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UK Smalltalk User Group meeting - Wednesday June 30th
by Giovanni Corriga June 23, 2021

June 23, 2021

The next meeting of the UK Smalltalk User Group will be on Wednesday, June 30th. Hernan Wilkinson ( https://twitter.com/HernanWilkinson ) will talk about his LiveTyping project. Currently, almost all mainstream dynamically typed languages support type annotation a la Strongtalk. Python calls it "type hints", TypeScript is JavaScript+type annotations, PHP calls it "type declarations" and Ruby does it through a tool called Sorbet. All of them annotate the types in the source code and it is the programmer who must write and maintain the annotation. In all cases, it is not mandatory for the system to correctly type check for it to run. LiveTyping ( https://github.com/hernanwilkinson/LiveTyping ) is a type system proposal for Smalltalk, that seeks similar objectives but implemented in a different way. First, it is the environment itself that collects and maintains the types based on the execution of the system, not the programmer. Second, the types are not interleaved in the source code, thus maintaining the syntax and simplicity of the language. And finally, the main objective is not to carry out a static type checking (although it supports it), but to augment the programmers experience increasing the usability of current tools such as searching for senders and implementers, and performing more accurate and safe refactorings. In this talk Hernan will briefly show how LiveTyping is implemented to later concentrate on the improvements made to the tools and the benefits it brings when developing software with Smalltalk. LiveTyping is currently implemented in Cuis Smalltalk ( https://cuis-smalltalk.org/ ) and has been successfully used for the last two years in three different universities in Argentina when teaching Object Oriented Programming and Design. Given the current COVID-19 restrictions, this will be an online meeting from home. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/UKSTUG/events/cbklbryccjbfc/ ) to receive the meeting details. Don’t forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

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F.A.S.T. & Instantiations Presentations Now Available Online...
by Mariano Martinez Peck June 18, 2021

June 18, 2021

Hello Smalltalk Community, Earlier this year, F.A.S.T. <https://www.fast.org.ar/> invited us (Instantiations) to speak to their community about what Instantiations is doing from a business, marketing, and technical perspective. The event, *Constant Refinement and Continuing Progress at Instantiations*, took place on May 20, 2021. *Read more about it on our website.* <https://www.instantiations.com/news/fast-instantiations-online-event-may-20…> *Presentation YouTube Links:* *Advancement & Expansion with Smalltalk as a Foundation* <https://youtu.be/FZTwV0vDz88> *Speaker: Seth Berman, President & CEO at Instantiations* Realigning a Brand to Improve Marketing <https://youtu.be/QvjZQ20LwgM> *Speaker: Greg Schultz, Marketing & Creative Director at Instantiations* *VAST Platform Technology Demo: 2021 and Beyond <https://youtu.be/QtpyPMiUrgE>**Speaker: Mariano Martinez Peck, Senior Software Engineer at Instantiations* -- Mariano Martinez Peck Email: marianopeck(a)gmail.com Twitter: @MartinezPeck LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mariano-martinez-peck <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariano-mart%C3%ADnez-peck/> Blog: https://marianopeck.wordpress.com/

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Senior Smalltalk Developer/Team Leader available
by Sasa Prokic June 11, 2021

June 11, 2021

Hello, let me introduce myself and announce my availability to companies who are looking for Senior Smalltalk professional. I am Software engineer (MS) - Senior Smalltalk Developer/Team Leader, with strong (20+ years) experience working with multiple smalltalk dialects: Visual Works, Visual Age, Pharo, Dolphin,... and many different industries. My experience stretches across network-service operations, financial, online accounting, desktop publishing and healthcare industries. I am SAFE and Agile practitioner, making sure to make things work and getting things done. Since 2017 I am working in Ericsson Canada as Team Leader with other great technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Nifi, Cassandra, NodeJs Javascript, Java and other. More details about everything will be provided in my resume. I am dual Citizen of Canada/Serbia. I am currently resident of Canada and I am looking into moving to Serbia and back to Smalltalk. At this Covid time I will be ideally looking for remote job position, and I will be happy to respond to any inquires, share ideas, and to forward my resume on demand. Best regards,Sasha

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two year engineer position around Moose
by Stéphane Ducasse May 31, 2021

May 31, 2021

Hello The RMOD team has a two year engineer position to work on building tools around Moose. If you are interested or know someone that can be interested let me know. S -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Aurore Dalle FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

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Smalltalk Book by Andres Valloud x2
by Geert Claes May 28, 2021

May 28, 2021

Smalltalk Book by Andres Valloud x2 https://www.ebay.de/itm/324647682194 -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/ESUG-f1589038.html

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UK Smalltalk User Group meeting - Wednesday May 26th
by Giovanni Corriga May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021

The next meeting of the UK Smalltalk User Group will be on Wednesday, May 26th. Caffeine ( https://caffeine.js.org ) is a livecoded integration of the SqueakJS Smalltalkvirtual machine with the Web platform and its many frameworks. Craig Latta will show the current state of Caffeine development through live manipulation and combination of those frameworks. The primary vehicle is a Caffeine app called Worldly, combining the A-Frame VR framework, screen-sharing, and the Chrome Debugging Protocol into an immersive virtual-reality workspace. Craig Latta ( https://blackpagedigital.com ) is a livecoding composer from California. He studied music at Berkeley, where he learned Smalltalk as an improvisation practice. He has worked as a research computer scientist at Atari Games, IBM's Watson lab, and Lam Research. In 2016 he began combining Smalltalk technologies with the Web platform, with an emphasis on spatial computing. He is currently exploring spatial audio for immersive workspaces. Given the current COVID-19 restrictions, this will be an online meeting from home. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/UKSTUG/events/cbklbrycchbjc/ ) to receive the meeting details. Don’t forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

