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Spring Not Found

April 22, 2013 13:32:34.069

I picked an awesome day to be back in Minneapolis:

Rain and snow this evening, becoming all snow overnight. Snow may be heavy at times. Low near 30F. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 mph. Snow accumulating 5 to 8 inches.

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ST 4U 373: Using CSV in Pharo

April 22, 2013 0:04:19.028

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at using CSV formatted files in Pharo. 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:

CSV

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IM 124: Reporting from Smalltalk (AAC)

April 21, 2013 16:02:27.039

Welcome to episode 124 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week Dave and I talked about reporting from Smalltalk applications. In the process of doing that, we touched on file formats, and the interesting issues that crop up when exporting specific file formats from an application

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 124: Reporting from Smalltalk

April 21, 2013 16:01:47.519

Welcome to episode 124 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week Dave and I talked about reporting from Smalltalk applications. In the process of doing that, we touched on file formats, and the interesting issues that crop up when exporting specific file formats from an application

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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A Tale of Two Springs

April 19, 2013 15:01:02.886

I'm heading to Minneapolis next week, and I've been working from home this week. Here's spring (out my window) here at home today:

And here's what I found on a webcam shot of Minneapolis, taken 15 minutes before I posted this:

Guess I'll need my boots next week - either for the snow, or the running water from melting runoff....

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ST 4U 372: GF ST in VA Smalltalk

April 19, 2013 11:11:24.095

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the GF/ST graphics framework - which you can use in VA Smalltalk, and in other dialects as well. 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:

GF ST.

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If you need a simple, cross dialect graphics framework, then you should probably have a look at GF/ST. In VA Smalltalk, simply load it from the "Load/Unload Features" UI. Once you've done that, you can have a look at class GFThreeDEditor for some example usage. Try this code:


GFThreeDEditor new open

You can play with the examples in there - here's the cube:

Cube

You'll want to see things in the browser to get an idea as to how they work. Take a look at the Application GFTesting, and its sub app GFTestingES. From there, you can start tracing the drawing code:

Code

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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JS 4U 263: Places Search

April 18, 2013 9:45:30.233

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Today's Javascript 4 You looks at Places searches in maps. 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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places search

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ST 4U 371: Using JSON in Pharo (2)

April 17, 2013 9:23:52.925

Today's Smalltalk 4 You continues looking at the usage of JSON in Pharo. 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:

JSON in Pharo

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JS 4U 262: Automcomplete for Places

April 16, 2013 9:47:01.219

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Today's Javascript 4 You looks at using autocomplete (on search fields) with the Places 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.

To watch now, click on the image below:

Places Search

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ST 4U 370: Using JSON in Pharo

April 15, 2013 10:25:00.781

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at using JSON in Pharo 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:

JSON

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