[Pharo-project] Article On Modern Smalltalk
Hello, folks-- I've been commissioned to write an article on modern Smalltalk and wanted to solicit feedback on what people thought the most interesting and useful aspects to cover would be. Obviously I wanted to talk about Squeak, Pharo, Amber, and at least touch on Lively, and talk about the commercial offerings (Dolphin, VAST, VW), and then there's Seaside and GLORP and Spoon and Cuis and...etc. etc. etc. Since it's not a book, I can't possibly cover everything, so I want to hit the highlights, and I'm trying to avoid being overly insular (e.g., only talking about what are the highlights for me). Any and all comments welcome. ===Blake===
GemStone should be included in a list of commercial offerings. James On Oct 13, 2012, at 6:24 PM, blake wrote:
Hello, folks--
I've been commissioned to write an article on modern Smalltalk and wanted to solicit feedback on what people thought the most interesting and useful aspects to cover would be. Obviously I wanted to talk about Squeak, Pharo, Amber, and at least touch on Lively, and talk about the commercial offerings (Dolphin, VAST, VW), and then there's Seaside and GLORP and Spoon and Cuis and...etc. etc. etc.
Since it's not a book, I can't possibly cover everything, so I want to hit the highlights, and I'm trying to avoid being overly insular (e.g., only talking about what are the highlights for me).
Any and all comments welcome.
===Blake===
Thanks for the feedback so far. Gemstone/S will certainly be in there: Thank you, Dale, I might have overlooked that. Alexandre: Yes, that is something I'm very interested in. Any kind of live, linkable projects that demonstrate ST in real-world use. I'm glad to hear Squeak.org is being updated. That was one of my first stops and the link rot there is impressive. All that said, while I want to touch on a lot of things, I'm not creating a link dump. I want to focus more heavily on a few things. I want to show people things that make them think "Man, I'm gonna go check that out!" There's probably an encyclopedia worth of stuff out there; I want to hit the highest of the high notes.
have a look at the Pharo success stories then: yesplan and others are cool. What will be your audience? and journal? Have a look at the Pharo vision document available on the consortium web page because it can give you a clear idea of where we are going. Stef
Thanks for the feedback so far. Gemstone/S will certainly be in there: Thank you, Dale, I might have overlooked that.
Alexandre: Yes, that is something I'm very interested in. Any kind of live, linkable projects that demonstrate ST in real-world use.
I'm glad to hear Squeak.org is being updated. That was one of my first stops and the link rot there is impressive.
All that said, while I want to touch on a lot of things, I'm not creating a link dump. I want to focus more heavily on a few things. I want to show people things that make them think "Man, I'm gonna go check that out!"
There's probably an encyclopedia worth of stuff out there; I want to hit the highest of the high notes.
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James Foster -
Stéphane Ducasse