September 2011 - Esug-list

Bye, bye Jtalk... Hello Amber!
by Nicolas Petton Sept. 14, 2011

Sept. 14, 2011

As some of you may know there is a new Smalltalk in town - and up until today it was called Jtalk. After a furious three week development period after the ESUG 2011 conference (where Jtalk raised some eyebrows) we are now making a first release humbly numbered 0.9. We are also taking the opportunity to pick a slicker name for Jtalk - Amber! New website is at: http://www.amber-lang.net So, why would you take a look at Amber? In our opinion Amber is perfectly positioned for the HTML5 onslaught and the explosion of all-things-javascript like for example Nodejs. It is a Smalltalk that plays well with others and can seamlessly use Javascript libraries. At the same time Amber feels like a *real* Smalltalk, the environment is all there including Workspace, Transcript, Browser, senders/implementors/references to class, TestRunner, Inspectors, code editing with syntax coloring and a Debugger. There is no image, but all compilation is incremental. Below follows a summary of the massive changes since ESUG that triggered us to make a first release. We hope you join us in developing Amber and having fun! There is already work being made in using Amber on top of Java using Rhino, using Amber for making games and lots more. Fork at github, join in #amber-lang on freenode and hop onto the mailing list. regards, Nicolas & Göran (and thanks to Laurent, David, Bernat, Stefan, Raimon, Alexandre, Dale, Juraj, Ken, Pavel and everyone else that have been involved) --------------------------------------- Language, compiler and runtime - New 100x faster parser built using PEGjs instead of the old parser built using PetitParser. - New much faster ChunkParser implementation in handwritten Amber instead of using PetitParser. - Improved parsing error report with quoted source code plus marker pinpointing parsing error. - Removed PetitParser since it is no longer needed by Amber itself. - Added compiler optimizations in the form of speculative inlining of specific messages and control structures. - Added support for dynamic Arrays, just like in Squeak/Pharo. - Added support for similar dynamic Dictionaries, not seen in other Smalltalks. - Added & and | as allowed binary selectors and implemented them in Boolean. - Added a Set implementation. - Added basic support for Packages, dependency management coming soon. ...and various extensions, enhancements and bug fixes to the library classes. Development environment - A working Debugger with integrated inspector, proceed etc. - A structure with multiple different Amber environments in different directories. - A working amberc command line compiler including a Makefile for recompiling the whole Amber. - Enabled TestRunner in the IDE for running unit tests based on SUnit. - Added "File in" button in Workspace to easily paste and filein source code in chunk format in the IDE. - Added "Rename package" and "Remove package" buttons to browser that use the new Package model. - Added a standalone webDAV server in Amber so that it is simpler to get up and running and able to commit code locally. Example code and ports - Ported ProfStef interactive tutorial, available on Amber homepage (www.amber-lang.net/learn.html) but also in examples directory. - Included the ESUG presentation as an example also in the examples directory. - Several new examples running on Node.js and webOS included, all with Makefiles. Various other things - Issue tracker on github now used as primary source, closed a bunch of reported issues. - Wiki pages on github with information on how to port code from other Smalltalks, lists of articles, tutorials, roadmap and more. -- Nicolas Petton http://www.nicolas-petton.fr

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Will Google's Dart be the next Smalltalk?
by Geert Claes Sept. 13, 2011

Sept. 13, 2011

Just read this interesting post: http:// http://t.co/oDH20MA http://t.co/oDH20MA -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Will-Google-s-Dart-be-the-next-Smalltalk-tp3800855p38… Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Smalltalk Stammtisch Zürich: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
by Lukas Renggli Sept. 12, 2011

Sept. 12, 2011

Dear Smalltalkers, After the last successful meeting in February, we plan to do another Smalltalk Stammtisch (beer drinking event) at the same location: - Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 18:00 - Steinfels Zürich, http://www.steinfels-zuerich.ch/ - http://g.co/maps/8zd59 Please let us know if you plan to attend so that we can book a table. Lukas and Philippe

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Looking for a young engineer
by Stéphane Ducasse Sept. 10, 2011

Sept. 10, 2011

Hi We are looking for a young engineer to work around Moose and Java integration. - 1 year + 1 year Keywords: Smalltalk, Java, C#, Software analysis, software metrics, Software evolution, Visualization Job Description: The engineer will work on the following task - scaling verveineJ (a Java extractor) based on JDT/Eclipse - bridging Java tools (Coverage, Metrics tools) with Moose - Working on other extractors - Presenting Moose to other engineers within INRIA Constraints: you have to get your master at max two years ago. Location: INRIA Lille Nord Europe One hour Paris/ 30 from Bruxelles Team: RMOD :) http://rmod.lille.inria.fr Salary: 2 495,16 euros brut / mois (but the state already took 30% of the real salary) so brutto means that you may have to pay less than a month salary as taxes.

