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[ANN] Amber 0.12.4 released
by Nicolas Petton April 11, 2014

April 11, 2014

Deal Smalltalkers, After 3 months of development, we are happy to announce the release of Amber 0.12.4. Highlights: * Several improvements in Helios, including UI-related and debugger improvements * Loading Amber without cloning the repository has been simplified * A new documentation (in progress) can be found at http://docs.amber-lang.net/ Commits: https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/compare/0.12.3...0.12.4 Issues: https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/issues?milestone=12&state=closed API Changes: * Package Canvas renamed to Web * Object >> try:catch: deprecated in favour of BlockClosure >> tryCatch: + Announcer >> + on:do:for: + Node >> + navigationNodeAt:ifAbsent: + BlockClosure >> + tryCatch: + Environment >> + evaluate:for: + AmberCli >> + version: + Object >> + deprecatedAPI: - Environment >> - eval:on: - evaluateString:on: Cheers, Nico -- Nicolas Petton http://nicolas-petton.fr

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ESUG 2014 call for presentations
by Stéphane Ducasse April 10, 2014

April 10, 2014

Please distribute widely 22st International Smalltalk Joint Conference - Call for Contributions Cambridge, France from 18 to 22 September 2014 http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2014/ This call includes: Developer Forum Smalltalk Technology Award International Workshop http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2014/IWST14 Student Volunteer http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2013/StudentVolunteers Camp Smalltalk 8 September 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For the past 22 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. This year will be held the 10th edition of the Innovation Technology Awards where prizes will be awarded to authors of best pieces of Smalltalk-related projects and an international workshop on Smalltalk and dynamic languages (http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2014/InternationalWorkshop) 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 (170 people at Amsterdam 2008)! * Students can get free registration and hosting if they enroll into the the Student Volunteers program. See below. Developers Forum: International Smalltalk Developers Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are looking for YOUR experience on using Smalltalk. You will have 30 min for presentations and 45 min for hand-ons tutorial. The list of topics for the normal talks and tutorials 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 Teaching Pearls and Show us Your Business ----------------------------------------- New from last year!!! We want two news types of sessions in addition to default talk and show us your projects sessions. - Show your business 10 min session (Get prepared!!) - Teaching pearls : we want some session on how to teach some design aspects. We want your tip and tricks to teach Smalltalk or OOP. We expect to have several 10 to 15 min sessions aggregated. How to submit? -------------- Submissions deadline is 15st June 2014 Notification of acceptance will be on done on the fly. More information at http://www.esug.org/conferences/2014 Pay attention: the places are limited so do not wait till the last minute to apply. Prospective presenters should submit a request to Stephane.Ducasse at inria.fr AND USE THE following header [ESUG 2014 Developers]. Please follow the template below the email will be automatically processed! Subject: [ESUG 2014 Developers] + your name First Name: Last Name: Email where you can always be reached: Title: Type: Tutorial/Talk/Teaching Pearl Abstract: Bio: Any presentation not respecting this form will be discarded automatically International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Read the page: http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2013/InternationalWorkshop Technology Award Competition ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. More information at http://www.esug.org/conferences/2014/ 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/2014 http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2014/StudentVolunteers We hope to see you there and have fun together.

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2nd Visualization Contest with Roassal
by Alexandre Bergel April 10, 2014

April 10, 2014

Dear colleagues and friends, We are happy to announce the Second Visualization Contest with Roassal. What can I win? - 150 euros, sponsored by ObjectProfile - a über-cool ObjectProfile T-shirt and some wonderful stickers - maximum publicity of your work - a nice award certificate, delivered during ESUG How can I win? - you have to produce a visualization with Roassal. You can use the Pharo, VisualWorks or VAST version of Roassal. Here is an example of what we expect http://bit.ly/sunburstDemo or http://bit.ly/GraphET - making a video is mandatory. The video will weight the most in our decision. The video could be of any length and has to include your name and say that is was made (partly or completely) with Roassal. No need to talk, just show off! - making your code available and easy to install will help you get more points How can I submit? - send the links of your video and other material (if needed) to info(a)objectprofile.com Every email you will send to this email will be acknowledged. If you do not receive a 'Ok' from us, it means we haven't read it, in that case send your email again after a few days. - the deadline for submitting is August 11, 2014 Mini FAQ? - Is the object-profile team allowed to participate? No - Should my visualization or code be open source? No need for this, whatever license is fine. However your video has to be public. - How can I get more information? Just comment on the facebook https://www.facebook.com/ObjectProfile or using Twitter @ObjectProfile or send email to info(a)objectprofile.com or the pharo or moose mailing list - What I submit two different videos? Yes, no problem with that - How will judge the videos? both the esug community and the object profile team. The Esug community will have 30% of the final grade, object profile the remaining 70% Cheers, The profilers -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

