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Re: [Esug-list] [squeak-dev] [ANN] ESUG supports once again SqueakDBX
by Mariano Martinez Peck March 5, 2011

March 5, 2011

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Germán Arduino <garduino(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Certainly all the Smalltalk community should thank ESUG by the > continous support to lot of initiatives. > > And to ESUG sponsors :) and ESUG conference attendees...and...and..lots of people :) > Thanks ESUG. > > > 2011/3/4 Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck(a)gmail.com>: > > We are really happy to announce that ESUG will sponsor us once again > through > > the ESUG Summer Talk project. This means that we have reached the ESUG > > expectations and that they still think that relational database access is > an > > important matter in Smalltalk. > > > > One important thing is that we are going to rename the project (we are > still > > working on it) since SqueakDBX runs not only in Squeak but also in Pharo, > > and there have been even ports to Dolphin. What's the reason for this > > decision? Because we do not want to couple ourselves to a smalltalk > dialect > > nor to OpenDBX, because our project is much more than that (later I will > > tell you about our plans). So, these are some of the possible names: > > ObjectPark, SmallParking, Parktalk, SmallValet, Valetalk, ValetST, > > NorayTalk, Ballard, Noray and Cruise. Please let us know which one is > your > > favourite or help us find a new one. > > > > Another important subject is the team. There will be three "mentors", > > Esteban Lorenzano, Diogenes Moreira and myself, Mariano Martinez Peck; > and > > three students: Guillermo Polito, Nicolas Scarcella and Santiago > Bragagnolo. > > > > We are open to suggestions and ideas. In addition, we have defined a > > possible list of actions that I copy at the end of the email. > > > > For the moment, the url remains www.squeakdbx.org and the mailing > > list squeakdbx(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org > > > > Once again, we want to thank ESUG for their support and trust. > > > > Thank you very much, > > > > SqueakDBX team > > > > > > > > > > > > Possible list of actions: > > > > 1) Change SqueakDBX’s name. > > > > 2) Update GLORP version since the actual one is 3 years old. > > > > Port it again from VisualWorks, create a VW porting tool (may be). > > Complete support to Glorp. Today it works with PostgreSQL, Oracle and > > MySQL. Make it work with most databases OpenDBX supports. > > > > 3) Create a lightweight solution, alternatively to GLORP. There are some > > options: > > > > Make SqueakSave work with SqueakDBX. SqueakSave developers already > > contacted us because they wanted to do it. SqueakSave seems to be 20% > slower > > than Glorp but you don't need to write the mappings :) > > Adapt Ramon Leon's active record to use an abstract database driver, and > > create a driver for SqueakDBX. > > Port the new Glorp’s kind of active record to Pharo. (included in 2). > > > > 4) Write a Pharo By Example 2 chapter based on the card game Stef built > ;). > > > > 5) Cog compatibility. > > > > 6) Use Alien instead of FFI. > > Eliot is working on a threaded CogVM. One of the projects of the GSoC of > > this year was to make something similar to a threaded FFI. What the > student > > did is a modification in Alien (I think) that can be run in a > multithreaded > > envirorment. He worked with Eliot. The idea is when Eliot releases the > > threaded CogVM, this FFI would work our of the box, and would avoid > locking > > the WHOLE vm while a C function is being invoked (as it happens today > with > > FFI).....So....when that VM is released, we MUST migrate to that). > > > > 7) Explore performance issues (maybe with our approach of "In thread > > execution plugin"). > > > > 8) Complete integration with OpenDBX. For example, Oracle, for large > objects > > (Clob, Blob, etc) use specific functions. There are specific functions in > > OpenDBX that have to be used if the database uses specific functions > (oracle > > is the only one for the moment.). We don't manage those functions yet. > > > > 9) In this link http://www.squeakdbx.org/Targets%20and%20Features > > You can see a list of future possible features like Connection pooling > (now > > it is done!), Prepared statement interface, Store procedures, Escape and > > avoid of SQL insertion, Authentication support: extends to other methods, > > not only user/password, Full text support, etc. > > > > > > >

