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Redline Smalltalk website improvement 'survey'

by Sean T Allen

Hi everyone, I've started working on improving the experience people have when visiting the Redline Smalltalk website. At the moment, its basically a collection of links and not particularly inspiring. I've put together 3-4 questions about what you like/dislike in programming websites. If you have time, I'd love to get your input at https://gist.github.com/1306461. I know what speaks to me, but I'm an audience of 1. Looking for more input. Thanks, Sean

Oct. 22, 2011

Open PhD positions at Software Composition Group - University of Bern

by Oscar Nierstrasz

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)

Oct. 18, 2011

On YouTube: ESUG 2008

by Marcus Denker

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

Oct. 18, 2011

Re: [Esug-list] [ANN] Fuel release version 1.7

by Mariano Martinez Peck

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Martin Dias <tinchodias(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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: > > or 1.4 :) > 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 > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

Oct. 14, 2011

[ANN] Fuel release version 1.7

by Martin Dias

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

Oct. 14, 2011

Call for Participation: STIC - Smalltalk Industry Conference

by Stéphane Ducasse

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

Oct. 13, 2011

Call for Participation: STIC - Smalltalk Industry Conference

by Georg Heeg

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

Oct. 13, 2011

Re: [Esug-list] [ANN] Pharo Glorp port release

by Mariano Martinez Peck

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:56 PM, jtuchel(a)objektfabrik.de < jtuchel(a)objektfabrik.de> wrote: > Hi, > > DBXTalk is good work! > I really love to see that stuff going forward! > > Thanks. > Before I spend a lot of time playing around: has anybody tried using > Pharo/GLORP/ODBC (Access or SQLSrv) on Windows? > Yes, but I have to admit that it's almost the most complicated scenario to configure. At least I know someone tried Pharo/Glorp/ODBC/SQL Server. I think you can just give it a try. Get the dll of OpenDBX (they are in our website), get a Pharo VM that has a working FFI, and give it a try. > Or Pharo/GLORP/SQLite on Windows? > Yes, this works almost out of the box. In fact, I can provide you a zip that contains Pharo VM + image + opendbx dll + sqlite dll. > Is there some place on the web where I can find info on how to set this up? > > http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/Compiling%20and%20installing%20OpenDBX http://dbxtalk.smallworks.com.ar/Compiling%20for%20different%20backends > In an open source context, this is probably a heretic question, and if I > could choose freely, Linux and PostgresQL would be my favorite. > Sure, that's pretty easy. OpenDBX and PostgreSQL are easy to make it work in Linux. > OTOH: The fact that each windows installation comes with an Access engine > and respective ODBC driver makes the combination very attractive for > starting something on a windows machine really fast. No installation of > anything but Pharo, no need for admin rights or anything. Just set up the > odbc driver and off you go! Great chance to show the strength of Smalltalk > and Glorp to other team members and friends... > well more or less. In the case of DBX you will need the OpenDBX library anyway, even if being ODBC. OpenDBX sees ODBC just as another backend. And of course, that's only if you like accessing by ODBC (which I don't like BTW). Of course, you can create a database driver for Glorp that uses the ODBC driver of squeak in which case you wouldn't need the OpenDBX driver. > SQLite is a similar story: copy the dlls onto the machine and the journey > can start. > > yes, that's even easier. As I say, it can be provided in a "DBXOneClick" :) Cheers -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

Oct. 13, 2011

Re: [Esug-list] [ANN] Pharo Glorp port release

by jtuchel＠objektfabrik.de

Hi, DBXTalk is good work! I really love to see that stuff going forward! Before I spend a lot of time playing around: has anybody tried using Pharo/GLORP/ODBC (Access or SQLSrv) on Windows? Or Pharo/GLORP/SQLite on Windows? Is there some place on the web where I can find info on how to set this up? In an open source context, this is probably a heretic question, and if I could choose freely, Linux and PostgresQL would be my favorite. OTOH: The fact that each windows installation comes with an Access engine and respective ODBC driver makes the combination very attractive for starting something on a windows machine really fast. No installation of anything but Pharo, no need for admin rights or anything. Just set up the odbc driver and off you go! Great chance to show the strength of Smalltalk and Glorp to other team members and friends... SQLite is a similar story: copy the dlls onto the machine and the journey can start. Joachim

Oct. 13, 2011

Leading Banking Services in Luxembourg is seeking

by Stéphane Ducasse

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

Oct. 11, 2011