March 2013 - Pharo-dev - lists.pharo.org

[Pharo-project] Monkey Bait
by Sean P. DeNigris March 30, 2013

March 30, 2013

What status triggers the monkey? i.e. the new FixReviewNeeded ----- Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Monkey-Bait-tp4678991.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Pharo-project] HMI (was: One more project proposal for GSoC)
by Dennis Schetinin March 30, 2013

March 30, 2013

So, here is the proposal: Name: Khubbatov Rustem Difficulty Level: Intermediate Description A framework for building Human-Machine Interfaces with Pharo back-end providing model, and presentation front-end in Amber. Technical Details A concrete task that should be implemented with this project is a prototype of UI for network management system or SCADA. Server-side (Pharo) will simulate network components and their data, and provide relevant events for client (Amber). The latter will present network items, their state and associated information, and provide UI to control them. An important part of this system is a communication layer between Amber and Pharo. Benefits for the Student The student will gain experience in building client-server applications with advanced UI and providing two-way communication between client and server. Benefits for the Community An ability to create highly interactive web-based applications is a must-have feature for any modern development system. Amber is a bleeding edge in this area in Smalltalk world. A good communication layer between Amber and (for example) Pharo is a very appealing decision for building complex client-server systems. Best regards, Dennis Schetinin Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Monday, 2 April 2012 Ð³. at 21:47, Janko MivÅ¡ek wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > I'd suggest to go ahead. This is first Amber-related project, so it seems even more interesting. But hurry up. Let Rustem prepare the proposal and you post here then we'll open the project page. > > Best regards > Janko > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Dennis Schetinin <chaetal(a)gmail.com (mailto:chaetal@gmail.com)> wrote: > > Rustem Kkubbatov (http://gsoc2012.esug.org/rustem-khubbatov) another student I mentor in Tver State University, decided to try his luck with a project for GSoC. The problem is he can't currently choose a better approach. > > > > The original idea is to build a two-tier Human-Machine Interface (HMI) system (which can be used in a wide range of projects) with Pharo image as back-end (where a model lives) and Amber-based client as a front-end. But this thing seems to be "a little bit" too large for GSoC, isn't it? > > > > An alternative task could be to build a framework for message exchanging between Pharo and Amber. I could be the first mentor for a project based on original idea, or the second/first (depending on if anyone interested) for communication framework. > > > > Any ideas and advices are welcome (ASAP). Thank you in advance. > > > > Best regards, > > Dennis Schetinin > > >

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[Pharo-project] Postdoc position in Santiago
by Alexandre Bergel March 30, 2013

March 30, 2013

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The Chilean research agency will soon open its postdoc program. Doctors in Computer Science who want to get a rich experience are encouraged to apply. Working at the DCC: ************************ The position will have to be carried out at the DCC, University of Chile. No teaching duty is expected from you. Research topics are broad: Testing, Code execution profiling, Visualization, programming languages, Domain Specific Languages, Programming environments, Modeling, Smalltalk, .... Yes, we are open minded people :-) The postdoc will be inserted in the Pleiad laboratory, meaning she/he will have to interact with our PhD students, help us to guide smart students and engineers, eat chocolate with us. Mini FAQ: ************************ - Do I need to know Spanish to apply? No, knowing Spanish is not mandatory at all. Thanks to the Chilean friendliness, even with a deeply broken Spanish coupled with a heavy accent you will have no problem to integrate. - How long this position is for? You can stay with us up to 3 years with this position. The DCC is growing, meaning there is perspective to get a permanent position (Assistant Professor). - How often can I expect to return home? This essentially depends on your productivity. Santiago is only 1 night away from Paris: board-in, eat, sleep, board-out, welcome home. - What does it mean to live in Santiago? If you like sun, fresh fruits, (very) friendly people, high mountains, glaciers, nature, good wine, sushis, exotic places, ... then you will feel happy. Contact: ************************ If you have questions, then you can directly contact the author of this email (http://bergel.eu) or meet us at esug, stic, ecoop, esec/fse Links: ************************ http://www.conicyt.cl/fondecyt/2013/03/15/concurso-postdoctorado-2014/ http://pleiad.cl http://objectprofile.com http://bergel.eu -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;.

