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Open PhD positions at Software Composition Group - University of Bern
by Oscar Nierstrasz Oct. 18, 2011

Oct. 18, 2011

Applications are invited for a PhD candidate at the Software Composition Group, University of Bern, Switzerland. The Software Composition Group carries out research in software analysis and programming language design and implementation, with a view to enabling software evolution. The SCG is led by Prof. Oscar Nierstrasz and is part of the Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (IAM) at the University of Berne. Details about ongoing research projects can be found online: http://scg.unibe.ch/research.html The candidate must have a MSc in Computer Science (equivalent to a Swiss MSc), should demonstrate strong programming skills, and have research interests in several of the following areas: software evolution program understanding software modeling model-driven engineering reverse engineering domain specific languages dynamic analysis integrated development environments programming language design virtual machine technology To apply, please send an email including your CV to Prof. Oscar Nierstrasz (oscar(a)iam.unibe.ch)

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On YouTube: ESUG 2008
by Marcus Denker Oct. 18, 2011

Oct. 18, 2011

ESUG 2007 Youtube Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4A297B9019B3884D 25 talks, nearly 18 hours. Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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[ANN] Fuel release version 1.7
by Martin Dias Oct. 14, 2011

Oct. 14, 2011

Hi folks! We have released the new version 1.7 of Fuel, a binary serialization framework for Pharo that provides extremely fast deserialization. More information on our home page<http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/software/Fuel>. Again, I thank ESUG for sponsoring me through the SummerTalk<http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Promotion/SummerTalk/SummerTalk2011> program. You can download this version in Pharo 1.2.1 or 1.3 with: Gofer new squeaksource: 'Fuel'; package: 'ConfigurationOfFuel'; load. ((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfFuel) project version: '1.7') load. The list of changes includes performance optimizations, design clean-ups, and new features. - The FLSerializer and FLMaterializer API has changed. They are no longer implementing the algorithms but are a kind of Façade. - Developer guides with examples: Getting Started<http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/software/Fuel/Version1.7/StreamsGuide>and Customizing the graph<http://rmod.lille.inria.fr/web/pier/software/Fuel/Version1.7/Hooks> . - Serialization substitutions: "Store this object instead of me." - Global sends: "Restore me by sending this selector to this global" - Versioning the stream: We prefix the stream with a version number that should match when loading. - Performance optimizations on instances of: -- Word-like classes. (We thank a lot to Henrik Sperre Johansen for your help!) -- ByteString and Symbol. -- Date, Time, Duration and DateAndTime. -- Point and Rectangle. -- MethodDictionary. Now materialization is 2000x faster, thanks to its new rehash without become. - Huge clean-up in Tests package. Cheers! Martín Dias

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Call for Participation: STIC - Smalltalk Industry Conference
by Stéphane Ducasse Oct. 13, 2011

Oct. 13, 2011

Smalltalk Solutions is now called STIC – Smalltalk Industry Conference. STIC is a forum where Smalltalk professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts can meet and share ideas and experiences. We are currently accepting proposals for talks involving Smalltalk technology and other areas of innovation in the software industry. We're looking forward to an excellent conference, and need your participation to maintain the high technical level of the conference! The conference will take place in Biloxi, Mississippi, March 19 – 21, 2012. Presentations will have 45 minutes time slots including discussion. They may be in the form of Technical Presentations Experience Reports Technology Demonstrations Panel Discussions Workshops ... Proposals should be submitted by email to STS_Speakers(a)stic.st and should include the following information: Name Contact Information Type of Presentation Title of Presentation Brief Abstract Short Biography of the Presenter(s) Any constraints on date/time Any other information of importance in evaluating the proposal If you cannot discuss the internal application you are working on because of corporate restrictions, perhaps you can discuss the application's component usage or development process. We will also be reserving time for short presentations, of the form of Lightning Talks and (very) short technology demonstrations, but these will be available for sign-up at the conference rather than as advance proposals. Submissions should be received by December 15, 2011. Note that submissions with incomplete information may be rejected - particularly if bio or abstract information is missing. Presenters will qualify for a significantly discounted registration. This year that will be $200 US, or $160 US for STIC members. For announcements of the conference see www.stic.st and http://www.smalltalksolutions.com/. Georg Heeg STIC - Smalltalk Industry Council Executive Director Phone +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712 _______________________________________________ scona-list mailing list scona-list(a)scona.us http://scona.us/mailman/listinfo/scona-list

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Call for Participation: STIC - Smalltalk Industry Conference
by Georg Heeg Oct. 13, 2011

