you can bring a small Smalltalk present. An idea or useful thing you know or have learnt this year about Smalltalk that you think the rest of us might not know or need reminding of. Again Cincom is giving a small prize for the best of these presents. Newcomers are most welcome, whatever your experience or interest in Smalltalk. Jason

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Looking for a language/environment for Analysis of Algorithms course
by Dave Mason Dec. 15, 2011

Dec. 15, 2011

Hi, I'm teaching a 3rd year course in Advanced Algorithms, using Dasgupta, Papadimitriou & Vazirani in January. I have decided that rather than assignments, I'm going to have weekly marked labs. Some of those will be paper exercises, but I would like to have a simple language for them to express their algorithms, where the performance analysis would be particularly clear, and it would be a huge bonus if we could bolt an algorithm visualizer/animator on the side. I'd probably use smalltalk if I had my druthers (just because it's so malleable), but I'm guessing that wouldn't be super popular with the students (as they only had a bit of Smalltalk 3 semesters earlier as part of an OO course, and Java is probably the language they know best). If I had more time, I might build a parser for a language that compiled to the SqueakVM, but I don't. Any suggestions? Moose? any other Smalltalkers projects that might be relevant? Thanks, and I'll post a summary if there's any interest+response. ../Dave

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Swiss Olympiad of Informatics
by Nowak, Helge Dec. 15, 2011

Dec. 15, 2011

Dear Smalltalkers, shortly before the end of the year I was made aware of this interesting event: http://www.soi.ch/ I hope you knew it earlier and have already submitted solutions to the tasks given. ;-) And, getting answers to your questions from Donald Knuth will certainly be exciting as well. Cheers Helge P.S. if you have a solution to the Euro Crisis: don't send to politicians. They won't listen anyway :-) ************************************************************** Helge Nowak Technical Account Manager Cincom Smalltalk Cincom Systems GmbH & Co. oHG Am Kronberger Hang 4 D-65824 Schwalbach/Ts. Tel.: +49-(0)89-89664494 Mobil: +49-(0)172-7400402 Fax: +49-(0)89-89664495 Email: mailto:hnowak@cincom.com <mailto:hnowak@cincom.com> Twitter: @nowagil Web: http://www.cincom.com <http://www.cincom.com/> All about Cincom Smalltalk: http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com <http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/> A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero. -- Albert Einstein Geschäftsführer/Managing Directors: Thomas M. Nies, Gerald L. Shawhan oHG mit Sitz/based in Schwalbach/Ts. (Amtsgericht Königstein/Ts. HRA 2653) Pers. haftender Gesellschafter/Partner liable to unlimited extent: Cincom Systems Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Amtsgericht Königstein/Ts. HRB 5069) **************************************************************

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