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[Pharo-project] html doc
by Hilaire Fernandes May 8, 2011

May 8, 2011

I gave a try with Hevea to compile PBE book in HTML It gave many errors, I try to fix a few but there are many. It will require rewriting a lot of the PBE macros with ifelse{latex}{html} directives. This is what I did for the drgeo doc (http://documentation.ofset.org/drgeo2/fr) Does someone try with latex2html? Hilaire -- Education 0.2 -- http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire

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Re: [Pharo-project] Popularity of Smalltalk in Software Industry
by sourav roy May 8, 2011

May 8, 2011

Hi Toon, I agreeto what have you said but as i am a beginner to smalltalk i need lot of help to get a good grip over it and moreover unlike other mainstream languages there are not much documents or professional from which i can get some guidance about it. And i feel as Smalltalk is quite vast and different in structure from the other mail(with my two month experiance and i may be wrong), a beginner needs some proper guidance to get his hands over smalltalk. So, i just request you to kindly guide me to how should i get into smalltalk. Thanks&Regards, Sourav Original message From:"Toon Verwaest"< toon.verwaest(a)gmail.com >Date: 5 May 11 13:29:11Subject: Re: [Pharoproject] Popularity of Smalltalk in Software IndustryTo: pharoproject(a)lists.gforge.inria.frHi,I can tell you that independent of how the industry might perceive the language Smalltalk, learning Smalltalk will make you personally a better software engineer. And this is what the industry does want. You will look at prog ramming from a new angle and this will give you an edge. This is also true for learning other old languages like Scheme or Lisp. As long as you stay within your Java / .NET bubble you will be one in a billion. If you learn Smalltalk, the fact you know something that other people might not makes you more special. The only negative part of learning Smalltalk while working on other types of applications is that you will eat your shoe 95% of the time hating that Java / .NET aren't more evolved and flexible :)As it seems that you are already working on a project revolving around Smalltalk, be very happy that you are getting the opportunity to learn it; you'll come out for the better.Lastly, don't care too much about popularity within industry. If you take the time to learn the systems for yourself you will probably learn to understand the differences yourself. You are currently also part of industry and obviously don't know Smalltalk well yet; how informed was your decision to no t know Smalltalk? You are part of "the industry" making other people not choose Smalltalk based on your (non)choice of not using Smalltalk; if they would all think this way! Sheep won't change anything :)cheers,ToonOn 05/05/2011 07:38 AM, sourav roy wrote:Hi All, I have just started my career in Software/IT industry and got into a project which involes enhancement/maintainance of product built in Smalltalk. I was never exposed to this language before and have no idea if it is used in the Industry as popularly as JAVA and .NET and looks like its a DEADlanguage for the industry. I may be wrong but i need some clarification about it. I just want to know that why smalltalk is not so popular as the other OOPs Languages and what is the future prospect ofone if he/she is into Smalltalk development.Looking for some positive note so that it may give me some entho for working with Smalltalk. Thanks&Regards, Sourav Roy Get Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now!Get Yourself a cool , short @in.com Email ID now!

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[Pharo-project] Fwd: job opportunity
by Dale Henrichs May 8, 2011

May 8, 2011

In case you didn't see the announcement on the Squeak-def list ... Begin forwarded message: From: Prof David West <profwest(a)fastmail.fm<mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm>> Date: May 7, 2011 7:45:39 AM PDT To: "squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org<mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org>" <squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org<mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org>> Subject: [squeak-dev] job opportunity Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org<mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org>> My apologies for the short lead time, but I need a person that is very conversant with Squeak-Seaside-Pharo-Pier-GLASS plus an interest and ability to quickly learn and mentor others in web-mobile languages and tools. Will be working with English speakers, so facility in that language is essential. The person must be able to be in New Mexico, US, from May 23 to July 29. You will be working 6-8 hours a day, Monday through Thursday - teaching, mentoring, developing projects (list below) and overseeing my software Studio when I am in London Jun 4-19. Compensation: Approximately $10K USD plus health benefits for the two-months. If you like the work and are good at it, the position can be converted to a one-year, renewable annually, as a visiting professor (at least a Masters degree is required). The annual salary will be approximated $60K USD plus benefits. An ownership interest in the products being developed is also available - as a supplement to the academic salary. Applications we will be working on, priority order -- technology: 1) iPad app for the Bradbury Museum at Los Alamos National Labs -- XCode - cocoa based framework 2) an outcomes assessment app for Highlands University -- Web ecology (HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Javascript) 3) itsYourRep - an achievement profile / portfolio Web App - very similar to #2 -- GLASS 4) confirmOwnership - for paying client, tracks ownership interests in investments, etc. -- Seaside or GLASS 5) ambientAgile -- an app using cameras and projectors to create a distributed 'agile wall' -- not sure, start with Squeak-Seaside 6) Web-based subset of Behavior! Seaside or GLASS 7) Infrastructure for Software Design Studios - content management plus Web presence - Seaside / Pier / GLASS I must find a person very quickly, so if you are interested, please email me and we can arrange a phone call to discuss the opportunity. David West New Mexico Highlands University dmwest(a)nmhu.edu<mailto:dmwest@nmhu.edu> profwest(a)fastmail.fm 01-505-231-7233

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[Pharo-project] PetitParser puzzle
by Damien Pollet May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