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Help Define the Future of Smalltalk
by Mike Taylor Sept. 7, 2011

Sept. 7, 2011

Dear Smalltalk User, Instantiations is committed to the long-term evolution and support of Smalltalk...especially VA Smalltalk (VAST)! We would like your input to help us better focus on your needs as we move VAST forward. The survey linked below will take about 5-8 minutes and will give us valuable information with which to make our future Smalltalk plans. Individual responses will be kept confidential and anonymous. Thank you in advance for participating in our survey! Your feedback is very important to us. The VA Smalltalk Team Click link to take survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22D2253NBKW/

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Smalltalk course
by stephane ducasse Sept. 6, 2011

Sept. 6, 2011

If anyone is interested in a webcast Smalltalk course, we'll be delivering "A Quick Look at Smalltalk" on Sept 26 and 27. For details and to register, visit http://www.simberon.com. David Buck Simberon Inc. www.simberon.com

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Fwd: Smalltalks 2011: Call for Submission/Participacion
by Mariano Martinez Peck Sept. 2, 2011

Sept. 2, 2011

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: gabriela arevalo <gabriela.arevalo(a)fast.org.ar> Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:36 PM Subject: Smalltalks 2011: Call for Submission/Participacion To: Sorry for multiple copies Following you have the Spanish version of the Smalltalks 2011 Call for Submission/Participation ======== ENGLISH The Fundación Argentina de Smalltalk (FAST, http://www.fast.org.ar) invites you to the 5th Argentine Smalltalk Conference, to be held on November 3, 4 and 5, 2011 at the Quilmes University located in Buenos Aires. Everyone, including teachers, students, researchers, developers and entrepreneurs, are welcome as speakers or attendees. Registration is free and now open at http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011 The goal of the Conference is to strengthen the bonds between the Argentine and the international Smalltalk community through the exchange of works, experiences and anecdotes connected with this technology and related matters. As in the previous editions, renowned members of the international Smalltalk community will visit us, and like last year we will have a Research Session with publications reviewed by an international committee. Also, the traditional Industry Track will be available for those who prefer a more practical environment. You can submit papers or talks now through our website at http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011/technical-session Finally, a Pharo Sprint will be held prior to the conference for those willing to help the community coding, and two seminars will take place for those who want to get acquainted with or learn more about Smalltalk. For more information go to http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011/events For any questions please contact us at info(a)fast.org.ar. See you there! ==== SPANISH La Fundación Argentina de Smalltalk (FAST, http://www.fast.org.ar) los invita a la 5ta Conferencia de Smalltalk de Argentina, a realizarse desde el 3 al 5 de Noviembre del 2011 en la sede de la Universidad de Quilmes, Buenos Aires. Esperamos verlos a todos entre la audiencia o como oradores, ya sean profesores, estudiantes, investigadores, desarrolladores o empresarios. La registración es gratis y está disponible en http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011 El objetivo de la conferencia es afianzar los vínculos entre las comunidades Smalltalk de Argentina y del mundo y con todo desarrollador, educador o investigador que utilice el paradigma de Objetos. Esto lo lograremos a través del intercambio de trabajos, experiencias y vivencias conectadas con esta tecnología. Nuevamente en esta edición nos visitarán personalidades de renombre de la comunidad internacional y contaremos con un track de investigación formal con publicaciones y referato de un comité internacional. Contaremos también con el tradicional track de industria para aquellos que prefieran un ambiente más práctico. Pueden suscribir sus propuestas de charlas o papers mediante nuestra página web en http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011/technical-session Por último, se realizará un Pharo Sprint para todos aquellos que tengan interés de aportar concretamente con código a la comunidad y se dictarán dos seminarios para aquellos que quieran entender y conocer más Smalltalk. Para más información ir a http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011/events Cualquier duda no dejen de consultarla enviando un mail a info(a)fast.org.ar Nos vemos en la conferencia! -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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Re: [Esug-list] Test for Video encoding ESUG 2011
by Marcus Denker Sept. 2, 2011

Sept. 2, 2011

On Sep 2, 2011, at 12:02 AM, Andres Valloud wrote: > A couple years ago Goran did a lot of work on this, and the emails we exchanged are in this list's archive. I don't know if you had a chance to look at them, but I'd strongly suggest doing so because of all the tuning etc that went into making videos REALLY small (IIRC ~70 minutes for ~70mb or so). > Thanks, I will check that. > On 9/1/2011 2:50 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: >> Hi, >> >> So we have 110GB of Videos... that need to get smaller. >> >> I did an experiment with Handbrake encoding to H.264/MPEG-4 (.m4v). >> >>> From 2.6GB .MOV from the camear to 218MB: >> >> http://esug.org/data/ESUG2011/Videos/26-Friday/ >> >> VLC can play this. So if people are fine with this, we would use it on all the >> videos and GC the original files. >> >> Marcus >> >> >> -- >> Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Esug-list mailing list >> Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org >> http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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IWST Slides online
by Marcus Denker Sept. 2, 2011

Sept. 2, 2011

Hello, The slides of the Workshops are online: IWST: http://esug.org/data/ESUG2011/IWST/PRESENTATIONS/ http://www.slideshare.net/esug/presentations Proceedings: http://esug.org/data/ESUG2011/IWST/Proceedings.pdf FAMOOSr: http://esug.org/data/ESUG2011/FAMOOSR/ http://www.slideshare.net/esug/famoosr-2011 -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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Test for Video encoding ESUG 2011
by Marcus Denker Sept. 1, 2011

Sept. 1, 2011

Hi, So we have 110GB of Videos... that need to get smaller. I did an experiment with Handbrake encoding to H.264/MPEG-4 (.m4v). >From 2.6GB .MOV from the camear to 218MB: http://esug.org/data/ESUG2011/Videos/26-Friday/ VLC can play this. So if people are fine with this, we would use it on all the videos and GC the original files. Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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