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CFP - IWST 2014
by jannik laval March 26, 2014

March 26, 2014

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call] [Please send to interested colleagues / mailing-lists] ************************************************************************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS IWST14 -- International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies Cambridge, England; August 19, 2014 http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2014/IWST14 ************************************************************************************************************ ------------------- Goals and scopes ------------------- The goals of the workshop is to create a forum around advances or experience in Smalltalk and to trigger discussions and exchanges of ideas. The topics of your paper can be on all aspect of Smalltalk, theoretical as well as practical. Participants are invited to submit research articles or industrial papers. This year we want to open two different tracks: one research track and one industrial track with less scientific constraints. We expect papers of three kinds: Short position papers describing emerging ideas Long research papers with deeper description of experiments and of research results. Industrial papers with presentation of real and innovative Smalltalk applications; this kind of paper should enlighten why Smalltalk is really appropriate for your application. We will not enforce any length restriction. -------------------- Important Dates -------------------- Submission deadline: June 15, 2014 Notification deadline: July 15, 2014 Workshop : August 19, 2014 All accepted papers will be published in ACM DL (To be confirmed) ------------------- Topics ------------------- We welcome contributions on all aspects, theoretical as well as practical, of Smalltalk related topics such as: Aspect-oriented programming, Design patterns, Experience reports, Frameworks, Implementation, new dialects or languages implemented in Smalltalk, Interaction with other languages, Meta-programming and Meta-modeling, Tools ------------------- Best Paper Award ------------------- To encourage the submission of high-quality papers, the IWST organizing committee is very proud to announce a Best Paper Award for this edition of IWST. We thank Lam Research Corporation for its financial contribution that makes it possible a price for the three best papers: 1000 USD for first place, 600 USD for second place and 400 USD for third place. The ranking will be decided by the program committee during the review process. The awards will be given during the ESUG conference social event. The Best Paper Award will take place only with a minimum of six submissions. Notice also that to be illegible, a paper must be presented at the workshop by one of the author and that the presenting author must be registered at the ESUG conference. ------------------- Publication ------------------- Both submissions and final papers must be prepared using the ACM SIGPLAN 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm. This site also contains links to useful informations on how to write effective submissions. ------------------- Submission ------------------- All submissions must be sent via easychair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwst2014 ------------------- Program chairs ------------------- Alain Plantec (UMR 6265 Lab-STICC, University of Brest, France) Jannik Laval (Ecole des Mines de Douai, France) -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://car.mines-douai.fr/

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XBRL parser/processor?
by Mariano Martinez Peck March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi Smalltalkers, Sorry for the cross posting..... I wonder if anyway is aware of a Smalltalk parser/processor of XBRL (http://xbrl.sec.gov/) ? I know it's XML but it seems some extra work/features are needed besides a XML parser to fully support XBRL data extraction. Thanks in advance, -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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Phratch Website + version 3.0 in dev
by jannik laval March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Dear all, I am pleased to announce Phratch website: www.phratch.com Thanks to the support of ESUG, it is possible to make visible this wonderful project. For now, what is available on the site: - a presentation of Phratch (you can refer to it now) - installation files, there is a portable version for Windows, Linux, MacOS. - tutorials - block documentation: generated from a Phratch image ! - Some elements for Jetstorm (a lot of new articles will come soon) - a category with news Now about the versions, I am developing the version 3.0 Why this number ? Why a third version in one year of work ? It is clear that a lot of work is already done. Each version represents strong changes in the architecture. - version 1.0 is the port of Scratch + BYOB + Panther in Pharo. It is working but not extendable. - version 2.0 makes Phratch really extendable. We can develop our own block for everything in Pharo. I also make Phratch more modular with the use of Pragmas for some menus, declaration of blocks... It is available only in Pharo 3.0. There are some languages available, I hope more people can translate in other languages (http://www.phratch.com/archives/612) - version 3.0 is the version in development. What is new here: Before this version Phratch was really slow. I am cleaning the code, and now it begins to be fast, really fast ! We also begun to write tests. I am really happy to have the support of ESUG and Pharo. Thanks to the community to make Pharo as usable as it it, it makes our dreams possible. Cheers, -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://car.mines-douai.fr/

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IWST 2014 -- Reminder
by jannik laval March 14, 2014

March 14, 2014

======================================================== I apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ======================================================== Dear IWST participants, During the discussion at IWST 2013 Conference, at Annecy, France, we decided to send a reminder to all potential authors for IWST 2014. Here it is ! We want to encourage you to submit one or more papers. The goals of the workshop is to create a forum around advances or experience in Smalltalk and to trigger discussions and exchanges of ideas. The topics of your paper can be on all aspect of Smalltalk, theoretical as well as practical. Participants are invited to submit research articles or industrial papers. This year we want to open two different tracks: one research track and one industrial track with less scientific constraints. We expect papers of three kinds: - Short position papers describing emerging ideas - Long research papers with deeper description of experiments and of research results. - Industrial papers with presentation of real and innovative Smalltalk applications; this kind of paper should enlighten why Smalltalk is really appropriate for your application. We will not enforce any length restriction. The deadline is not fixed for now. Last year, it was June 22. So please, pay attention to this date. Both submissions and final papers must be prepared using the ACM SIGPLAN 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm. Other information will come with the official call of paper. Alain et Jannik -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://car.mines-douai.fr/

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Smalltalk opening in Wilmington, DE
by finnegan＠labware.com March 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

Smalltalk Developer Job Type Full-time Regular Job role Application Developer Work country USA Work city Wilmington, DE Travel Minimal to none Job description This Developer role involves application development and support of Smalltalk based Laboratory Information Management Systems and Electronic Lab Notebooks applications, performing application development in a small experienced team environment. The Smaltalk Developer must have demonstrated full life cycle experience in multiple projects using object oriented methodology, including requirements gathering, application development, system integration testing, deployment and production support. This role requires good communication, team, and client interaction skills. Skills Required • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. • At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in Smalltalk Development. • Experience in Object Oriented Life Cycle Development Methodology with experience in all phases of Object Oriented development in a team environment. • Experience in relational database application backend and writing SQL queries. • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing LabWare is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Labware offers long term stable employment in a creative work environment with competitive salary and benefits packages. Please forward resume, references, and detailed recent work and project experience to Finnegan(a)LabWare.com, LabWare Inc., Thee Mill Road, Suite 102, Wilmington, DE 19806 __________________________ Michael H. Finnegan Email: Finnegan(a)LabWare.com LabWare Holdings, Inc.

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