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SproutCore 2.0 becomes Ember.js – The H Open Source: News and Features

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The Smalltalk Amber JS framework got some indirect PR it seems:

But the similarity of the name and difference in concept and goals led to some confusion in forums and other discussion venues and so the developers decided to rename SproutCore 2.0 as Amber.js. This was, though, a short lived move, as it was pointed out that Amber is also the name of a Smalltalk implementation that runs on JavaScript. The developers decided to change name again to avoid even more confusion and have now settled on the name Ember. A project site is now online with examples of bindings, computed properties, autoupdating templates and other features of Ember.js

via SproutCore 2.0 becomes Ember.js – The H Open Source: News and Features.

“Visual Studio, Ruby on Rails, and Old Dudes Who Know Smalltalk” at 40withegg: a tasty, filling meal for your mind

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I love this article. I’ve been playing/working with Ruby for a while but man I just can’t get past the stone age tools that they have. The other real hard thing about is that when I compare something like Seaside/Gemstone to Ruby on Rails , its hands down not Ruby on Rails. The only thing that makes me pause is of course that Ruby is hot and well Smalltalk is just there. Then again its been “there” for a while. It doesn’t seem to quite go away. It survives , and I still survive making a living with it. But learning is good, and having more tools on your resume can’t hurt. If I have to go anywhere else than Smalltalk I guess that Ruby might be ok, notwithstanding the better tool support in Java. I’m a dynamic languages type of guy.

Anyhow, this guy wrote a  real cool and to the point article on Ruby and why people should listen to “old dudes that know Smalltalk” , I of course agree.

“Visual Studio, Ruby on Rails, and Old Dudes Who Know Smalltalk” at 40withegg: a tasty, filling meal for your mind.

LargeViewer 1.0 for iOS Displays Documents Up to 10,000 x 8,000 Pixels

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Our friend John McIntosh and long time Smalltalker has been venturing in the field of iOS apps. Can’t say that I blame them , it seems like a great market for consumer apps and Objective- C shares enough similarities with Smalltalk to make it feel almost homey.

[prMac.com] Sidney, BC, Canada – Corporate Smalltalk Consulting, Ltd. today is pleased to introduce LargeViewer 1.0 for iOS, their innovative document viewer that accommodates very wide documents, up to 10,000 x 8,000 pixels, or larger. Ideal for examining 48-inch wide blueprints, detailed site layouts, or CAD drawings using an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, the app’s Hippo View provides fast scrolling vertically and horizontally. LargeViewer reads over 50 different file formats, includes zoom in/out functionality, features Dropbox file download connectivity and management, saves files as thumbnails for quick view, supports multi-tasking,and opens documents from other apps.

Read more about it here:

LargeViewer 1.0 for iOS Displays Documents Up to 10,000 x 8,000 Pixels.

Smalltalk Labs Browser for blogs released!

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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!.

Visit by Julian Fitzell co-creator of Seaside

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Julian Fitzell which along with Avi Bryant co-created Seaside is coming through town and wanted to stop by and visit with us.  So we figure we would catch up with what  he is doing with Squeak and of course go for drinks afterwards.

The  meeting is on the 10th. Same time same place. Open house at 6:30 , presentation at 7pm.

See you all there.
Bio:

Julian Fitzell is, among other things, the co-creator of the Seaside
framework. He currently works as an independent consultant, providing
Seaside and Smalltalk consulting, development, and training.

Julian has contributed to numerous other open-source projects
including Monticello, Squeak and Pharo Smalltalks, the Mantis bug
tracker, and Dovecot mail server. He has been using Smalltalk since he
made the jump from Ruby in about 2001. Over the past 18 months, he has
lived in China and Germany as well as his original hometown:
Vancouver, Canada.

Abstract:

Seaside is a rare example of software that runs on all the major
Smalltalk platforms: Pharo, Gemstone, GNU Smalltalk, Squeak, VA
Smalltalk, and VisualWorks. We’ll take a look at some of the
challenges in keeping the framework portable and some of the
techniques the team has developed to deal with these. Along the way we
may also touch on tools such as Grease, Slime, and Monticello and how
they help the process. And then we’ll see where the discussion
lead