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EM04 Spam: [vwnc] Smalltalks 2013 video now available
by Andres Valloud Nov. 20, 2013

Nov. 20, 2013

Check out the playlist here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCGAAdUizzH027lLWKXh_44cGuEsay7-R Make sure you don't miss Smalltalks 2014! Andres. _______________________________________________ vwnc mailing list vwnc(a)cs.uiuc.edu http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwnc

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SmalltalkHub downtime next tuesday (25th november 2013)
by Nicolas Petton Nov. 18, 2013

Nov. 18, 2013

Hi! Smalltalkhub will be down next tuesday (25th november 2013) at 2pm. One hour downtime is expected. I will perform an upgrade of SmalltalkHub next tuesday and move the service to a new server at Inria. Many bug fixes as well as stability improvements are planned for this upgrade. Cheers, Nico

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Amber 0.12.0 released!
by Nicolas Petton Nov. 11, 2013

Nov. 11, 2013

After 3 months of work we are pleased to announce the 0.12.0 release of Amber. Besides the usual bug fixes a lot of new features have emerged. The biggest change is the switch to RequireJS to specify Amber package dependencies and to load the packages as AMD modules. Amber is now additionally available as Bower [2] component. Bower is also used to manage required JavaScript libraries which don't have to be kept around in the repository anymore. The repository layout was restructured to provide a cleaner separation of different Amber parts: * Smalltalk code is located in 'st' * Compiled Amber packages are located in 'js' * Supporting JavaScript code is located in 'support' Together with the RequireJS changes the specifying their dependencies the Brickz [3] reconfigurable micro composition system was introduced. On the Smalltalk side support has been added for writing exponential numbers of the form 2e5. Helios (the new IDE) is progressing nicely and has seen a lot of improvements. One of the great parts is the new stepping debugger which is also making progress. To try Helios, open the helios.html page or evaluate in any other amber page `require('amber/helpers').popupHelios()`. The last enhancements target the commandline compiler which can be used as `amberc` (an executable script) or as a Grunt task. The following features have been added: * generation of shebang line (#!/usr/bin/env node) * specification of target namespace (`-n` flag; `amd_namespace` option in Grunt) * specification of additional library directories (`-L` flag; `library_dirs` option in Grunt) The following features have been removed: * creation of *.deploy.js files (`-d` flag; `deploy` option in Grunt) * optimization passes via Closure compiler (`-o`/`-O` flags; `closure_jar` option in Grunt) The same behavior can be achieved by using specific Grunt tasks Additionally, the Grunt task now handles the -v/--verbose flag which triggers the same behavior as the `verbose` option which can be specified in the Gruntfile. Some numbers about this release (starting from 0.11.0): * 660 commits * 10 committers * 66 unit tests added * 152 issues were closed * 379 unit tests in total Commits: https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/compare/0.11.0...0.12.0 Issues: https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/issues?direction=desc&milestone=8&… For the most important API related changes see the file API-CHANGES.txt. * Installing Amber from NPM To install Amber from NPM, run npm install amber * Installing Amber from Bower To install Amber from Bower, run bower install amber * Migration from Amber 0.11.0 First, the loading of JavaScript files must be adapted. The custom loader has been replaced with requirejs for loading files in the browser. New loader code is thouroughly explained in [4]. After updating the loader part, `.st` files need to be recompiled into new AMD `.js` files. During loader changes, a namespace was choosen and will be needed for recompilation. Go to your directory with `.st` files and issue this from the shell: ```sh <path-to-amber>/bin/amberc -l SUnit,Canvas -n <chosen-namespace> -D <path-for-compiled-js-files> *.st ``` In windows, use `\` as path separator, the rest is identical. The `-l SUnit,Canvas` is just a general guess, if your code depends on more (or less) non-kernel packages from amber, list them here accordingly. This migrate scenario only covers simple deployments with your project's code and amber. If your project is more complicated, using libraries and packages from multiple sources, it is hard to give general advices to migrate - you must do it library by library, giving each location its own namespace, and `-L` option of `amberc` comes handy when integrating; ask on the mailing list if problems arise. [1] http://requirejs.org/ [2] http://bower.io/ [3] https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/brikz [4] https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/wiki/How-to-load-amber Happy Amber hacking! The Amber crew

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Pharo Sprint at Santiago
by Stéphane Ducasse Nov. 9, 2013

Nov. 9, 2013

Hi This is probably a too short notice but there will be a Pharo sprint at DCC at Santiago monday 11 :). Stef

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Fwd: Our Robots Can Help You Shopping
by Noury Bouraqadi Nov. 5, 2013

