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[JOB] Researcher Positions at INRIA
by Marcus Denker Jan. 26, 2012

Jan. 26, 2012

Researcher Positions at INRIA ======================== The yearly competition for INRIA research positions started. (Deadline: Feb 17th) RMOD is looking for researchers to apply for joining our team at Lille/France with permanent (tenured) positions: CR2 "Young graduate scientist" http://www.inria.fr/en/institute/recruitment/offers/young-graduate-scientis… - need PhD - formally no other research experience required, in practice the competition is very hard and a strong academic CV is needed on a level that requires, besides a very good PhD, at least 1-2 years of post-doctoral research. CR1 "Young experienced scientist" http://www.inria.fr/en/institute/recruitment/offers/young-experienced-scien… - need PhD and 4 years of research experience. - very strong academic CV. Both positions are tenured after a probation period of 12 Months. Research directions are = Software Engineering / Software Evolution = Dynamic Reflective Programing Languages = Security and Dynamic Languages Duties -> Research (No teaching) -> Help manage the Research group. -> Be involved with the self-governance of the INRIA Lab and INRIA as a whole. -> Guide PhD Students (And therefore get a french habilitation to be able to formally supervise PhD students) -> Help acquiring additional funds for PhD Students, Postdocs and Engineers -> Transfer of research results to the real world. (this means: making things real is valued. Not just paper writing) About Lille and INRIA: -> Lille is located in the north of france. (one hour from Paris, 1h20 from London, 35 min from Brussels, by train) -> French food, combined with good Belgium beer. -> RMoD: http://rmod.lille.inria.fr -> INRIA Lille: http://www.inria.fr/lille/ -> INRIA in General: http://www.inria.fr -> Lille: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille - http://wikitravel.org/en/Lille Interested? Please contact Marcus Denker <marcus.denker(a)inria.fr> and Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> (permanent Link to this text: http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/blog/2012-01-26) -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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FOSDEM2012 smalltalk devroom 5 feb, sprint 4 feb
by Stephan Eggermont Jan. 24, 2012

Jan. 24, 2012

Feb 4-5 2012 Brussels hosts FOSDEM2012, the free and open software developers european meeting. Sunday there will be a smalltalk devroom (AW 1.126) with a number of interesting presentations. 09:30 Norbert Hartl, Take a small REST. Simple approaches for REST in smalltalk 10:00 Stephane Ducasse, Marcus Denker, The next steps for the Pharo Vision 11:00 Laurent Laffont, John Thornton, Amber, the Smalltalk for web developers 12:00 Nick Ager, An introduction to jQuery Mobile 12:30 Stefan Marr, RoarVM, Sly 13:00 David Chisnall, Compiling Smalltalk to fast native Code 13:30 Craig Latta, Spoon 14:00 Stephan Eggermont, Willem van den Ende, Diego Lont, Back to the future, (re)learn smalltalk (till 16:30). http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/smalltalk_devroom As there is no devroom on saturday, the VUB has kindly offered to organise a sprint. There will be a room available at walking distance from FOSDEM. Stephan

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[ANN] Amber Smalltalk 0.9.1 is out!
by Nicolas Petton Jan. 16, 2012