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[Pharo-project] Pharo inbox changed
by Esteban Lorenzano March 30, 2013

March 30, 2013

Hi, we changed the Pharo inbox location to smalltalkhub http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/Pharo30Inbox the bad news: since sthub still does not accepts open commits, you need to be added to the repository to commit slices (sorry about that) even more bad news (with a bit of good ones): Nico has promised to have inbox branch (the always public) working for next week, so we will move again the inbox as soon as the functionality is ready. The good part is that when ready, you will not need to be included into the inbox project). Esteban

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[Pharo-project] Versionner in pharo 2.0
by Norbert Hartl March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

Is there work in progress to make Versionner work in pharo 2.0? The problems I see are at first related to the removal SystemChangeNotifier. If nobody is working on it is there any reading material about the changes from SystemChangeNotifier to Announcements? I could fix it myself then but I don't know nothing about this system internal. thanks, Norbert

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[Pharo-project] More GSoC ideas wanted, 3 days left ....
by Janko MivÅ¡ek March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

Dear Pharoers, Ideas are slowly coming, 14 so far, but this is way below the 30+ in previous years. So, stretch your brain, come with some more ideas, which will be interesting for potential students and of course useful for our community. Students you are again welcome to propose such idea by your own. One student idea for now! Ideas so far: http://gsoc2013.esug.org/ideas To propose an idea just respond to this post by fulfilling this idea template: Title: Level: (beginner, intermediate, advanced) Possible mentor: (if already known) Possible second mentor: (if already known) Description Technical Details Benefits to the Student Benefits to the Community Best regards Serge and Janko, your this year GSoC admins -- Janko MivÅ¡ek Aida/Web Smalltalk Web Application Server http://www.aidaweb.si

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[Pharo-project] Fwd: GSoC 2013 - Graph-ET
by Tudor Girba March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

And another proposal. Doru > Graph-ET > > Level: Beginner > Possible Mentor: Alecandre Bergel > Possible second mentor: Tudor Girba > > Description: > The necessity of having a chart-drawing tool integrated with Roassal is increasing day by day. > Graph-ET is a tool that allows the user to create and draw charts with small and expressive Smalltalk instructions. The user may enter a large variety of entries, and the program with parse it to fit the users need. For example, the user may use a domain of words and visualize the length of those words with just two lines of code. > The nice thing about Graph-ET is that itâs very simple to see results also the interface allows the user the play with their charts in a variety of ways. > The idea is having a kind of EyeSee but with Roassal as rendering and adding more power of desition to the user. > > Technical Details: > Graph-ET is a software that needs to draw to work, for that it mainly uses Object Profileâs Roassal to make the drawing and the interaction work. > > Benefit to the Student: > The student will learn a lot more of Smalltalk and Pharo environment. Also he will learn some chart visualization and learn to solve all the problems that come with it. Not to mention learning entry parsing. Mainly he will face with serious and critical decisions that will change the fate of his program, but that will mean significant learning process for him. > > Benefit to the Community: > The community will have the pleasure of making fast charts with small and expressive instructions; this will lead to a more simple way of making and drawing charts. > The users of Roassal will enjoy a tool that fit their needs and that work well with the software they already own. > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Problem solving should be focused on describing the problem in a way that makes the solution obvious."

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[Pharo-project] [Help to review/test] Crash when downloading FFI
by Guillermo Polito March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

Hi! I've given a shot trying to get a fix for this case. Thanks to Eliot, I think I reached a solution, but since I had some random results at first, I'd like if someone else can take 5 minutes and validate. https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/10134/SpecialObjectsArray-should-not-chan… To test, the following snippet does not have to crash: Gofer it smalltalkhubUser: 'DBXTalk' project: 'DBXTalkDriver'; configurationOf: 'OpenDBXDriver'; loadStable. Thanks very much! Guille

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[Pharo-project] How to open a file with external app
by jannik.laval March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

Hi pharoers, Is it possible to select a file and open it with an external application ? For example, I need to open a pdf file. How can I do that ? Thank you for the help, Jannik

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[Pharo-project] [update 3.0] #30017
by stephane ducasse March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

30017 ----- 10127 New cleans for CriticsBrowser https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/10127 10175 New transformation rule + some corrections https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/10175 Diff information: http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/Pharo30/diff/Refactoring-Critics-Stephane… http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/Pharo30/diff/NautilusCommon-StephaneDucas… http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/Pharo30/diff/Manifest-Tests-StephaneDucas… http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/Pharo30/diff/Manifest-CriticBrowser-Steph… http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/Pharo30/diff/Manifest-Core-StephaneDucass… Stef and camille

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