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"Introducing Hera: Gherkin-style tests" â New blog post on all: objects all: theTime
by Koen De Hondt March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

Dear Pharo users and developers, In my series of blog posts on testing, I published a new post on tools for running Gherkin-style test scenarios in Pharo. See https://all-objects-all-the-time.st/#/blog/posts/13. It is an introduction. Future posts will dig into the details. As always, all feedback is welcome. Happy reading! Ciao, Koen

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ESUG 2025 Registration opened
by stephane ducasse March 18, 2025

March 18, 2025

Hello Just a little email to announce that the registration for the conference is now opened. https://registration.esug.org/ESUG <https://registration.esug.org/ESUG> And do not forget to submit your talk. S > > ESUG 2025 Call for Presentations > from Tuesday 1st to 4 th of July 2025 > Gdansk Poland > https://esug.github.io <https://esug.github.io/> > https://esug.github.io/2025-Conference/conf2025.html > > > You can support the ESUG conference in many different ways: > - Sponsor the conference. New sponsoring packages are described at https://esug.org/become_sponsor.html > - Submit a talk, software to the award competition, or a paper to IWST https://esug.github.io/2025-Conference/IWST2025.html > - Attend the conference. We'd like to beat the previous record of attendance (180 people at Koln 2019)! > - Students can get free registration and hosting if they enroll in the the Student Volunteers program. See below. > > New this year: a 3 days lectures will be organised before the conference following the isLoop summerschool principle > https://isloop.pharo.org/ > > ## Developers Forum: International Smalltalk Developers Conference > > We are looking for YOUR experience on using Smalltalk. You will have 30 min for presentations and 45 min for hands-on tutorials. > The list of topics for the normal talks and tutorials includes, but is not limited to the following: > - XP practices, Development tools, Experience reports > - Model-driven development, Web development, Team management > - Meta-Modeling, Security, New libraries & frameworks > - Educational material, Embedded systems and robotics > - SOA and Web services, Interaction with other programming languages > - Teaching Pearls and Show us Your Business > > > We added two types of sessions in addition to the regular talks and ''Show us your project'' sessions. > - Show your business in a 10-minute session (Get prepared!!) > - Teaching pearls: we want some sessions on how to teach some design aspects. We want your tip and tricks to teach Smalltalk or OOP. > We expect to have several 10 to 15-minute sessions aggregated. > > ### How to submit? > > Make a Pull Request here https://github.com/ESUG/esug.github.io/tree/source/2025-Conference/talks > [Or but only if you are not connected to the worldâ¦ send an email to stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>] > > Title: [ESUG 2025] Please follow the template below the email will be automatically processed! > Name: > Email: > Abstract: > Bio: > > ## Call for Student Volunteers > Student volunteers help keep the conference running smoothly; in return, they have free accommodations, while still having most of the time to enjoy the conference. > > Pay attention: the places are limited so do not wait till the last minute to apply. > > Conference details: > Send an email to Steven Costiou <steven.costiou at inria.fr <http://inria.fr/>> and Oleksandr Zaitsev <olk.zaytsev at gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>> with: > > title: [ESUG 2025 Student] > name, > gender, > university/school, > country, > email address > want to attend the isLoop lectures (https://isloop.pharo.org/) > short description of you and why you are interested in participating > > For which period is accommodation covered? Accommodation is covered from Monday 30 th June to 4th July 2025. > If you attend the isLoop lectures the saturday and sunday nights will be covered. > Students will be hosted in student rooms. ESUG additionally covers the lunches during the week and one dinner. > > This year the isLoop schools is organized the Satruday, Sunday and Monday before the conference (soon at https://isloop.pharo.org/) > > Duties include handling registration as people arrive at the conference, collecting presentation slides for ESUG right after the presentation is given, being present at an information desk to answer questions, and generally being helpful. Student volunteering makes the conference better, takes a fairly small amount of time, and doesn't significantly interfere with enjoying and learning from the conference. Please note, that this role requires discipline and constant attention to all attendees. > > Information about hotel > Student Volunteer rooms are booked at (to be announced). If you are a student volunteer, do not book yourself, we have arranged the booking already! > > > > > > > > > > StÃ©phane Ducasse > http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr <http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/> > 06 30 93 66 73 > > "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.â Calvin & Hobbes StÃ©phane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.â Calvin & Hobbes

