Monthly Archives: February 2012

Video series on VA Smalltalk’s process management

Marten just announced a new series of Screencasts/presentations covering the Smalltalk process model (green threads) and its implementation and use in VA Smalltalk. The first video is about 8 minutes long and is available on YouTube. After a short introduction … Continue reading

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Clicking a link in Javascript with Seaside

This is going to be a bit technical. But hey, isn’t that where the fun of programming lies? It’s going to involve a little bit of Smalltalk, Seaside, Javascript and jQuery, so it’s going to be interesting for only a … Continue reading

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Register or Submit talks for the Pharo Business Conference in May 2012

Stephane just announced that registration as well as providing talks is open now. The Pharo core team organises a Pharo Conference hosted at INRIA Lille Nord Europe located at Villeneuve D’ascq (close to Lille). Pharo is an open-source Smalltalk http://www.pharo-project.org … Continue reading

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Pharo Business Conference: The Date is set

Stephane just provided a little update on the planned date for the first Pharo Business Conference (You’ve read it here first): after compiling all your answers and checking with the local constraints: Rooms and others like free days we will organize the … Continue reading

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Smalltalk Inspect Episode 14: Adriaan van Os on VAStGoodies and Smalltalk in the Netherlands

In our latest episode of the Smalltalk Inspect we not only practice our english but also talk to Adriaan van Os from the Netherlands. Adriaan is known for his photo coverage of all major Smalltalk events during the past years, … Continue reading

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Who said Apple’s updates are any better than others? Lion 10.7.3 loses Wi-Fi when it sleeps

[POST Final Update (Feb 07, 2012): The solution with the Combo update has improved the situation, but about 25% of wake-ups will still be disconnected. Before 10.7.3, I've never had that issue.] [Final Update: The issue seems resolved. Repairing file … Continue reading

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Pharo Business Conference: the community is asking for feedback

The european Smalltalk community is quite active in the academia and open source fields. A good sign for this is the good attendance to the ESUG conference and the frequency of posts to the ESUG mailing list. Especially the Pharo … Continue reading

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