Hello Doru, I am curious. Yesterday I had a look to MessageBrowser, and realize I understand nothing of it. I saw there is a mix of SpecXXX, models, Navigation browser, Announcement, etc, then I knew I will have to spend a lot of time browsing (multiple window again) to understand a bit how these objects are related, and may be be able to change it in the way I want. Does the Moose & al tools could help me understand code I don't know about? Given the fact Pharo/Smalltalk are not typed makes it harder for code analysis, don't you? Happy new year to you too. Hiaire Le 09/01/2017 à 10:30, Tudor Girba a écrit :
Happy New Year, everyone!
Over the last year, I went through a rather extensive tour and I directly exposed Moose, GT and Pharo to some 2000+ technical people through various sessions and trainings at conferences and companies. The tour will continue this year.
Most of the sessions are not directly about Moose, GT or Pharo, but about broader topics that are served through what we do around here. These topics can relate to solving problems without reading code, to steering agile architecture, or more recently, to even broader topics like software environmentalism. If you are wondering what software environmentalism is, please take a look at this talk: https://youtu.be/N3l3eB62oSw?list=PLqvTNJtc942Cs9Qo4ikCGrUNtAw93Q0JA
I now have the confirmation that there is a whole space which is unaddressed by mainstream technologies. Often people find themselves frustrated having to build their systems on top of opaque technologies with not much hope of understanding what is going on under the hood both because they do not have access to what is behind and because they are provided lack the tools to investigate. You see, developers are suppose to have the coolest job on the planet, and many of them are unhappy. This has to change, and we can do that.
In a conversation I had with a highly respected researcher, after explaining how our tools allow us to work, he noted reluctantly âso, you are claiming that you are practicing a fundamentally different software engineering?â. This question took me a little by surprise because the only answer I found myself being able to provide was âyesâ. I sent him this talk: https://youtu.be/XWOOJa3kEa0?list=PLqvTNJtc942Cs9Qo4ikCGrUNtAw93Q0JA
It is strange to be in the position to tell the world that we are constructing something fundamentally better, but I really do believe that we are.
I wish you a happy and bold new year!
Cheers, Doru
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