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Craig Latta - Livecoding Language Models: AI Context in Live Environments - 26 March 2025
by UK Smalltalk March 17, 2025

March 17, 2025

For our March meeting, Craig Latta will show how to leverage AI language models in a livecoding environment. Using a tool creates context for complimentary tools. For example, selecting an object in a Smalltalk inspector creates useful context for browsing the class of that object. This is a potent idea in an integrated development environment, where multiple tools operate on related information. The extensive context in a live environment enables powerful collaboration with contemporary AI language models. Tools built from that collaboration could greatly augment human capability. Craig Latta ( https://thiscontext.com/author/ccrraaiigg/ ) will show some foundations for them, and suggest ways of easing their construction through the systematic description of existing tool functionality. For a preview, please see Craig's blog at thiscontext.com ( http://thiscontext.com/ ). Craig Latta is a research computer scientist in Berkeley and Amsterdam, with interests including livecoding, music performance, and interactive visualization. The discovery of a mysteriously-placed Blue Book at university led to stints at several exploratory labs, and a pursuit of improvisation wherever code is found. His current work focuses on polyglot computing with WebAssembly, the novel compiler framework Epigram, and human augmentation through AI. This will be an online meeting from home. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/305761372/ ) to receive the meeting details. Donât forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

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Updating a Form after changing pixel values
by Mikael Svane March 10, 2025

March 10, 2025

I have a Form where I change pixel colours using Form>>pixelValueAt:put:. The Form exists inside an SpImagePresenter. After having changed the pixels, I want to redraw the Form in an #updatePresenters method to show the changes, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do this. If I inspect the Form it is clear that the pixels have been changed, so the problem is in the #updatePresenters mwthod. I have tried different variations on this theme without success: updatePresenter | canvas | "Get the canvas of the Form:" canvas := imagePresenter image form getCanvas. adapter widget drawSubmorphsOn: canvas Any suggestions would be very welcome. Kind regards, Mikael

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Converting global coordinates from a mouse event
by Mikael Svane March 5, 2025

March 5, 2025

I have a presenter that is a subclass of SpPresenterWithModel and it contains, among other things, an ImagePresenter with an autoscaling image (a Form). I want to capture mouse clicks on the image and get the coordinate of the click relative to the upper left corner of the Form. My #initializePresenter method looks like this: initializePresenter image := self newImage image: self emptyImage; autoScale: true. image eventHandler whenMouseDownDo: [ :event | self handleMouseDown: event]. This works, and the #handleMouseDown: method is run whenever the mouse is pressed on the ImagePresenter, but the MouseButtonEvent reports global coordinates and I can't find out how to convert these to coordinates relative to the Form that the ImagePresenter holds. I have googled and found answers to similar old questions, but nothing that seems to apply to Spec2. There must be a very simple solution to this, it's just that I can't seem to find it. Kind regards, Mikael

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MISS-ABMS course in Montpellier (September 2025)
by bommel＠cirad.fr March 4, 2025