Jan. 16, 2012

About 4 moons have passed and Amber - the Smalltalk for the web - has during that time moved forward quite a lot. Since the 0.9 release back in september we have made about 250 commits and closed 52 issues of about 75 reported during these months. Now with over 43 forks on github and more than 230 followers the project: http://www.amber-lang.net ...is live and kicking! A lot of cool stuff is being done in those forks and not in the master repository, like for example the gaming framework called Ludus by Bernat Romagosa: https://github.com/bromagosa/amber/tree/ludus ...or Ambrhino by Stefan Krecher - Amber running in Rhino: https://github.com/StefanKrecher/Ambrhino 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. Amber plays very well with others and can seamlessly use Javascript libraries! It's 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 or interpreter, all compilation is incremental. JavaScript is quite a broken language with lots of traps and odd quirks. It is the assembler of the Internet and we love it for that, but we don't want to write applications in it. Smalltalk is immensely cleaner, both syntactically and semantically with a simple class model and a lightweight syntax for closures. It is in many ways a perfect match for the Good Parts of JavaScript. And having a true live interactive incremental development environment where you can build your application directly in the browser is unbeatable... Below follows a summary of the major changes since release 0.9. We hope you join us in developing Amber and having fun! Fork at github, join in #amber-lang on freenode and hop onto the mailing list. regards, Nicolas & Göran ...and a BIG thanks to everyone that are involved in the project! --------------------------------------------- Here's a summary of changes since the 0.9 release: - 80 new unit tests written - 52 issues fixed - All classes in Kernel-Objects, Kernel-Classes and Kernel-Methods has been documented - New documentation framework (see http://amber-lang.net/documentation.html) - Better class organisations, "Kernel" package split into several packages - First class packages have replaced class categories - Internet Explorer 7+ compatibility - New Announcement framework ported from Pharo - New console-based REPL written in Amber using node.js - Symbol class implemented together with object identity and #== - New OrderedCollection and Set implementation - Dictionary can now have any kind of object as keys. String-key dictionary has been renamed HashedCollection - New TwitterWall example - Improved HTML Canvas, now compatible with IE7 - Improved JSObjectProxy for seemless JavaScript objects access from Amber - No more jQuery binding. Amber is fully capable of sending messages to JavaScript objects

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Smalltalk Directions — Deadline Extended
by Andrew P. Black Jan. 12, 2012

Jan. 12, 2012

The deadline for submissions to Smalltalk Directions 2012 has been extended to 27the January. If you have a Smalltalk-related paper in progress that just missed the original deadline, please consider submitting it. The meeting will be 19–21 March in Biloxi, Mississippi. See http://www.stic.st/2011/11/smalltalk-directions-call-for-participation/ for more details.

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Fwd: Job offer: SW-developer (Smalltalk)
by Damien Cassou Jan. 12, 2012

Jan. 12, 2012

Here is a job offer for a German-speaking Smalltalk developer. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stefan Beuslein <beuslein(a)collogia.de> Date: 2012/1/12 Subject: Job offer: SW-developer (Smalltalk) To: "stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr" <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr>, Luc Fabresse <luc.fabresse(a)gmail.com>, "damien.cassou(a)gmail.com" <damien.cassou(a)gmail.com> Hello, we are looking for a Smalltalk SW-developer. Attached you'll find our current job offer (german version) which is also placed on our website http://www.collogia.de/unternehmen/karriere.html. Above the IT and Smalltalk skills you'll need fluent German and basic knowledge of the german legislation for pension schemes. Thanks for your support in advance. Kind regards Stefan Beuslein ________________________________ Collogia Unternehmensberatung AG Ubierring 11 D-50678 Köln Tel.: +49 221 33608-0 Fax: +49 221 33608-36 Mobil: +49 170 765 4825 E-Mail: beuslein(a)collogia.de -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them popular by not having them." James Iry

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[ANN] [Release] Neptuno, the DBXBrowser
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 11, 2012

Jan. 11, 2012

Hi! We are glad to announce the first stable release of the DBXBrowser, named Neptuno, the last piece in the DBXTalk tools project sponsored by ESUG. *What is this browser?* It is a Glamour based browser which works as a GUI to work with OpenDBX connections. * How does it look like?* I attach a screenshot with a brief look :) *Which databases does it work with?* It is currently working with OpenDBX connectors for: - mysql - postgresql - oracle - sqlite * How should I download it?* I'd like to link to the site here, but it's currently down (and we are working for your happiness :D ), so: Gofer it squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfDBXBrowser'; load. (((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfDBXTools) perform: #project) perform: #version: with: #stable) load: 'Neptuno' *How should I contact the DBXTalk team for feedback, bug reports, questions, or whatever?* The project's mailing list: dbxtalk(a)googlegroups.com The project's issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/dbxtalk/issues The (currently down) site, with docs and stuff: http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/ Thanks! The DBXTalk team

