Smalltalk Labs Browser for blogs is available…. NOW!
http://slbrowserfb.appspot.com interactive installation instructions are at the very bottom (click on “configuration”).
It’s free and open source, licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 (both the client and the server). I had originally planned to release this under the MIT license but the Apache License was a better fit for reasons too numerous to name here.
More here: Smalltalk Labs – Smalltalk Labs Browser for blogs released!.
Florin Mateoc is a professional programmer for more than 20 years. He has programmed in Fortran, assembly, Basic, C, C++, Smalltalk, Java and C#. He is not a Smalltalk bigot,he does not think that Smalltalk is either perfect or the end of the evolutionary line of programming languages. He just thinks that nothing better has come along yet. Since discovering Smalltalk in 1995, he has worked with Enfin/ObjectStudio, VisualWorks and VisualAge and he has played with Squeak. He has especiallyenjoyed developing tools: he has contributed improvements to the profilers in VisualWorks, he has developed collaboration (patch and release management) and comparison tools on top of Envy, he has worked on type inferencing for Smalltalk and on automatic translation from Smalltalk to Java.
Abstract:
Please stop by and visit with us on Dec 1st , 2010 where our long time friend Florin will be discussing how his Smalltalk implementation of a classic algorithm and how the Zen of Smalltalk made it possible.
As always our meetings are open to the general public, so bring a friend.
6:30 – 7pm and the presentation starts 7pm.
Please make note of our new directions:
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 914
Join us on November 18th for Dan Antion’s experience report on their return to Smalltalk.
Bio:
Daniel Antion is Vice President, Information Services at American Nuclear Insurers. He is responsible for the overall planning and implementation of technology and communication services for ANI and is part of a team addressing Enterprise Content Management. Dan is also responsible for technical and ECM training. ANI is a small but technically oriented company so Dan’s view is both from 30,000 feet and from in the trenches.
Dan has been working in Smalltalk since 1994 and develops most of ANI’s transaction processing systems. Dan has presented at Smalltalk Solutions, OOPSLA and the AIIM Expo on topics related to systems development, content management and SharePoint.
Talking Points:
1) Why we were driven away from Smalltalk – I think our environment is not unlike many shops in that we have good, solid but aging systems lacking hooks into modern technology
2) The analysis round #1 – In our first study, Smalltalk (and our other existing platform) lost big time to C#.
3) Turning Points – There were several bits of information that came to the surface as we started to make our move that made us want to reconsider our decision. These are the things that I think would be most useful for others in a similar situation.
4) Analysis round #2 – This was harder. We had already announced our plans and now we had to argue against our previous decision but still look like we knew what we were talking about.
5) Revised Direction – I’m not sure we saved Smalltalk forever but we bought it some serious time. The technical details that work for Smalltalk include its stability, malleability and extensibility. We still have concerns but we think they can be mitigated.
Please join us for our next meeting on Oct. 21st where Paul Bennett will give his Smalltalker’s perspective on Ruby based on his recent experiences.
The presentation starts at 7 pm , however there is an open house from 6:30. Presentations are generally up to 1.5 hours after which most of us go to a local pub and continue the discussion there. Our meetings are opened to the general public , so bring a friend.
Bio and abstract provided by Paul below:
Bio:
Hi, I’m Paul Bennett, president, janitor and teaboy of Prajna Inc, an
independent software consulting firm based in NYC. I’ve been building
software systems for over 25 years, and have extensive experience in
the architecture, building and specification of custom, large-scale
enterprise IT systems, mostly in Smalltalk. My clients have included
MorganStanley, Keyspan/National Grid and JPMorganChase. I’ve also had
major exposure to C/C++, and have also built a couple of Java
projects. I’m currently oriented to programming in Ruby and Erlang.
Abstract:
“From Smalltalk to Ruby – and back again ?”