Nov. 5, 2013

Using Smalltalk (Pharo) of course ;-) Begin forwarded message: > Date: 5 novembre 2013 10:45:19 HNEC > Subject: Our Robots Can Help You Shopping > Source: CAR: Components, Agents, and Robots > Author: noury > > In a recent experiment we demoed a scenario of how a robot can be used to help shoppers (see Video below). The robot computes the optimal path for picking items of an arbitrary shopping list. It carries the bag and guides the shopper to items locations. As we explain in the slideshow (below the video),… > More on http://car.mines-douai.fr/2013/11/robot-help-you-shopping/ Noury Ecole des Mines de Douai http://car.mines-douai.fr/noury -- Afin de contribuer au respect de l'environnement, merci de n'imprimer ce courriel qu'en cas de necessite Please consider the environment before you print

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Reminder: Smalltalk Meetup in Zürich, Nov 5th
by jtuchel＠objektfabrik.de Oct. 28, 2013

Oct. 28, 2013

Hi, this is just a kind reminder that we're meeting in Zürich next week to chat about our favorite programming language, frameworks, news etc., and have a great time! When? November 5th, 2013, 19:00 Where? Restaurant Steinfels (near Hardbrücke, good to reach from anywhere by bus, tram, train, plane and even car - just don't expect free parking ;-) ) Who? Anybody interested in Smalltalk (the programming environment ;-) ), any flavor, any level, any framework It would be cool if you could spread the word, come yourself, bring colleagues with you, blog abut this, and let us know you're coming. See you next week, Joachim -- --  -----------------------------------------------------------------------  Objektfabrik Joachim Tuchel mailto:jtuchel@objektfabrik.de  Fliederweg 1 http://www.objektfabrik.de D-71640 Ludwigsburg http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com Telefon: +49 7141 56 10 86 0 Fax: +49 7141 56 10 86 1

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Smalltalk Meetup Zürich Nov 05
by jtuchel＠objektfabrik.de Oct. 18, 2013

Oct. 18, 2013

Hi again, I've now made a reservation for a table at the Restaurant Steinfels, Heinrichstrasse 267 8005 Zürich for November 5th, starting at 7pm. The restaurant provides free WI-FI and good beer and food. We won't have a beamer, so if anybody wants to show something, we have to do it on a laptop screen. For directions and a glimpse of the menu, you can visit http://www.steinfels-zuerich.ch http://www.steinfels-zuerich.ch/steinfels/kontakt.html The best way to get there is probably S-Bahn to Hardbrücke or Tram 4, 13 & 17 to "Schiffbau". Joachim -- --  -----------------------------------------------------------------------  Objektfabrik Joachim Tuchel mailto:jtuchel@objektfabrik.de  Fliederweg 1 http://www.objektfabrik.de D-71640 Ludwigsburg http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com Telefon: +49 7141 56 10 86 0 Fax: +49 7141 56 10 86 1

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Zürich Meetup Nov 4/5 2013
by Joachim Tuchel Oct. 11, 2013

Oct. 11, 2013

Hi there, I'm going to be in Zürich in early November and was wondering whether anybody would be interested in having a beer or orangina together with some Smalltalk and Burgers or Steak on the evening of either Monday, Nov 4th or Tuesday, November 5th. Last time people met at the Steinfels near Hardbrücke which seems to be a nice location for this (and it is in walking distance from my hotel ;-) ). So if there are any interested people for such a meetup, let me know and we'll work on the details. I think it's a good idea to reserve a table, so please sound off here or by personal mail. Joachim

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ESUG Smalltalk Archives
by Marcus Denker Sept. 29, 2013

Sept. 29, 2013

Hi, The ESUG archives where not really accessible from the website. I have now added them as a sub page of http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Smaltalk The url itself is http://esug.org/data/ TODO: -> add a subdomain archive.esug.org -> install hSai on the server, like we have on http://files.pharo.org Marcus

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New Mars examples: Package Browser and Test Runner
by Carla F. Griggio Sept. 24, 2013

Sept. 24, 2013

Hi everyone! I want to let you know that I've just posted a screencast in my blog about the new Mars Package Browser and Test Runner<http://marsonpharo.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/marspackagebrowser-and-marstest…> . These examples are not really intended as being the definitive package browser or test runner, but to start experiencing how is it to build a real application using Mars and to showcase some widgets. Anyway, it's cool :) The Package browser is not so different to the system browser example I showed before, but the Test Runner is definitely my favorite example so far. I give more details in the screencast<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlBr42uaqxE>and the blog post<http://marsonpharo.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/marspackagebrowser-and-marstest…>. Any feedback is appreciated! Cheers, Carla.

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