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Join F.A.S.T. and Instantiations for an online event tomorrow!
by Mariano Martinez Peck May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021

[image: image.png] *Constant Refinement and Continuing Progress at Instantiations* At the invitation of F.A.S.T. <https://www.fast.org.ar/>, we're discussing various aspects of Instantiations and the VAST Platform. Register here. <https://www.meetup.com/BA-Smalltalk/events/278106330> *Who should attend?* There's something for everyone at this event: business, technical, marketing, and design. *Description* Instantiations has attracted some attention with its new branding, new website, and the release of VAST Platform 2021. Join members of their staff as they discuss the evolution that's been occurring over the past 30 years and how it made reaching these milestones possible. Instantiations will discuss the direction their technology company is headed, provide insights about how they'll get there, and demo the technical breakthroughs that have been recently released and are upcoming. *For everybody in this group, the specific topics we will cover in the technical demo are: Asynchronous Programming in OOP with futures & promises, OSProcess, Tonel & Git, Cross Platform Development, ARM support and much more!* *Schedule* *Advancement & Expansion with Smalltalk as a Foundation* Speaker: Seth Berman, President & CEO at Instantiations (20 mins plus 10 min Q&A Session) *Realigning a Brand to Improve Marketing* Speaker: Greg Schultz, Marketing & Creative Director at Instantiations (20 mins plus 10 min Q&A Session) --Break-- (10 mins) *VAST Platform Technology Demo: 2021 and Beyond* Speaker: Mariano Martinez Peck, Senior Software Engineer at Instantiations (50 mins plus 10 min Q&A Session) Register here. <https://www.meetup.com/BA-Smalltalk/events/278106330> We hope to see you there! -- Mariano Martinez Peck Email: marianopeck(a)gmail.com Twitter: @MartinezPeck LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mariano-martinez-peck <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariano-mart%C3%ADnez-peck/> Blog: https://marianopeck.wordpress.com/

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Haver a Cuis based Smalltalk with Modules
by Gerald Klix May 11, 2021

May 11, 2021

Hi all, I am proud to announce the second alpha-release of Haver, a Cuis based Smalltalk with extensive support for Modules, including Browsers for module-management. No more name clashes! You can find more about Haver at: http://haver.klix.ch In addition to the Browsers it also features a Wizard to automatically manage exporting and importing classes form and into other modules. Haver is a complete distribution of Cuis with all packages from the various Cuis Smalltalk Repos at https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk. Virtual Machines for Linux X86, Windows and Raspberry OS are also included. Of course the virtual machines include Juan's awesome VectorEnginePlugin. Many thanks to Juan Vuletich for providing a simple and understandable Smalltalk implementation. Please note: Haver is not a fork of Cuis, it is an extension. Have fun and Best Regards, Gerald Klix

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about class name
by Stéphane Ducasse May 9, 2021

May 9, 2021

Hello Pharoers we are running building a tool to help understanding if class names are consistently named in a project. We run and are running xp with some of you. Now I was thinking that the idea and the tool could interest many of you. So if you want to run the xp here is the text: Nour is developing a tool to support the understanding of the coherence of class names. We would like to invite you to do a small experiment. The tool presents a visualisation of the distribution of the prefix/suffix (first/last word) extracted from class names. The idea is to detect inconsistencies in class names and correct them for a healthy evolution of the system. XP: === You can do the xp with other colleagues, it would be nice is you can do separately and then discuss together. But this is up to you. 30 or 60 minutes of your precious time should be enough to do the experiment which is planned as follows: - Read the pdf. This support contains detailed information and principles of the ClassNames Distribution. - how to load the tools - Help for the tool also provides a small summary of these principles as a reminder. - To have detailed feedback from which we can extract the necessary analysis, we would also like you to screen record during the whole experiment, and to talk freely. - Use the tool to detect inconsistencies, write down the changes you would like to make and discuss the classes you would like to rename. - Send us feedback (videos + number of renaming + ///) - Any other feedback is welcome :) we can help Let us know if you encounter problems. This experiment (with your feedbacks, the way you use the tool, the changes you would like to do…) is part of the validation of our tool that we would like to describe in the journal paper we are currently preparing. Stef Nour and Anne -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Aurore Dalle FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

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We are hiring a new software engineer (full time vacancy)
by Johan Brichau May 6, 2021

May 6, 2021

Hi fellow Smalltalkers, Do you like working with Smalltalk (Pharo, GemStone/S, Seaside, …) and you are also not afraid of spending time in other technologies like JavaScript (ReactJs), Java and devops aspects of running Smalltalk environments in production? Then read on... At Yesplan (www.yesplan.be) we are looking for a motivated and inspiring new colleague to join our ambitious software engineering team. Yesplan is an intuitive venue management web application. We are the leading software system for small and large theaters, concert halls and event venues in the Benelux and currently expanding in Europe and beyond. We strive for our users to enjoy using Yesplan, through intuitive and attractive design. Yesplan is continuously evolving software; we integrate with key apps and have an open API. As a software engineer at Yesplan, you work with the entire team on our entire technology stack: from the database and the backend to the front-end and integrations with other products. In addition to the technical implementation, you also participate in the analysis and design of product extensions and improvements. You also contribute to all devops processes, technical support and operational standby. We strive to deliver high quality through agile software development. If you've already done pair programming, code reviews, and daily stand-ups, and are committed to a devops culture with shared responsibilities, you'll probably fit right in. We're looking for a team player who isn't afraid to express their opinion. It's through the continuous exchange of ideas and the occasional constructive discussion that we reach the best decisions for our product, our customers, and our team. Check out the full vacancy attached or at https://yesplan.be/en/vacancy/full-stack-software-engineer Interested or just have same questions? Send me an email at johan(a)yesplan.be Best regards Johan

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