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[ANN] ESUG supports once again SqueakDBX
by Mariano Martinez Peck March 5, 2011

March 5, 2011

We are really happy to announce that ESUG will sponsor us once again through the ESUG Summer Talk project. This means that we have reached the ESUG expectations and that they still think that relational database access is an important matter in Smalltalk. One important thing is that we are going to rename the project (we are still working on it) since SqueakDBX runs not only in Squeak but also in Pharo, and there have been even ports to Dolphin. What's the reason for this decision? Because we do not want to couple ourselves to a smalltalk dialect nor to OpenDBX, because our project is much more than that (later I will tell you about our plans). So, these are some of the possible names: ObjectPark, SmallParking, Parktalk, SmallValet, Valetalk, ValetST, NorayTalk, Ballard, Noray and Cruise. Please let us know which one is your favourite or help us find a new one. Another important subject is the team. There will be three "mentors", Esteban Lorenzano, Diogenes Moreira and myself, Mariano Martinez Peck; and three students: Guillermo Polito, Nicolas Scarcella and Santiago Bragagnolo. We are open to suggestions and ideas. In addition, we have defined a possible list of actions that I copy at the end of the email. For the moment, the url remains www.squeakdbx.org and the mailing list squeakdbx(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org Once again, we want to thank ESUG for their support and trust. Thank you very much, SqueakDBX team Possible list of actions: 1) Change SqueakDBX’s name. 2) Update GLORP version since the actual one is 3 years old. Port it again from VisualWorks, create a VW porting tool (may be). Complete support to Glorp. Today it works with PostgreSQL, Oracle and MySQL. Make it work with most databases OpenDBX supports. 3) Create a lightweight solution, alternatively to GLORP. There are some options: Make SqueakSave work with SqueakDBX. SqueakSave developers already contacted us because they wanted to do it. SqueakSave seems to be 20% slower than Glorp but you don't need to write the mappings :) Adapt Ramon Leon's active record to use an abstract database driver, and create a driver for SqueakDBX. Port the new Glorp’s kind of active record to Pharo. (included in 2). 4) Write a Pharo By Example 2 chapter based on the card game Stef built ;). 5) Cog compatibility. 6) Use Alien instead of FFI. Eliot is working on a threaded CogVM. One of the projects of the GSoC of this year was to make something similar to a threaded FFI. What the student did is a modification in Alien (I think) that can be run in a multithreaded envirorment. He worked with Eliot. The idea is when Eliot releases the threaded CogVM, this FFI would work our of the box, and would avoid locking the WHOLE vm while a C function is being invoked (as it happens today with FFI).....So....when that VM is released, we MUST migrate to that). 7) Explore performance issues (maybe with our approach of "In thread execution plugin"). 8) Complete integration with OpenDBX. For example, Oracle, for large objects (Clob, Blob, etc) use specific functions. There are specific functions in OpenDBX that have to be used if the database uses specific functions (oracle is the only one for the moment.). We don't manage those functions yet. 9) In this link http://www.squeakdbx.org/Targets%20and%20Features You can see a list of future possible features like Connection pooling (now it is done!), Prepared statement interface, Store procedures, Escape and avoid of SQL insertion, Authentication support: extends to other methods, not only user/password, Full text support, etc.

