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Re: [Pharo-users] Call for Presentation for ESUG 2026

by stephane ducasse

The correct dates are 4 to 10 of July 2026 :) Sorry for the typo. S > On 19 Feb 2026, at 11:02, stephane ducasse via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > Hello Happy Smalltalkers > > Here is the call for presentation for ESUG 2026. > > The ESUG board is pleased to announce Call for presentations at the 31th ESUG conference to be held in > Plovdiv, Bulgaria 7 - 10 July 2026. > > We are looking for YOUR experience on using Smalltalk. > You will have 30 min for presentations and 45-60 min for hand-ons tutorial. > > The list of topics for the normal talks and tutorials includes, but is not limited to the following: > > - Micro Services, Container, Cloud, Big Data, > - XP practices, Development tools, Experience reports > - Model driven development, Web development, Team management > - Meta-Modeling, Security, New libraries and frameworks > - Educational material, Embedded systems and robotics > - SOA and Web services, Interaction with other programming languages > - Teaching Pearls > - Show us Your Business > - Show your business 10 min session (Get prepared!!) > > ## How to submit? > > - Submission deadline is 1st of May 2026 > - Notification of acceptance will be on done on the fly. > > Pay attention: the places are limited so do not wait till the last minute to apply. > > Prospective presenters should submit a Pull Request on *https://github.com/ESUG/esug.github.io/tree/source/2026-Conference/talks>https://github.com/ESUG/esug.github.io/tree/source/2026-Conference/talks* > > If you do not succeed to do a PR you can send an email to <omar.abedelkader(a)inria.fr> and <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> with [ESUG2026] in the title > > = Title: Please follow the template below the email will be automatically processed! > = Name: > = Email: > = Abstract: > = Bio: > > Any presentation not respecting this form will be discarded automatically.

Feb. 20, 2026

UKSTUG Meeting: Adrian Soma - VEO: A Live Visual Smalltalk environment - 25 February 2026

by UK Smalltalk

Introducing VEO: A Live Visual Smalltalk that reimagines what a Smalltalk programming environment can be. VEO enables direct visual manipulation of any object and the creation of windowless visual interfaces. It is built around four core principles: all objects are visual; a single infinite zoomable and pannable canvas serves as the workspace; code can be written "in the air" anywhere in that space to send, evaluate and animate messages and live expressions; and live expressions can freely combine symbols, literals and live object references. Adrian Soma began his professional programming career in 1987, with a longstanding focus on the fundamental challenges of programming itself — particularly user interface design and interaction. He first encountered Smalltalk in 1996 and has worked with it ever since. An early project that would prove formative was an interactive chess course application, for which he built a custom graphical object system from scratch. That system became the first seeds of VEO, the Live Visual Smalltalk environment he has been researching and developing since 2006. This will be an online meeting. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/312911115/ ) to receive the meeting details.

Feb. 19, 2026

Call for Presentation for ESUG 2026

by stephane ducasse

Hello Happy Smalltalkers Here is the call for presentation for ESUG 2026. The ESUG board is pleased to announce Call for presentations at the 31th ESUG conference to be held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 7 - 10 July 2026. We are looking for YOUR experience on using Smalltalk. You will have 30 min for presentations and 45-60 min for hand-ons tutorial. The list of topics for the normal talks and tutorials includes, but is not limited to the following: - Micro Services, Container, Cloud, Big Data, - XP practices, Development tools, Experience reports - Model driven development, Web development, Team management - Meta-Modeling, Security, New libraries and frameworks - Educational material, Embedded systems and robotics - SOA and Web services, Interaction with other programming languages - Teaching Pearls - Show us Your Business - Show your business 10 min session (Get prepared!!) ## How to submit? - Submission deadline is 1st of May 2026 - Notification of acceptance will be on done on the fly. Pay attention: the places are limited so do not wait till the last minute to apply. Prospective presenters should submit a Pull Request on *https://github.com/ESUG/esug.github.io/tree/source/2026-Conference/talks>https://github.com/ESUG/esug.github.io/tree/source/2026-Conference/talks* If you do not succeed to do a PR you can send an email to <omar.abedelkader(a)inria.fr> and <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> with [ESUG2026] in the title = Title: Please follow the template below the email will be automatically processed! = Name: = Email: = Abstract: = Bio: Any presentation not respecting this form will be discarded automatically.