Oct. 13, 2011

Smalltalk Solutions is now called STIC - Smalltalk Industry Conference. STIC is a forum where Smalltalk professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts can meet and share ideas and experiences. We are currently accepting proposals for talks involving Smalltalk technology and other areas of innovation in the software industry. We're looking forward to an excellent conference, and need your participation to maintain the high technical level of the conference! The conference will take place in Biloxi, Mississippi, March 19 - 21, 2012. Presentations will have 45 minutes time slots including discussion. They may be in the form of * Technical Presentations * Experience Reports * Technology Demonstrations * Panel Discussions * Workshops * ... Proposals should be submitted by email to <mailto:STS_Speakers@stic.st> STS_Speakers(a)stic.st and should include the following information: * Name * Contact Information * Type of Presentation * Title of Presentation * Brief Abstract * Short Biography of the Presenter(s) * Any constraints on date/time * Any other information of importance in evaluating the proposal If you cannot discuss the internal application you are working on because of corporate restrictions, perhaps you can discuss the application's component usage or development process. We will also be reserving time for short presentations, of the form of Lightning Talks and (very) short technology demonstrations, but these will be available for sign-up at the conference rather than as advance proposals. Submissions should be received by December 15, 2011. Note that submissions with incomplete information may be rejected - particularly if bio or abstract information is missing. Presenters will qualify for a significantly discounted registration. This year that will be $200 US, or $160 US for STIC members. For announcements of the conference see www.stic.st and http://www.smalltalksolutions.com/. Georg Heeg STIC - Smalltalk Industry Council Executive Director Phone +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712

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[ANN] Pharo Glorp port release
by Guillermo Polito Oct. 13, 2011

Oct. 13, 2011

Hi! We are reaaaaally happy to announce (at last) a very very stable release of the new Glorp port :D. We've done a lot to achieve the following results with Glorp: OpenDBX Oracle: - 7 errors related to Blobs, which are not supported by opendbx. - 1 failure related to timestamp cast (and I don't understand the test intention yet :P) OpenDBX MySql: - 100% green tests :D OpenDBX PostgreSQL: - 7 errors and 1 failure related to Blobs, which are not supported by opendbx (again). OpenDBX SQLite: - 6 failures related to large objects, which are not supported by opendbx (again again).. 2 (expected) failures related to times & dates. Native PostgresV2 Driver: - 2 failures with blobs So far, some FAQs: *¿What is the difference between this port and the old one?* Almost 4 years of work of the VW team with tons of bugfixing (see the last 4 years release notes from Glorp for more detail :P) *¿How can I load it?* If you want to load Glorp + OpenDBX, you can try the following: *Gofer it squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfGlorpDBX'; load. (((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfGlorpDBX) perform: #project) perform: #version: with: #stable) load* Also, you can try loading only Glorp (maybe because you want to integrate it with your own database driver): Gofer it squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository'; package: 'ConfigurationOfGlorp'; load. (((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfGlorp) perform: #project) perform: #version: with: #stable) load *¿How did we test it?* We've tested it in Pharo 1.2 and Pharo 1.3 + Jenkins CogVms. *¿What's coming next?* *We are working for your happiness (?).* Hehe, our next step is to release the DBXMagritte project, which aims to allow people working in the Software business to create easy CRUD -the same scaffolding idea from RoR for example- including some of the following features: - (create a class model + magritte descriptions) from a database schema - [if you already have a descripted class model] use magritte descriptions to create a database schema - use magritte descriptions to create glorp mappings And then, you can use the same descriptions for your Seaside app, or in every magritte-friend framework you like ;) So, thanks again to ESUG for sponsoring the project :). Guillermo, Santiago, Gisela, Mariano, Esteban and Diogenes

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Leading Banking Services in Luxembourg is seeking
by Stéphane Ducasse Oct. 11, 2011

Oct. 11, 2011

Leading Banking Services in Luxembourg is seeking Software Developer - SMALLTALK Role/Area : developer to participate to technical design, coding, unit testing and bug fixing in the context of GVAS 2011. Qualifications/required skills : Software engineer with advanced SMALLTALK development skills. Experience in smalltalk development is required. If possible, experience in financial industry and ability to coach people. English is the working language. Starting date : ASAP. Estimated duration of the mission : until June 2012. Location : LUXEMBOURG. Contact: Bertrand Wunderlich <bwunderlich(a)nfs.lu> Stef

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STIC is currently planning an Academic Workshop called Smalltalk Direction
by Georg Heeg Oct. 7, 2011