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ESUG 2011 Call for Contributions
by Stéphane Ducasse March 2, 2011

March 2, 2011

19th International Smalltalk Joint Conference - Call for Contributions Barcelona, Spain September 20-26 2011; Camp Smalltalk September 20-21 http://esug.org/Conferences/2011/ This call includes: Developer program Free ESUG tickets International Workshop http://esug.org/Conferences/2011/International-Workshop-on-Smalltalk-Techno… Student Volunteer http://esug.org/Conferences/2011/Student+Volunteers+program Camp Smalltalk: Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st August 2011. ESUG conference: Monday 22nd - Friday 26th August 2011. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the past 19 years, the European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG) has organised the International Smalltalk Conference, a lively forum on cutting edge software technologies that attract people from both academia and industry for a whole week. The attendees are both engineers using Smalltalk in business and students and teachers using Smalltalk both for research and didactic purposes. As every year, this year's edition of the largest European Smalltalk event will include the regular Smalltalk developers conference with renowned invited speakers, a Smalltalk camp that proves fruitful for interactions and discussions. Besides, this year will be held the - 7th edition of the Innovation Technology Awards where prizes will be awarded to authors of best pieces of Smalltalk-related projects - an international workshop on Smalltalk and dynamic languages http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2011/International-Workshop-on-Sm… - ESUG will offer 10 free entrance tickets. To get a free ticket you should send a mail to the esug board (board(a)esug.org) Subject: [ESUG 2011 Free entrance] + your name And you should write a small motivation. You can support the ESUG conference in many different ways: * Sponsor the conference. New sponsoring packages are described at http://www.esug.org/supportesug/becomeasponsor/ * Submit a talk, a software or a paper to one of the events. See below. * Attend the conference. We'd like to beat the previous record of attendance (156 participants at Brest and 170 people at Amsterdam, 150 at Barcelona)! * Students can get free registration and hosting if they enroll into the the Student Volunteers program. See below. Developers Forum: International Smalltalk Developers Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This year we are looking for YOUR experience on using Smalltalk. In addition, we are looking for tutorials. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to the following: * XP practices * Development tools * Experience reports * Model driven development * Web development * Team management * Meta-Modeling * Security * New libraries & frameworks * Educational material * Embedded systems and robotics * SOA and Web services * Interaction with other programming languages Submissions due on 1 July 2010 Notification of acceptance on 5 of July 2010 More information at http://www.esug.org/conferences/2011 How to submit? ------------------ Pay attention: the places are limited so do not wait till the last minute to apply. Prospective presenters should submit a request to board(a)esug.org AND stephane.ducasse(a)free.fr following the template below. Please use this template since the emails will be automatically processed! Subject: [ESUG 2011 Developers] + your name First Name: Last Name: Email where you can always be reached: Title: Abstract: Bio: Any presentation not respecting this form will be discarded automatically Innovation Technology Award ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are proud to announce the 6th Innovation Technology Awards. The top 3 teams with the most innovative software will receive, respectively, 500 Euros, 300 Euros and 200 Euros during an awards ceremony at the conference. Developers of any Smalltalk-based software are welcome to compete. This year we will request 3-5min videos. More information at http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2011/Innovation+Technology+Awards Student Volunteer Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you are a student wanting to attend ESUG, have you considered being a student volunteer? Student volunteers help keep the conference running smoothly; in return, they have free accommodations, while still having most of the time to enjoy the conference. More information at http://www.esug.org/conferences/2011 http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2011/Student+Volunteers+program We hope to see you there and have fun together. Ze ESUG board_______________________________________________ Board mailing list Board(a)lists.esug.org

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***IMPORTANT***: Pharo consortium call for letter of intention
by Stéphane Ducasse March 1, 2011

March 1, 2011

Dear Pharoers and Smalltalkers at large, We are pursuing an effort to bring Pharo to the next level: we will set up a consortium of pharo users (university, user groups) and industrial partners. Our goal is to build a legal infrastructure that will be able to sustain the development of Pharo and improve its future. As an example, we would like to be able to collect funds (ways as to be determined - we foresee a membership model or moral license) to pay engineering tasks to be performed such as improving the virtual machine, network libraries, better JIT support. To make it short we would like to give a chance to our community to grow and structure itself so that Pharo can get stronger and that risk (truck factor) gets minimized. We are contacting you to know if your company/research group/individuals would be interested to support such effort. Showing such interest is strategically important for us and INRIA which could also support such effort. Attached is the letter of support that we will collect once signed and scanned ( stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr / faxed at: 00 33 (0)3 59 57 78 50) The letter is a letter stating that you would be interested depending on the final setup and condition. We will decide together the model but we want to make sure that everybody can participate. Thanks for your support The Pharo Board M. Denker, S. Ducasse, and A. Lienhard