I have a unit test for a parser of mine: testLine self fail: 'Just a line.' rule: #lineBlank. "passes" self parse: 'Just a line.' rule: #lineNonBlank. "passes" self parse: 'Just a line.' rule: #line. "end of input expected at 0" Now the fun part: line ^ lineBlank / lineNonBlank For reference, here are the rest of the involved rules: blank ^ #blank asParser lineBlank ^ blank star lineNonBlank ^ blank star , blank not , lineEnd negate plus lineEnd ^ (Character lf asParser) / (Character cr asParser , Character lf asParser optional) Insights ? -- Damien Pollet type less, do more [ | ] http://people.untyped.org/damien.pollet

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[Pharo-project] [OT] Meeting in Europe
by HernÃ¡n Morales Durand May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

Hi all, Sorry for the OT, I'm during this month in eastern Europe, if someone would like to meet and talk about the Smalltalk world just write me here or by private e-mail. Cheers, -- HernÃ¡n Morales Information Technology Manager, Institute of Veterinary Genetics. National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Telephone: +54 (0221) 421-1799. Internal: 422 Fax: 425-7980 or 421-1799.

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[Pharo-project] ODBC Connection in Pharo 1.1.1
by sourav roy May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

Hi All, Can any one explain me how to establish an ODBC connection in PharoSmalltalk and Database programming (Any document or explanation). Thanks&Regards Sourav | Bangalore | India Dear pharoproject ! Get Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now!Dear pharoproject ! Get Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now!

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[Pharo-project] DBXTalk (SqueakDBX) goes to Pharo 1.3
by Mariano Martinez Peck May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

Hi. This is just to let you know that SqueakDBX (soon DBXTalk) has 100% green tests in Pharo 1.3 without chaning one single line of code. In addition, half of the team is using Pharo 1.3 and the other one 1.2. We updated ConfigurationOfSquealDBX >> #stable Cheers -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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[Pharo-project] Fwd: [Esug-list] job opportunity
by Mariano Martinez Peck May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David West <davew(a)transcendencecorporation.com> Date: Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:35 PM Subject: [Esug-list] job opportunity To: esug-list(a)lists.esug.org My apologies for the short lead time, but I need a person that is very conversant with Squeak-Seaside-Pharo-Pier-GLASS plus an interest and ability to quickly learn and mentor others in web-mobile languages and tools. Will be working with English speakers, so facility in that language is essential. The person must be able to be in New Mexico, US, from May 23 to July 29. You will be working 6-8 hours a day, Monday through Thursday - teaching, mentoring, developing projects (list below) and overseeing my software Studio when I am in London Jun 4-19. Compensation: Approximately $10K USD plus health benefits for the two-months. If you like the work and are good at it, the position can be converted to a one-year, renewable annually, as a visiting professor (at least a Masters degree is required). The annual salary will be approximated $60K USD plus benefits. An ownership interest in the products being developed is also available - as a supplement to the academic salary. Applications we will be working on, priority order -- technology: 1) iPad app for the Bradbury Museum at Los Alamos National Labs -- XCode - cocoa based framework 2) an outcomes assessment app for Highlands University -- Web ecology (HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Javascript) 3) itsYourRep - an achievement profile / portfolio Web App - very similar to #2 -- GLASS 4) confirmOwnership - for paying client, tracks ownership interests in investments, etc. -- Seaside or GLASS 5) ambientAgile -- an app using cameras and projectors to create a distributed 'agile wall' -- not sure, start with Squeak-Seaside 6) Web-based subset of Behavior! Seaside or GLASS 7) Infrastructure for Software Design Studios - content management plus Web presence - Seaside / Pier / GLASS I must find a person very quickly, so if you are interested, please email me and we can arrange a phone call to discuss the opportunity. David West New Mexico Highlands University dmwest(a)nmhu.edu profwest(a)fastmail.fm 01-505-231-7233 _______________________________________________ Esug-list mailing list Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

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[Pharo-project] [update 1.3] #13184
by stephane ducasse May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

13184 ----- - Issue 4162: AbstractTool. Thanks Benjamin van Ryseghem. - Issue 4156: New widgets for senders/implementors. Thanks Benjamin van Ryseghem. - Issue 4163: RecentSubmission with Flat Browser. Thanks Benjamin van Ryseghem. One step more to get rid of StringHolder crap. We will get there. Stef

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Re: [Pharo-project] Want ugly FFI interface [was: Popularity of Smalltalk in Software Industry]
by laurent laffont May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

> > > >> > Have just used ctypes: > >> >>>> import ctypes > >> >>>> import ctypes.util > >> >>>> ctypes.util.find_library("yaz") > >> > '/usr/local/lib/libyaz.dylib' > >> >>>> yaz = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libyaz.dylib") > >> >>>> con = yaz.ZOOM_connection_new("z3950.loc.gov", 7090); > >> > >> oh cool.. give me a 5 minutes to load external library, look up the > >> random symbol exported by it > >> and make a call to it with random number of arguments, and expect it > >> won't crash. > >> > >> Works outta box! Cool. > >> > >> Now serious. How about spending time writing a bindings for that > library? > >> Where you have properly organized classes/interfaces, error handling > >> and other stuff. > >> No takers? > >> > >> Seriously, if you want such kind of shitty interface, which allows you > >> to call arbitrary function with arbitrary arguments > >> without any argument type checking, i can write it for you. > > > > > > Do it, please do it. Seriously. Thanks > > Laurent. > > Oh. Okay. I will put that in my years-long todo list. Remind me time to > time :) > This is just a matter of priority. I vote for highest :) Laurent > > > > >> > >> > Laurent > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > >

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