Oct. 7, 2011

Dear Academic ESUG Members, Since March STIC has an Academic Advisory Board. Yesterday we had a joint meeting of the STIC board and the Academic Advisory Board. And we have started planning an Academic Workshop under the title "Smalltalk Direction". The workshop shall take place as part of STIC conference place in Biloxi, Mississippi, March 19 - 21, 2012. The workshop will be international and shall have a formal program committee with members from all over the world. The papers accepted for the workshop shall be published in an internationally accepted publication. As we took the decision yesterday, not everything has been formalized yet, but I wanted to inform you as soon as possible that you can start panning what you be able to present. For academic Smalltalkers this will be a good chance to present their research in Northern America. To ease the cost we also decided to have a Student Volunteer Program similar to ESUG. I am looking forward to many interesting publications Georg Heeg PS: If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at Georg(a)stic.st STIC - Smalltalk Industry Council Executive Director Phone +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712

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O'Keefe Promoted to CTO of Instantiations
by Mike Taylor Oct. 6, 2011

Oct. 6, 2011

Instantiations is very pleased to announce that Smalltalk veteran John O'Keefe has been promoted to Chief Technical Officer of the company. In reality this is a role that John has been successfully filling for a number of years and we decided it was about time to officially recognize his contributions! Please join me in welcoming John to his new position! Mike ------------------------------------------------ Mike Taylor President/CEO Instantiations (503) 708-1400 mike_taylor(a)instantiations.com www.instantiations.com VA Smalltalk...Onward and Upward!

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Cool Smalltalker looking for a job
by Stéphane Ducasse Oct. 6, 2011

Oct. 6, 2011

> Hello, > > I just finished my two years contract as engineer in the RMoD team with stephane and I am now looking for a job. > I put below a short cv. > If you are looking for a smalltalk developer, or know someone that is looking ...., feel free to contact me :) > Cyrille Delaunay <cy.delaunay(a)gmail.com> > > > Experience > ========= > > 2009--Present, Research Engineer, INRIA - RMoD team lead by Stephane Ducasse, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. > Development / Refactoring / Capitalization of the reengineering platform Moose (http://www.moosetechnology.org/) in the Pharo environment (Smalltalk,http://www.pharo-project.org/home) > User interface. Improvement of the Moose user interface, implementation of a library for wizards generation, help for the integration of a new graphic library in Pharo. > Visualizations. Implementation of several generic visualizations for code source analysis. > C analyzer. Development and tests for C code import in Moose. Implementation of specific visualizations. > Java extractor. Participation in the development of a new Java extractor based on eclipse JDT. > PHP extractor. Implementation (in java) of a PHP extractor based on eclipse PDT . > Quality model. Participation to the ANR project Squale (Software quality assessment). Integration/implementation of the ideas in Moose. > New Package system for Pharo. Contribution (Implementation / System integration / Users update / Tests) to the development of a new Package system for Pharo. > Smalltalk-Java interaction. Evaluation / Tests of libraries to manipulate Java objects from Smalltalk image (JNIPort, JavaConnect). > Meta-modeling. Improvment and use of the meta-modeling infrastructure used in Moose (Fame). > Analysis reports. Development of a library for analysis reports generation. > Web development. Web interface for Moose (using Seaside). Conception of a dashboard (Like the one of Sonar). > > Skills summary > ============ > Visual Works, 2 years. > Pharo, 2 years. > Meta-modeling, 2 years of experience as developer of the meta-described platform Moose. Use/Development of the meta-modeling infrastructure Fame (http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/projects/fame/) > Software Analysis, 2 years of experience as developer/user of the software analysis platform Moose. Actif member of the community, good knowledge of scientific publications, books. Participation to numerous discussions around software analysis. > Software Quality, Participation with the research team RMoD to the ANR project Squale (Software QUALity Enhancement). > Agile Developpement, Strong knowledge gained during my studies and my 2,5 years of practice in the RMoD team. > Dynamic Web Development, Experience in J2EE, .NET gained during my studies. Experience with Seaside (Smalltalk, http://www.seaside.st/) during my 2 years contract in the RMoD team. > > > Education > ======== > > 2008-2009 Master professional IAGL (Engineering et Architecture of Large Softwares), University of Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. > 2007-2008 Maitrise in computer sciences, University of Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. > 2006-2007 Licence in computer sciences, University of Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. > > > Computer skills > ============ > > Languages: Smalltalk, Java, C/C++, Prolog > Web: Seaside, J2EE, ASP .NET > IDE: Pharo, Eclipse, NetBeans > OS: Mac OS, Linux, Windows > Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL > Tools: LaTeX > > Languages > ======== > French, Fluent, Native language. > English, Intermediate, Read, spoken, written during my contract in the RMoD team (main language of the team).

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