Smalltalk with James Robertson

Spotted in Programming Gems (on GemStone)

Because Smalltalk was the origin of much of today’s GUI (mouse, overlapping windows, drop-down menus), Smalltalk developers are understandably accustomed to a nice GUI IDE. GemStone/S is an excellent database and Smalltalk execution environment and includes a built-in command-line tool, Topaz, where you can execute Smalltalk code, but has no native GUI. In this blog post we continue a demonstration of GemStone.app on the Macintosh (started here) and show Jade, a GUI-based IDE available on Microsoft Windows.

James has also posted a screencast for this

Tags: gemstone, gemtalk, jade

Today's Python 4 You introduces the Idle tool - a far better place to experiment than the command line. 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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Tags: python, idle

I've now reached a point of extremity with patents and copyright; I think they do more harm than good. That said, at least someone is finally going to go after the obvious patent trolls with a few pointed questions:

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted 4-0 to start an investigation of so-called "patent trolls." The first step is to solicit public comment on a long series of questions that the agency plans to submit to about 25 of the most controversial patent-holding companies, which the FTC calls "patent assertion entities" (PAE).

Tags: patent, copyright

Today's Smalltalk 4 You takes an overview of the new web app server framework in Cincom Smalltalk - Sioux. 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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Tags: smalltalk, sioux, web

Welcome to episode 145 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week Dave and James talk about aspects of Smalltalk (differing a bit between implementations) can "break" the tools. For example - messages constructed via string concatenation and then turned into symbols are effectively invisible to the senders/implementors tools.

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!

Tags: smalltalk, tools

Welcome to episode 145 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week Dave and James talk about aspects of Smalltalk (differing a bit between implementations) can "break" the tools. For example - messages constructed via string concatenation and then turned into symbols are effectively invisible to the senders/implementors tools.

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!

Tags: smalltalk, tools

Today's Smalltalk 4 You builds a simple "master/detail" UI using WindowBuilder Pro. 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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Tags: smalltalk, windowbuilder, va smalltalk

Today's Python 4 You goes over some of the basics about numbers in Python, using the shell REPL. 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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Tags: python, numbers

I'll have to give this a go - a simple Mac install for Gemstone/S

Tags: gemstone, gemtalk

I have to say, right now this interests me far, far more than either the XBox One or the PS4:

Tags: steam, games, steamos

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at a feature of the Cincom Smalltalk (VW or OS) workspace - the ability to customize the namespace imports within the tool. 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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Tags: smalltalk, visualworks, namespace

Today's Python 4 You starts looking at some simple Python code in the interpreter environment. We'll also talk about the role of indentation in Python. 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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Tags: python, interpreter