March 4, 2025

Hello, This is the announcement for the next Agent-Based Modelling course: MISS-ABMS, *M*ulti-platform*I*nternational*S*ummer*S*chool on*A*gent-*B*ased*M*odelling &*S*imulation for renewable resources management *MISS-ABMS 2025, 8-19 September 2025, Agropolis, Montpellier (France)* By taking part in this course, you will gain a modelling culture and learn the different skills required for building agent-based models (ABMs) applied to sociological, ecological, or socio-ecological systems. *Key points* Â·MISS-ABMS is multi-cultural in terms of background and nationalities of the trainers and participants Â·MISS-ABMS promotes a collaborative practice of modelling and simulation Â·MISS-ABMS is multi-platform: Cormas-Pharo, Gama and NetLogo Â·MISS-ABMS presents the different stages of an ABM process, with a focus on model design and implementation Â·MISS-ABMS offers a significant time for group work to design and implement an ABM *For who* Â·Each year we enjoy having participants with very heterogeneous profiles in terms of age, nationality, scientific background and experience in modelling or coding. Beginners in ABM who are planning to participate in a modelling project in the months following the training are welcomed. Â·If you have any concern regarding your participation, feel free to ask at: miss-abms_organizers[at]agropolis[dot]fr *Information and registration* Â·For more details see the summer school website:https://www.agropolis.fr/MISSABMS Â·If you intend to participate, please complete theapplication form <https://www.agropolis.fr/MISS-ABMS-APPLICATION-FORM>. The selection of participants and the confirmation of the session will be announced mid-June. Best regards, MISS-ABMS organization team

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Pharo by Example
by Arild Dyrseth Feb. 27, 2025

Feb. 27, 2025

The book 'Pharo by Example' is currently based on Pharo 9. Are there any plans or initiatives to update this manual to reflect Pharo 12 or 13 ?

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UK Smalltalk User Group meeting: Richard Ronteltap - SmallJS - 26 February 2025
by UK Smalltalk Feb. 26, 2025

Feb. 26, 2025

For our February 2025 presentation, Richard Ronteltap will present his SmallJS project. SmallJS ( https://small-js.org/Home/Home.html ) is a free and open source implementation of the elegant and powerful Smalltalk-80 (ST) language. It compiles to JavaScript (JS) that runs in modern browsers or in Node.js. SmallJS is file based, not image based, so you can develop in your favorite IDE. The default setup is for Visual Studio Code, with ST syntax coloring and step debugging! You code separately from the SmallJS base libraries (image) and only the parts you use are imported automatically when running your app. SmallJS is fully object oriented, so customizable on every level. For usability, ST class and method names are kept mostly equal to their familiar JS counterparts. JS libraries already encapsulated in ST are: Browsers: Document, Window, HTML elements, events, CSS, streams. Node.js: HTTP server, Express, 4 databases, files. SmallJS is mostly intended for use by JS devs that want a nicer language to work in. But it can also be used by existing ST devs that are willing to learn a new ST framework that can directly run in browsers and can seamlessly access the powerful Node.js ecosystem, without the need for bridges between overlapping frameworks. Richard ( https://github.com/FunctionPoint ) studied Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he used used Smalltalk-80 to write a query optimizer for a prototype OODBMS. He currently works in IT / Software Management within the IT department of the UvA. This will be an online meeting from home. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/305761370/ ) to receive the meeting details. Donât forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

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Fostering a respectful Pharo Community
by Esteban Lorenzano Feb. 20, 2025

Feb. 20, 2025

Hello, Pharo is more than just a programming language and a development environmentâit is, above all, a community. As a community, we uphold certain values that form the foundation of our interactions, both technical and non-technical. We believe in human rights and the right of all individuals to live and grow in an environment that respects them, regardless of their choices. With that in mind, we adhere to the principle of the paradox of tolerance: while we welcome open discussions, we do not support intolerance, hate speech, or any attempts to introduce such attitudes into our community. We recognize that we are not just programmers but multidimensional social individuals, and discussions may (and must) sometimes extend beyond strictly technical topics. However, we expect these conversations to remain within the respectful boundaries that ensure a welcoming space for everyone. In this sense, we want to apologize to anyone that may have feel discomfort or concern by the previous discussion. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and supportive environment where all members feel safe and valued. Thank you for your understanding and for being part of Pharo. Esteban, on behalf of the Pharo Board

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Moderation for pharo-user posts
by Marcus Denker Feb. 20, 2025

Feb. 20, 2025

Hi, To keep this list on topic, we have decided to enable post moderation. Marcus

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