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[ANN] Amber 0.12.6 released!

by Nicolas Petton

Hi! After two months of development we are happy to announce the release of Amber 0.12.6 (skipping 0.12.5 for technical reasons). The team has once again been busy improving Amber to make it rock more than ever! With 260 commits done by 8 contributors, this release brings several important improvements as well as the usual bug fixes. Highlights: - Helios now has a test runner - The `amber-cli` npm package installs the CLI tooling. `amber` is not to be installed globally any more. Instead, install `amber-cli` with `npm install -g amber-cli`. - New `amber-init` command: After installing the cli tooling, `amber init` initializes a new project. - `amber` and `amberc` cli tools can now be found in the `external` directory and in dedicated npm packages. - Amber now parses `$c` character literals. - Bootstrap 3 can be used in Amber projects (no more nameclash with Helios' bootstrap 2 using bootstrap2.3.2 name). - Wider range of jQuery versions allowed. API changes: + String >> + value: + ProtocolAnnouncement >> + package + Behavior >> + isTestClass + Package >> + isTestPackage + amber/{devel,deploy,lang} exports + nil + amber/helpers exports + nil We would like to thank the contributors who made this release possible, and especially Ryan Simmons for his work on the Helios Test Runner. /The Amber crew.

July 1, 2014

Pharo Academic Partner Program

by Stéphane Ducasse

Dear Friends The Pharo consortium http://consortium.pharo.org is launching a new program in direction to academic partners: teachers, Universities and research institutes. We realized that the advantages/duties to be an academic member were unclear. We really want to build a strong community. http://files.pharo.org/consortium/Membership%20Agreement%20for%20Academic%2… Here are the key facts extracted from the document. Here are the main advantages as an academic partner: - Direct access to Pharo core developers via an automatic subscription to a specific mailing list. - Access to Pharo documents and courses. - Its logo posted on the Pharo Website Academic pages. - The possibility to propose and participate in actions. Here are the main duties (which you are already doing): - Put a link to Pharo Consortium Website from its institutional website. - When using Pharo to teach, create web pages with document courses related to Pharo. - Provide Inria with an annual report of at most half a page of its actions to promote and sustain Pharo. As member of the Pharo Consortium, the Academic Partner shall make its best efforts to: - Give courses on Pharo or related topics to its students - Participate to the development of open source software libraries in Pharo - Participate to selected Pharo mailing lists : pharo-dev(a)lists.pharo.org and/or pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org - Participate in the authoring of open-source books on Pharo and related topics. We really hope that you will register and help us making Pharo grow and be a really cool and friendly ecosystem. The Pharo Board.

June 30, 2014

A Smalltalk job at Yesplan?

by Johan Brichau

Dear Smalltalkers, The Yesplan team is looking for a new development colleague! This is a full time position to be performed on site. We are not looking for a freelancer. Please see [1] for the full description of the vacancy. Dutch speakers can check out the Dutch version [2]. If you are interested, or if you have additional questions, please contact me via johan(a)yesplan.be Also, do not hesitate to forward this email to potential candidates. best regards Johan [1] http://yesplan.be/docs/vacancy-software-engineer.pdf [2] http://yesplan.be/docs/vacature-software-engineer.pdf

June 24, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] [IMPORTANT] Accommodation booking @ ESUG'14

