GNU Smalltalk Koans
Apparently, Koans are interactive tests, and they are fairly popular with the "mainstream languages". I got an email today pointing to this start at a GNU Smalltalk set of them
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The author of this blog, James Robertson, passed away in April 2014. This blog is being maintained by David Buck (david@simberon.com).
Apparently, Koans are interactive tests, and they are fairly popular with the "mainstream languages". I got an email today pointing to this start at a GNU Smalltalk set of them
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Today's Javascript 4 You. Today we look at a few more ways to use JQuery selectors. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. Join the Facebook Group to discuss the tutorials. You can view the archives here. |
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This got posted in the VWNC mailing list (people are still wondering about NC not being available for download) - it's pretty funny:
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The next DLC for Fallout: New Vegas has slipped until July 19:
"Old World Blues," the third DLC pack for the game -- joining Dead Money and Honest Hearts -- arrives for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on July 19.
With the glitches they've had on the first two, this isn't necessarily a bad thing - so long as the don't repeat the glitchiness, of course.
It's time to start preparing for Smalltalks 2011:
SMALLTALKS 2011
5th International Conference on Smalltalk Technologies
Research Track: Call for Papers
November 3th - 5th, 2011Important dates:
Submission (Hard Deadline): August 22th, 2011 (Argentinian time:
UTC/GMT -3 hours).
Notification of acceptance: September 23th, 2011.
Camera Ready Submission: October 7th, 2011.
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the Trailblazer tools in VA Smalltalk - specifically, how to load them and turn them on. In future screencasts, we'll take a closer look at them and explore their functionality. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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The basic browsers in VA Smalltalk are not your only option - you can also load the Trailblazer tools, which look and behave a little differently. Today we'll look at a few basics for Trailblazer, starting with how to get the tools loaded. First, open the Load features UI:
Next, scroll down, select Trailblazer, and move it to the right:
Note the message in the transcript - the Trailblazer tools are not on by default. To turn them on, go to the Tools menu, and toggle the Trailblazer option on:
Now, open the Configuration Maps Browser, and you'll see a different tool than what we've looked at previously:
Try opening the Application browser - you'll see that's different as well:
Remember that you can now toggle this on and off from the Tools menu - if you end up preferring the base tools, just turn Trailblazer off.
Need more help? There's a screencast for other topics like this which you may want to watch. Questions? Try the "Chat with James" Google gadget over in the sidebar.
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Craig Latta has gotten a first cut at modularizing Smalltalk packages for his Spoon project done - he's posted the modules and their contents at the link.
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Today's Javascript 4 You. Today we look at a some more ways to use JQuery selectors to grab specific page elements and operate on them. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. Join the Facebook Group to discuss the tutorials. You can view the archives here. |
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Michael Lucas-Smith has announced some interesting updates to the Xtreams framework - follow the link for all the details.
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The latest update is now available:
We are pleased to announce the release of Seaside 3.0.5. This is a minor release for Seaside 3.0 that introduces Pharo 1.2 and jQuery 1.6 support. We recommend all users of Seaside 3.0 to update. A changelog is available
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at how you use the VASTGoodies.com tools to contribute code back to the VA Smalltalk community. It's pretty easy, as you'll see in the video. If you need more details, visit the place I learned about this! If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Today we'll be going back to the VASTGoodies.com site, and walking through the process of contributing code to the site. Using the tools we downloaded last time, this is pretty easy. First, we load the goodies into our image. Then, in a Configuration Maps Browser, select a configuration and note the two new items towards the bottom:
Select Edit Annotations to bring up a properties window. This is how you specify the various bits of information that appear on the website itself, giving information to other users about you:
Select the Project tab to fill in details about your project:
Now, hit the Ok button, and go back to the Configuration Map Browser. Select the Publish to VASTGoodies.com option in the menu:
You'll get a confirmation dialog - just hit Ok:
Now go back to the web browser and refresh the page - you should see your project in the list. That's all there is to it.
Need more help? There's a screencast for other topics like this which you may want to watch. Questions? Try the "Chat with James" Google gadget over in the sidebar.
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Welcome to episode 34 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson, Michael Lucas-Smith, and David Buck.
This week Dave Buck and I interviewed Cincom's Product Manager for Smalltalk, Arden Thomas. We spoke about the recent releases of VisualWorks and ObjectStudio, about the product roadmaps for both products. We also asked about the current inaccessibility of te NC product on the Cincom Smalltalk website - Arden had some answers for us on that score towards the end of the first part of the podcast. The discussion went for about an hour, so the podcast is split in two - part one today, part two next week. Enjoy!
You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.
To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.
If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!
If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!
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Welcome to episode 34 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson, Michael Lucas-Smith, and David Buck.
This week Dave Buck and I interviewed Cincom's Product Manager for Smalltalk, Arden Thomas. We spoke about the recent releases of VisualWorks and ObjectStudio, about the product roadmaps for both products. We also asked about the current inaccessibility of te NC product on the Cincom Smalltalk website - Arden had some answers for us on that score towards the end of the first part of the podcast. The discussion went for about an hour, so the podcast is split in two - part one today, part two next week. Enjoy!
You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.
To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.
If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!
If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!
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What do you do when you release a very successful (commercially speaking) game that nevertheless gets some raspberries from fans of the preceding game? You tread carefully:
"We have some new DLC that's upcoming that's going to try and address some of the comments and try and provide the fans with the things they're looking for, both the core fans and the new fans," BioWare boss Ray Muzyka told Eurogamer. "We're committing to making sure all the products in the franchise going forward are going to appeal to a wide audience, both the core and more."
While there were flaws in the game (reuse of maps, anyone?), it was enjoyable, and the story went somewhere interesting. Personally, I'm very curious to see where they take the core story - both in DLC and future games.
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You shows you how to launch one VW image from within another VW image. This is useful for many tasks beyond multi-core support for distributed jobs; I use this to launch images sequentially from a "driver" image to do automated builds. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:
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Torsten tells us about a Squeak meetup in Frankfurt Potsdam next month:
There is a meeting of Squeakers in germany in Potsdam on 23.07.2011. Two days before there is a presentation from Alan Kay.
There are details at this link, in German
Facebook won't be needing it, apparently - at least mot on their mobile, html5 version of the site. Gizmodo reports that they are working on a way to route around Apple and the App Store within the bounds of what Apple allows on IOS:
Eighty outside developers are supposedly working on the project including those from companies like Zynga. Games and credits will be included so you can farm to your heart's content. And yes, it will supposedly land on Android, but the first target is iOS.
If that pans out, expect a lot of the excitement over iPad specific magazine apps to flow back to HTML5.
Update: Ironically enough, TechCrunch is now reporting that Facebook is, in fact, working on an iPad app. They still don't need Flash, but perhaps they've decided that HTML5 isn't enough :)
Dave Buck has been pretty busy with VW improvements - here's another announcement:
Well, I've received permission to make the following announcement. I'll be working with Cincom to upgrade GemKit to VisualWorks 7.8.
You can get full details at the link.
Today's Javascript 4 You. Today we continue to examine JQuery's support for fade in/fade out annimation effects. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. Join the Facebook Group to discuss the tutorials. You can view the archives here. |
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You can also watch it on YouTube:
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