Feb. 19, 2026

Re: ESUG call for a conference chair

by Francisco Garau

Hey Stef, I understand your frustration, and I can only imagine the effort you've put into organizing ESUG conferences year after year. Even though I haven't participated as much as I would have liked in past conferences, I truly appreciate all the work and energy you've poured into the Smalltalk community—and you've never asked for anything in return. I probably won't be able to attend this year, but I'd be happy to help with the organization and coordination of the remaining tasks. I'll reach out to you privately to discuss how I can contribute. Thanks for everything you do. Francisco On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 06:35, stephane ducasse via Esug-list < esug-list(a)lists.esug.org> wrote: > Hello people > > Even if I loved ESUG conference and IWST is a major important step for > many > young Smalltalkers, I decided that I do not want to organise ESUG this > year. > So far I will continue the discussions with the local organiser for the > budget, set up the > information on the web site and I will contact the video guys but I think > that it will be the maximum > I will do. > > So let me know if some of you want to join the effort because > I’m exhausted and fed up also by all the free good energy that I spent > on Smalltalk survival. Sometimes I do not think that this is either > considered nor valuable. > > I have the impression that many people like to play in their > own little places and just like to eat cookies others put on the table. > I do not have free cookies anymore. > > Contact me privately if you want to help. > > S. > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list -- esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to esug-list-leave(a)lists.esug.org >

Feb. 6, 2026

ESUG call for a conference chair

by stephane ducasse

Hello people Even if I loved ESUG conference and IWST is a major important step for many young Smalltalkers, I decided that I do not want to organise ESUG this year. So far I will continue the discussions with the local organiser for the budget, set up the information on the web site and I will contact the video guys but I think that it will be the maximum I will do. So let me know if some of you want to join the effort because I’m exhausted and fed up also by all the free good energy that I spent on Smalltalk survival. Sometimes I do not think that this is either considered nor valuable. I have the impression that many people like to play in their own little places and just like to eat cookies others put on the table. I do not have free cookies anymore. Contact me privately if you want to help. S.

Feb. 6, 2026

Re: ESUG Mailinglist: Server work next 24h

by Marcus Denker

Hello, The list server update is done. Marcus > On 20 Jan 2026, at 21:06, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker(a)inria.fr> wrote: > > Hi, > > We are updating the ESUG list server. > > Please wait with sending messages for ~24 hours > > I will send another mail when the change is done > > Marcus

Jan. 22, 2026

ESUG Mailinglist: Server work next 24h

by Marcus Denker

Hi, We are updating the ESUG list server. Please wait with sending messages for ~24 hours I will send another mail when the change is done Marcus

Jan. 20, 2026

UKSTUG Meeting: Kasper Østerbye - AI Inside Pharo - 28 January 2026

by UK Smalltalk

This talk explores what it means to work with AI from inside a live Pharo system rather than treating AI as an external chatbot. I will demonstrate experiments where AI models are invoked directly from the Playground, including a concrete implementation of conversation history (AIAHistory) and experiments across multiple models and providers. Rather than focusing on code generation, the emphasis is on workflows: how different conversation structures affect results, how styles and constraints can be imposed on generated comments, and how AI systems can be inspected for systematic errors and limitations. Examples include documentation support, UML generation (via PlantUML), and experiments in automated paper review. The talk is experimental in nature and rooted in Smalltalk’s strengths: reflection, live objects, and tools that are part of the system rather than bolted on. The goal is not to present a finished framework, but to share concrete insights, failures, and possibilities for AI as a native Pharo tool. Kasper Østerbye ( https://github.com/kasperosterbye ) is a retired computer science researcher with a long background in programming languages and live systems, including decades of work with Smalltalk and Pharo. He now explores how AI models can be integrated as native tools inside a running Pharo system, focusing on conversation structure, systematic failures, and tool design rather than automation alone. This will be an online meeting. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/311265921/ ) to receive the meeting details.

Jan. 15, 2026

Master Internship sponsorship

by Noury Bouraqadi

Hi, My lab has funding for several Master's degree internship positions. These are likely to be the first step to PhD positions. - Topics are related to Software Engineering with applications to Robotics, IoT, Digital Twins, and AI - Duration: 5 months - Funding: about 630 euros / month - Location: Douai, Lille area (30km), France Application: send me a CV with a short email introducing yourself and your background. Best, Noury Bouraqadi IMT Nord Europe France

Jan. 15, 2026

Re: [Pharo-users] Looking for Metacello beta testers

by stephaneducasse＠mailo.com

Hi domenico Yes we want to know if people can load their project using baselines. S On 29 Dec 2025 at 13:40 +0100, Domenico Cipriani via Esug-list <esug-list(a)lists.esug.org>, wrote: > Hello, I would like to help. > what should I do? Load all my packages in a new Pharo 14 alpha and check if everything works? > best. > d > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM stephane ducasse via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > Hello > > > > Under the radar, we are actively continiously cleaning Pharo deep core so that we can work > > on new features. > > > > For metacello, in Pharo 13 we introduced a strict mode (so that we can detect hidden dependencies), > > and other loading features to support module experimentations. It will make Pharo code more robust > > in the long term. > > > > Since a couple of months we are actively simplifying/cleaning Metacello (as the version available in Pharo) because we want to introduce new features such as the possibility to force the reload of baselines and others. > > > > Now the unit test coverage of metacello is quite low and we do not use/know all the features > > that are available and that you may rely on. > > > > So we would love to have beta testers that can just try to load their code in Pharo 14 alpha > > and report potential bugs or features drop we would have introduced. > > > > So do not hesitate and this is a nice way to help pharo > > > > S. > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list -- esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to esug-list-leave(a)lists.esug.org >

Dec. 29, 2025