Ward Cunningham once said “I always knew Smalltalk would make a
comeback, but I didn’t know it would be called Ruby”. Is Ruby really
the new Smalltalk? In this talk, I’ll introduce Ruby and it’s context,
explore some of it’s more interesting features and defects, and
describe what I think Smalltalk, and the Smalltalk community, might
offer it.
abstract: we will start off with a survey of main language features esp. what makes groovy dynamic. then see some metaprogramming tricks that make it easy to work with xml and gui builders and creation of internal DSLs. finally touch on the grails web framework. there will be lots of demos along the way to show how programming in groovy can be fun.
bio: Numan Salati has a master’s in computer science from georgia tech speciallizing in artificial intelligence and has programmed professionally in java and python for over 3 years. He likes learning programming languages, traveling and reading.
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Date: Sept 23rd , 2009
I have 20 years of experience in the software development industry, as a line developer, a consultant, a pre/post sales engineer, and most recently, as the Product Evangelist for Cincom Smalltalk. I’ve given talks at a number of industry conferences, including Smalltalk Solutions, Ot/SPA, LinuxWorld/NetworkWorld, ESUG, and XP/Agile conferences. I’m also the author of the Cincom Smalltalk Blog – “Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants”, and the leader of the “Industry Misinterpretations” weekly podcast. I’m also the author of a few open source tools, such as the RSS/Atom news aggregator BottomFeeder, and of the Silt Blog server.
I have deep experience in Smalltalk and OO development, and have pioneered various kinds of product evangelism at Cincom, including the use of blogging and podcasting as a way of expanding mindshare for the products I manage. Most of the tools I use in these endeavors are implemented in Cincom Smalltalk, as a way of “eating my own dogfood”. This work has given me a background in grassroots level PR and marketing.
I can be reached at jrobertson@cincom.com
Abstract:
WebVelocity is a new Smalltalk Development Environment that is oriented around Seaside for Web Development and Glorp for Object/Relational Mapping. Come and see how WebVelocity re-targets the Smalltalk development experience into the Web Browser and simplifies the challenge of learning a new environment for newcomers. We’ll even build an entire application using Active Record and Scaffolding during the presentation with minimal programming. If you’re a fan of Ruby on Rails, you should come out and see this presentation.
When: July 9th, 2009, open house starts at 6:30 pm, Presentation at 7pm.
Where: Suite LLC , 8th Fl
For directions check out the directions tab on the our site.
Carl Gundel , developer of LibertyBasic , a development environment for Basic written in VisualWorks, will be presenting at NYC Smalltalk on Thursday, May 21st, 2009. He will update us on the evolution of his Liberty Basc IDE and its implementation as a Web based IDE based on VisualWork’s Seaside implementation.
Open house starts at 6:30 pm and the presentation follows at 7:00pm. We usually go out for a couple beers to a nearby restaurant/bar.
Our meetings are opened to the general public.
Bio:
Carl is a Smalltalker since 1988 and has been developing BASIC language products in Smalltalk since 1991 along with various other kinds of software systems in Smalltalk.
Abstract:
Carl will present Run BASIC; a web programming system. Run BASIC focuses on making web development easy; sort of a QBasic for the web. Run BASIC is based on Carl’s popular Liberty BASIC language and is implemented on top of VisualWorks and Seaside.
Here’s a quick and basic SMTP client demo. Its obviously outgoing only. VisualWorks has support for all the standard networking protocols i.e. http, ftp, smtp, pop , imap and tons more.
Download the demo and check it out.
The installer will create a Program Group entitled “NYC Smalltalk” wherein one will find a shortcut for the SMTP Demo. An uninstaller is provided as well. Be forwarned I have not made this fool proof. However, if all the parameters are entered correctly for the signon you will be sending out emails in no time.
BTW, note that the SMTP Demo is divided into 2 componenets one is the Smalltalk Runtime Environment namely the sre.exe , this is a generic runtime environment I setup that is network client capable. That only needs to be distributed once. The application i.e. the demo is actually located in SmptClient.pcl which is a 7 kb file.