Smalltalk Posts Archive
I set up a month by month link archive for the Smalltalk oriented posts I've made here - you can trawl through that here.
EToys 4.1 is Out
Bert Freudenberg announced on the squeak-dev mailing list that Etoys 4.1 is now available. Etoys is a media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system with a simple, powerful scripted object model, ideal for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways. Based on Squeak, Etoys is available for free, with an open-source licence. You can run it on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux
Object Arts Updates
The guys behind Dolphin Smalltalk have a new website, and a new pricing model:
In addition to the revamped site, we have also reduced the price of Dolphin Professional to $225 for a new license and $125 for upgrades.
You can follow them on Twitter now as well.
Technorati Tags: dolphin, object arts
Smalltalk Without Loading
The site soek.goodies.st gives access to the sources of open-source Smalltalk libraries and frameworks. A big advantage to developers is that they can explore Smalltalk classes without having to successfully load them into one of the Smalltalk dialect platforms. Recently, I have changed much of the Smalltalk generator and HTML/Javascript generated code.
This is a cool app, because it makes it so much easier to explore Smalltalk code if you're not yet committed to loading a particular library - like many newcomers who aren't sure what they can or should do next. It's also a nice look at how using cloud resources facilitates this kind of thing:
Because the Soek project is implemented in VisualWorks, the first projects were exports of loaded bundles and packages from the Public Store. With the help of the Monticello VW package, it is now possible to add projects from any Monticello repository out there. The process of adding a new library is almost completely automated and uses Cloudfork for storing metadata in Amazon SimpleDB and uploading the site contributions to Amazon S3.
Controllerless Keyboarding
Travis talks about how he's doing widgets in VisualWorks these days, focusing on the keyboard aspect:
As I've wandered far and wide through other widget frameworks, I've learned that a) "MVC" is very popular and b) for every different framework there is a new and unique interpretation of "controller." One of the "different" ways I've been building widgets is without controllers. There are two aspects to deal with in this "controllerless" new world. One is how we deal with mouse interaction, the other keyboard interaction.
Follow the link for Travis' full explanation.
Technorati Tags: visualworks, widgets
Pharo and Moose in Bern
There's a joint Pharo and Moose sprint planned for October 23-24 in Bern, Switzerland:
We will organize a joint Pharo sprint / Moose dojo during October 23-24, in Bern (at the Software Composition Group, University of Bern). Some action points are mentioned on the dedicated page (of course, other ideas and interests are welcome as well)
Smalltalk in Argentina
Spotted in Ten is a good number
The Smalltalks 2010 conference in Argentina has been declared of interest by the Science, Technology and Innovation Agency of Entre Ríos (ACTIER)
Follow the link to Andres' blog for more details
Technorati Tags: smalltalks 2010, argentina
Smalltalk in London
The UK Smalltalk user group is meeting this evening, in London:
The September UK STUG meeting will be this Monday, September 27th. We'll meet at our usual venue - the Counting House, close to Bank station - from 18:30 onwards.
OmniBrowser Powers Forward
Lukas Renggli points out some nice improvements to the OmniBrowser:
The latest version of OmniBrowser includes a completion dialog that is used at various places to ease the use of the keyboard.
He's also posted a video that demonstrates the new features.
Technorati Tags: omnibrowser
New HTTP Framework for Smalltalk
There's an interesting looking new HTTP framework brewing for Smalltalk - Zinc:
Zinc HTTP Components is an open-source Smalltalk framework to deal with the HTTP networking protocol. This is a new project (started September 1st 2010) that is currently under heavy development. Our long term goals are very ambitious: we want to reach the level of functionality, scope, architectural clarity and maturity of the Apache HTTP Components library. Our short term goal is to offer working HTTP client functionality to support fundamental features in a Smalltalk image. For the time being, Pharo is our reference platform.
There are lots of details at the link, including info on how to get involved.
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