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Call for Pharo Support **important**
by Stéphane Ducasse Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

Please distribute this message around Dear Pharoers We are pursuing an effort to bring Pharo to the next level: we will set up a consortium of pharo users and industrial partners. Our goal is to build a legal infrastructure that will be able to sustain the development of Pharo and improve its future. As an example, we would like to be able to collect funds (ways as to be determined - we foresee a membership model or moral license) to pay engineering tasks to be performed such as improving the virtual machine, network libraries, better JIT support. To make it short we would like to give a chance to our community to grow and structure itself so that Pharo can get stronger and that risk (truck factor) gets minimized. We are contacting you to know if your company/research group would be interested to support such effort. Showing such interest is strategically important for us and INRIA which could also support such effort. Attached is the letter of support that we will collect once signed and scanned ( stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr / faxed at: 00 33 (0)3 59 57 78 50) Thanks for your support The Pharo Board M. Denker, S. Ducasse, and A. Lienhard

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IWST @ ESUG 2011 call for papers
by Alain Plantec Feb. 9, 2011

Feb. 9, 2011

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IWST @ ESUG 2011 International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies August 23th, 2011 Edinburgh, Scotland http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2011/International-Workshop-on-Smalltalk-Te… CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION DEADLINE : June 17, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESUG 2011 Smalltalk joint event IMPORTANT DATES * Submission deadline: June 17, 2011 * Notification deadline: July 15, 2011 GOALS AND SCOPE We are proud to invite submisssions to the International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies which is held as part of the ESUG 2011 joint event at Edinburgh. The goals of the workshop is to create a forum around advances or experience in Smalltalk and to trigger discussions and exchanges of ideas. Participants are invited to submit short and not-so short research articles. We will not enforce any length restriction. However we expect papers of two kinds: * Short position papers describing emerging ideas. * Long research papers with deeper description of experiments and of research results. TOPICS We welcome contributions on all aspects, theoretical as well as practical, of Smalltalk related topics such as: * Aspect-oriented programming, * Meta-programming and Meta-modeling, * Frameworks, * Interaction with other languages, * Implementation, new dialects or languages implemented in Smalltalk, * Tools, * Design patterns, * Experience reports PUBLICATION Pending ACM approval for Digital Library. 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. PROGRAM CHAIRS: * Loïc Lagadec (Labsticc, University of Brest, France) * Alain Plantec (Lisyc, University of Brest, France) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: * Gabriela Arevalo * Marcus Denker * Johan Fabry * Lukas Renggli * Hernan Wilkinson * Damien Cassou * Alexandre Bergel * Jordi Delgado * Johan Brichau

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Re: [Esug-list] INRIA-CEA-EDF Deep into Smalltalk School registration open
by Stéphane Ducasse Feb. 9, 2011