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Contacting Jun's father: Aoki San
by Stéphane Ducasse April 10, 2014

April 10, 2014

Hi guys I’m trying to contact Aoki the father of Jun. I sent him some mails but I suspect that I do not have his correct email. If one of you is in contact with him I would really like to get in touch with him. Stef

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CFP - IWST 2014
by jannik laval March 26, 2014

March 26, 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://car.mines-douai.fr/

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XBRL parser/processor?
by Mariano Martinez Peck March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi Smalltalkers, Sorry for the cross posting..... I wonder if anyway is aware of a Smalltalk parser/processor of XBRL (http://xbrl.sec.gov/) ? I know it's XML but it seems some extra work/features are needed besides a XML parser to fully support XBRL data extraction. Thanks in advance, -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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Phratch Website + version 3.0 in dev
by jannik laval March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Dear all, I am pleased to announce Phratch website: www.phratch.com Thanks to the support of ESUG, it is possible to make visible this wonderful project. For now, what is available on the site: - a presentation of Phratch (you can refer to it now) - installation files, there is a portable version for Windows, Linux, MacOS. - tutorials - block documentation: generated from a Phratch image ! - Some elements for Jetstorm (a lot of new articles will come soon) - a category with news Now about the versions, I am developing the version 3.0 Why this number ? Why a third version in one year of work ? It is clear that a lot of work is already done. Each version represents strong changes in the architecture. - version 1.0 is the port of Scratch + BYOB + Panther in Pharo. It is working but not extendable. - version 2.0 makes Phratch really extendable. We can develop our own block for everything in Pharo. I also make Phratch more modular with the use of Pragmas for some menus, declaration of blocks... It is available only in Pharo 3.0. There are some languages available, I hope more people can translate in other languages (http://www.phratch.com/archives/612) - version 3.0 is the version in development. What is new here: Before this version Phratch was really slow. I am cleaning the code, and now it begins to be fast, really fast ! We also begun to write tests. I am really happy to have the support of ESUG and Pharo. Thanks to the community to make Pharo as usable as it it, it makes our dreams possible. Cheers, -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://car.mines-douai.fr/

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IWST 2014 -- Reminder
by jannik laval March 14, 2014

March 14, 2014

======================================================== I apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ======================================================== Dear IWST participants, During the discussion at IWST 2013 Conference, at Annecy, France, we decided to send a reminder to all potential authors for IWST 2014. Here it is ! We want to encourage you to submit one or more papers. 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. The deadline is not fixed for now. Last year, it was June 22. So please, pay attention to this date. 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. Other information will come with the official call of paper. Alain et Jannik -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://car.mines-douai.fr/

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Smalltalk opening in Wilmington, DE
by finnegan＠labware.com March 5, 2014

March 5, 2014

Smalltalk Developer Job Type Full-time Regular Job role Application Developer Work country USA Work city Wilmington, DE Travel Minimal to none Job description This Developer role involves application development and support of Smalltalk based Laboratory Information Management Systems and Electronic Lab Notebooks applications, performing application development in a small experienced team environment. The Smaltalk Developer must have demonstrated full life cycle experience in multiple projects using object oriented methodology, including requirements gathering, application development, system integration testing, deployment and production support. This role requires good communication, team, and client interaction skills. Skills Required • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. • At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in Smalltalk Development. • Experience in Object Oriented Life Cycle Development Methodology with experience in all phases of Object Oriented development in a team environment. • Experience in relational database application backend and writing SQL queries. • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing LabWare is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Labware offers long term stable employment in a creative work environment with competitive salary and benefits packages. Please forward resume, references, and detailed recent work and project experience to Finnegan(a)LabWare.com, LabWare Inc., Thee Mill Road, Suite 102, Wilmington, DE 19806 __________________________ Michael H. Finnegan Email: Finnegan(a)LabWare.com LabWare Holdings, Inc.

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Dumb question regarding Pharo
by David Pennington Feb. 27, 2014

Feb. 27, 2014

I have just posted on the new Pharo business site expressing a hope that I can convert some of my VA Smalltalk stuff to Pharo. However, I could do with a pointer as to how to create a window and add elements. I have been using the standard VA Window creation - effectively drag and drop - so I am not used to hand creating. Could anyone point me at a primer for this? I have googled but only found little snippets. Sorry for my incompetence (after 24 years of Smalltalk development :-) David Totally Objects Message sent using Winmail Mail Server

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