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ESUG 2011 Videos now complete
by Marcus Denker Jan. 11, 2012

Jan. 11, 2012

Hi, All existing ESUG 2011 videos are now on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL813665D04A2E4C0A Or for download in the ESUG archive: http://esug.org/data/ESUG2011/Videos/ Quality is a bit mixed... some are quite good and easy to follow, some have very bad sound quality or even parts missing. (The reason was that we could not use the local fixed video equipment as originally planed... considering that its not too bad) for the ESUG Board, Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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[ANN][DBX] Phoseydon Beta2
by Guillermo Polito Jan. 5, 2012

Jan. 5, 2012

Hi! I'm willing to announce the second beta release of Phoseydon, part of the DBXTalk project, supported by ESUG :). It's main new feature is a simple internal dsl to generate entities, so you can create applications from something like: personEntity := application entityNamed: #Person. personEntity hasString: #nickname; hasInteger: #age; hasBoolean: #isProgrammer. petEntity := application entityNamed: #Pet. petEntity hasString: #nickname. personEntity hasMany: #Pet as: #pets. petEntity hasOne: #Person as: #owner. Also, a little manual is already written in: http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/pier/Documentation For download: http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/pier/Download Issues, mails, questions: http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/pier/Support Cheers, the DBXTalk Team

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Call for papers - Science of Computer Programming: Special Issue on "Advances in Dynamic Languages"
by jannik.laval Jan. 3, 2012

Jan. 3, 2012

================================================ Special issue on "Advances in Dynamic Languages" ================================================ Special issue of Elsevier's Science of Computer Programming (SCICO) Context ------- Over recent years we have seen an increased interest in dynamic programming languages such as Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, PHP, JavaScript, Self, Python, Ruby, and so on. These languages have taken a prominent role in teaching, web development, scripting, rapid prototyping, tool building, language engineering, and many other domains. For this special issue we invite high-quality papers that focus on novel research related to dynamic programming languages and applications of these languages. We are interested in research that uses dynamic languages in the context of, but not restricted to: - Aspects, aspect Languages and applications. - Ambient intelligence, ubiquitous / pervasive computing and embedded systems. - Compilation technology, optimization, virtual machines. - Language engineering, extensions. - Model-driven engineering / development. - Meta-modeling, reflection and meta-programming. - Programming in the large; design, architectures and components. - Programming environments, browsers, user interfaces, UI frameworks. - Source-code analysis and manipulation (static analysis,refactoring, type inference, metrics). - Testing, eXtreme Programming / practices. - Web services, internet applications, event-driven programming. - Experience reports. The special issue is associated with the Smalltalks 2011 conference. The Smalltalks series of conferences (www.fast.org.ar) is a lively forum on Smalltalk-based software technologies that brings together more than 200 people from both academia and industry for a period of three days. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Papers should be written in English, in PDF-format and should not exceed 25 pages (including references and figures), using the Elsevier journal format. The LaTeX template for this format can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/latex Papers must be submitted through the EES submission system located at http://ees.elsevier.com/scico/default.asp When reaching the "Article type" step in the submission process, it is important to select "Special issue: Advances in Dynamic Languages". Each paper will be reviewed by at least 3 experts within the domain. The accepted papers will be published in a special edition of Elsevier's Science of Computer Programming. Papers submitted must not have been previously published (at least 30% new material) and must not be under review for publication elsewhere. Papers must strictly adhere to submission guidelines. If you have questions, please send an e-mail to Jannik Laval (jlaval(a)labri.fr) and Andy Kellens (akellens(a)vub.ac.be) Important dates (tentitavely) ----------------------------- - Submission round 1: March 16, 2012 - Feedback round 1: May 17, 2012 - Submission round 2: June 29, 2012 - Feedback round 2 (final notification): August 17, 2012 - Camera ready version: September 14, 2012 Guest editors ------------- Andy Kellens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Jannik Laval (LaBRI Bordeaux, France)

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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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