Feb. 9, 2011

Hi guys just a note to mention that the registration will be closed by 22 for internal administrative reasons. So pay attention. If you have a problem lets me know. Stef On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:02 AM, stephane ducasse wrote: > I forgot to say that ESUG will sponsor this event and can hel you financially. > Please address your request to me. > > Stef > > On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > >> The registration for the school: deep on Smalltalk organized at INRIA Lille Nord Europe is now open. >> http://www.inria.fr/centre-de-recherche-inria/lille-nord-europe/agenda/smal… >> >> Please register as soon as possible so that we can build some estimates. >> Please register even if you are local or close. >> >> ==== SCHOOL >> >> The objective of this school is to present on advanced Smalltalk topics such as compiler compiler, virtual machine, interaction with C, advanced UI, ... >> The school is structured around two main lectures on Virtual machines and a hand on sessions. >> • Igor Stasenko RMOD Lille France >> • Dr. Noury Bouraqadi >> • Henrik Johansen Norway >> • Jorge Ressia SCG Bern Switzerland >> • Marcus Denker RMOD Lille France >> • Prof. Theo D'Hondt VUB Belgium >> • Dr. Tudor Girba Switzerland >> • Dr. Eliot Miranda US >> >> • Date : du 7 mars 2011 au 11 mars 2011 >> • Lieu : Centre de recherche INRIA Lille Nord Europe >> >> ***There will be certainly a Pharo Sprint the saturday 15 of March. You are welcomed *** >> >> http://www.inria.fr/centre-de-recherche-inria/lille-nord-europe/agenda/smal… >> >> HOTEL >> ==== >> I'm negotiating with some hotels to provide fast a list. >> Now the first hotel that is cheap and good and that agreed to get better rooms >> for the same price is Hotel Agora >> 14 r Molinel 59000 LILLE >> Mail : agorahotel(a)yahoo.fr. >> 03 20 31 55 52 >> fax :.03 20 06 27 54 >> You should mention that you are coming to INRIA to get reduction. >> >> Stef >

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Thursday ends Early Registration Rate for Smalltalk Solutions Las Vegas 2011 - The Business Conference
by Georg Heeg Feb. 1, 2011

Feb. 1, 2011

All, Smalltalk Solutions Las Vegas 2011 - The Business Conference will take place March 13 - 16, 2011. You can find all details about the conference on our web site www.stic.st. Just the days before the conference there will be a Camp Smalltalk in the same location. Come and work with you Smalltalk friends on projects you like. Until now the community has proposed three projects to work on, and you can add more. Have a look at <http://code.google.com/p/camp-smalltalk/> http://code.google.com/p/camp-smalltalk/. Thursday this week the early registration will end, so please do not hesitate to register now. See you in Las Vegas Georg STIC - Smalltalk Industry Council Executive Director Phone +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712

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Smalltalk Stammtisch Zürich Feburar: 09.02.
by Philippe Marschall Jan. 31, 2011

Jan. 31, 2011

Hallo, Der Stammtisch findet statt am - Mittwoch, 09.02.2011, 18h - Steinfels Zürich , http://www.steinfels-zuerich.ch/ - http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=restaurant+steinfels+z%C3%BCrich&fb=1… Wer kommen will soll sich bitte per EMail melden damit wir wissen für wie viele Leute wir reservieren müssen. Nein, es gibt keine Rösti. Philippe ============================================ Smalltalk Beer-trinking event: - Wednesday, 09.02.2011, 18h - Steinfels Zürich , http://www.steinfels-zuerich.ch/ - http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=restaurant+steinfels+z%C3%BCrich&fb=1… If you plan to attend please send a mail. No, there won't be any Rösti. Philippe

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Re: [Esug-list] Agenda Published - Smalltalk Solutions Las Vegas 2011 - The Business Conference
by Georg Heeg Jan. 17, 2011

Jan. 17, 2011

All, A few minutes ago we have published Smalltalk Solution 2011 Conference program http://www.stic.st/events/smalltalk-solutions-2011-conference-agenda/. I thank all those who sent in a proposals! I am really looking forward to this conference. There are only a few hours left until 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time to get the registration lowest rate. So do not hesitate to register today. Georg Heeg PS: Smalltalk Solutions Las Vegas 2011 - The Business Conference will take place March 13 - 16, 2011. Just the days before the conference there will be a Camp Smalltalk in the same location. Please stay tuned for a more detailed announcement coming very soon now. STIC - Smalltalk Industry Council Executive Director Phone +49-3496-214328, Fax +49-3496-214712

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