by Luc Fabresse

Thanks Holger for the info and thank you very much Niall for updating the website. Best, #Luc 2014-06-23 14:14 GMT+02:00 Niall Ross <nfr(a)bigwig.net>: > I've updated the Hotels page with the info. > > > Holger Kleinsorgen wrote: > > Probably a bit too late: >> >> University Rooms also offers rooms in other colleges that are quite close >> and affordable: >> http://www.universityrooms.com/en/city/cambridge/home >> >> e.g. Churchill College is 1,25km away from the lab and costs 65 pound per >> night. >> >> David Chisnall wrote >> >> >>> On 30 May 2014, at 11:49, Sabine Knöfel < >>> >>> >> >> >> >>> sabine.knoefel@ >>> >>> >> >> >> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> *can you please send a google maps link or address to the computer lab >>>> (to >>>> find hotels nearby)? >>>> >>>> >>> The computer lab is in the William Gates Building: >>> >>> http://osm.org/go/0EQSAZ2Po-?layers=N&m= >>> >>> The accommodation that we have reserved is in Trinity Hall's Wychfield >>> site, just down the road: >>> >>> http://osm.org/go/0EQSDPLdZ-?layers=N&m= >>> >>> (No Google Maps links because their map data is shockingly bad in >>> Cambridge) >>> >>> >>> >>>> *will you also provide a list of hotel suggestions like the last year? >>>> >>>> >>> We don't have a list of hotels other than the university accommodation. >>> There aren't many on this side of Cambridge. The Møller Centre is very >>> convenient, but unfortunately is fully booked for the week of the >>> conference. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/ >> IMPORTANT-Accommodation-booking-ESUG-14-tp4760389p4764328.html >> Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >

June 23, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] [IMPORTANT] Accommodation booking @ ESUG'14

by Niall Ross

I've updated the Hotels page with the info. Holger Kleinsorgen wrote: >Probably a bit too late: > >University Rooms also offers rooms in other colleges that are quite close >and affordable: >http://www.universityrooms.com/en/city/cambridge/home > >e.g. Churchill College is 1,25km away from the lab and costs 65 pound per >night. > > >David Chisnall wrote > > >>On 30 May 2014, at 11:49, Sabine Knöfel < >> >> > > > >>sabine.knoefel@ >> >> > > > >>> wrote: >> >> >> >>>*can you please send a google maps link or address to the computer lab >>>(to >>>find hotels nearby)? >>> >>> >>The computer lab is in the William Gates Building: >> >>http://osm.org/go/0EQSAZ2Po-?layers=N&m= >> >>The accommodation that we have reserved is in Trinity Hall's Wychfield >>site, just down the road: >> >>http://osm.org/go/0EQSDPLdZ-?layers=N&m= >> >>(No Google Maps links because their map data is shockingly bad in >>Cambridge) >> >> >> >>>*will you also provide a list of hotel suggestions like the last year? >>> >>> >>We don't have a list of hotels other than the university accommodation. >>There aren't many on this side of Cambridge. The Møller Centre is very >>convenient, but unfortunately is fully booked for the week of the >>conference. >> >> > > > > > >-- >View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/IMPORTANT-Accommodation-booking-ESUG-14-tp4760389p476… >Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >_______________________________________________ >Esug-list mailing list >Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org >http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > >

June 23, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] [IMPORTANT] Accommodation booking @ ESUG'14

by Holger Kleinsorgen

Probably a bit too late: University Rooms also offers rooms in other colleges that are quite close and affordable: http://www.universityrooms.com/en/city/cambridge/home e.g. Churchill College is 1,25km away from the lab and costs 65 pound per night. David Chisnall wrote > On 30 May 2014, at 11:49, Sabine Knöfel < > sabine.knoefel@ > > wrote: > >> *can you please send a google maps link or address to the computer lab >> (to >> find hotels nearby)? > > The computer lab is in the William Gates Building: > > http://osm.org/go/0EQSAZ2Po-?layers=N&m= > > The accommodation that we have reserved is in Trinity Hall's Wychfield > site, just down the road: > > http://osm.org/go/0EQSDPLdZ-?layers=N&m= > > (No Google Maps links because their map data is shockingly bad in > Cambridge) > >> *will you also provide a list of hotel suggestions like the last year? > > We don't have a list of hotels other than the university accommodation. > There aren't many on this side of Cambridge. The Møller Centre is very > convenient, but unfortunately is fully booked for the week of the > conference. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/IMPORTANT-Accommodation-booking-ESUG-14-tp4760389p476… Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

June 23, 2014

Interview RMoD #5: Guillermo Polito

by Nicolas Petton

Hi! This is the fifth interview of my colleagues of RMoD, this time I interviewed Guille! You can read the interview here: http://nicolas-petton.fr/blog/interview-guille.html Cheers, Nico -- Nicolas Petton http://nicolas-petton.fr

