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Newspeak on Dart?

August 23, 2012 20:16:09.188

Sounds like hosting on Dart is a better idea than on Javascript. However, does any browser other than Chrome actually support Dart directly?

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JS 4U 198: Maps and Events 1

August 23, 2012 7:26:05.801

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Today's Javascript 4 You starts looking at how to hook up event listeners in the context of the Javascript Google Maps API. 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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CodeCity Now in Pharo

August 22, 2012 13:52:12.000

CodeCity started out in VisualWorks, but issues around Cincom's licensing have driven the development efforts to Pharo. The toolset is not open source, which means that people are choosing to use Pharo for proprietary, commercially oriented work.

If you want to see the tools in action, grab the video (wmv format)

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News You Can Use

August 22, 2012 9:12:09.000

Maybe that last 18 months of college (way, way back when :) ) was good for me:

But today new research being released at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association reports that college students who binge drink are happier than those who do not.

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ST 4U 274: Examining the WS* XML Files in VA

August 22, 2012 7:44:41.704

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the the XML files produced by the VA Smalltalk Web Services libraries, and where you'll need to modify them for your own use.. 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:

XML Files.

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Today we'll take a look at the XML files generated by the VA Web Services support code, and we'll get to using it all next time. You might want to download the XML files here.

WS* Support

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JS 4U 197: Map Projections

August 21, 2012 7:13:12.697

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Today's Javascript 4 You looks at the map projections in the Google maps API. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube.

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ST 4U 273: Configuring VA Toolbars

August 20, 2012 7:42:33.566

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at configuring the toolbars in the VA Smalltalk development environment. 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:

Toolbars.

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The VA tools have a lot of options on the toolbars, but what if you want more? For instance, what if you really want to be able to open a browser from the workspace? Under Options on the Launcher, pull right at Toolbars:

Toolbars

Select a tool in the menu, then move options to on or off. Be careful with the mouse wheel; it's easy to change the menu when you intend to scroll through options:

options

Now, open a new workspace after adding the Class Browser icon - you should see your toolbar item:

changed toolbar

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IM 91: Gemstone S at STIC 2012

August 19, 2012 14:27:40.224

Welcome to episode 91 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week we have another recording from the STIC 2012 conference - Norm Green talking about the roadmap for Gemstone/S. If you would rather watch the video, head on over to the STIC website.

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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IM 91: Gemstone S at STIC 2012

August 19, 2012 14:27:01.358

Welcome to episode 91 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week we have another recording from the STIC 2012 conference - Norm Green talking about the roadmap for Gemstone/S. If you would rather watch the video, head on over to the STIC website.

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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Smalltalk on the JVM: RTalk

August 19, 2012 10:26:32.345

Mark Roos spoke at the last Oracle conference about RTalk - a Smalltalk environment for the JVM. There's video here, which it doesn't seem that I can embed. You can also watch the slideshow presentation.

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ST 4U 272: Finding Breakpoints

August 17, 2012 1:22:18.519

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at finding breakpoints that you've set in VA Smalltalk. 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:

Breakpoints.

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Sometimes when you are doing development, you end up setting a lot of breakpoints. Afterwards, how do you go about finding them all? In VA, it's pretty easy. Pull down the System menu on the launcher, and go to the Breakpoints pull right:

Breakpoints

Select the second option, and you'll see all the breakpoints you have in effect:

all breakpoints

From there, you can clear all of them, deactivate them, and explore the code that has them:

Configure

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Spoon 3 Reaches Alpha 4

August 16, 2012 14:12:39.000

Craig Latta has been busy with Spoon.

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JS 4U 196: Loading Maps in Code

August 16, 2012 9:51:01.937

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Today's Javascript 4 You looks at the loading Google maps dynamically, rather than statically via the page header. 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.

To watch now, click on the image below:

Dynamic Maps

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Parcel Like Tools for Pharo

August 16, 2012 8:11:12.318

mariano has been extending Fuel to give Pharo the same kinds of code tools that VisualWorks (and ObjectStudio) have with parcels:

Right now the common way to export and import packages in Pharo is by using Monticello (or doing fileOut, which is almost the same). This ends up exporting the source code and then compiling it during the import. Tanker is a tool to export and import packages of code in a binary way using Fuel serializer. Using Fuel enables us to avoid having to compile from sources during the import. Tanker understands the concept of “packages of code” and the correct integration of them into the system. For example, it initializes classes, sends notifications, etc.

If you follow the link there's a lot more explanation, as well as usage instructions. There's also a screencast available

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