June 18, 2014

CFP - IWST 2014 - Deadline Extension - June, 22

by jannik laval

Dear smalltalkers, we decided to extend the deadline for submitting contributions to IWST. The new deadline is set to *22nd June, 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://www.phratch.com http://car.mines-douai.fr/

June 10, 2014

Re: [Esug-list] Guidance for an experienced smalltalker

by Alexandre Bergel

Hi Mani, Here how I see the things: having a strong visit card is crucial. Such a visit card could be of different nature: leading an open source software engineering project, regularly including bugs fixes in a major project, writing books, accurately answering emails in mailing lists, solving hard problems, writing research papers, doing screencasts, etc. A visit card is made of one or more of these ingredients. What I see around me is the following: people who have written a popular framework (e.g., magritte, seaside, athens, zinc, moose, amber) do not have and will surely not have problem to find work. This works well for students, young or experimented engineers. This is exactly how I am pushing the students and young engineers with whom I closely work. There are many many needs around there. Cheers, Alexandre On Jun 7, 2014, at 11:04 PM, mani kartha <maniskartha(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > First of all, this is not a technical doubt in the sense that it is not related to a code snippet, class or an IDE. But I think my doubt can be cleared only by experienced professionals in smalltalk. > I am a smalltalker with 9.5 years of software development experience (fully in smalltalk). I prefer to work in the technical side of software projects rather than the managerial side. But now I find it difficult to get job opportunities as even Senior Software Engineer job requirements find me as over experienced. > > I suppose some of you are managers/employers and can tell me, > what do an employer/manager expect from an engineer with <10 years experience > > 1) designing,coding and debugging skills ? > 2) domain knowledge? > 3) soft skills like ability to communicate with team/client? > 4) skills like other programming languages/tools? > 5) work permit in US/Europe (since I am in India) > or something other? > > I have 5-6 similarly experienced(VWST,Squeak,Pharo) friends with me and will it be easier to find work as a team ? > How can a team without a proven expertise (only those who had worked with us know about us) get a software contract? > Do we require mentor ? Do we need to have a business Development Manager ? > I am not asking for shortcuts but for a proper direction to proceed. > May be it will be easy to get some small software contracts by switching to other languages but we wanted to stick on to smalltalk as we all believe in the strength of smalltalk > > What i wanted to know is, whether it is possible to grow together as a team with smalltalk skills, otherwise we will have to switch to other technologies or try to grow individually. > > Thanks in advance > > Mani S Kartha > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

June 8, 2014

Guidance for an experienced smalltalker

by mani kartha

Hi, First of all, this is not a technical doubt in the sense that it is not related to a code snippet, class or an IDE. But I think my doubt can be cleared only by experienced professionals in smalltalk. I am a smalltalker with 9.5 years of software development experience (fully in smalltalk). I prefer to work in the technical side of software projects rather than the managerial side. But now I find it difficult to get job opportunities as even Senior Software Engineer job requirements find me as over experienced. I suppose some of you are managers/employers and can tell me, what do an employer/manager expect from an engineer with <10 years experience 1) designing,coding and debugging skills ? 2) domain knowledge? 3) soft skills like ability to communicate with team/client? 4) skills like other programming languages/tools? 5) work permit in US/Europe (since I am in India) or something other? I have 5-6 similarly experienced(VWST,Squeak,Pharo) friends with me and will it be easier to find work as a team ? How can a team without a proven expertise (only those who had worked with us know about us) get a software contract? Do we require mentor ? Do we need to have a business Development Manager ? I am not asking for shortcuts but for a proper direction to proceed. May be it will be easy to get some small software contracts by switching to other languages but we wanted to stick on to smalltalk as we all believe in the strength of smalltalk What i wanted to know is, whether it is possible to grow together as a team with smalltalk skills, otherwise we will have to switch to other technologies or try to grow individually. Thanks in advance Mani S Kartha

June 8, 2014