Planet Squeak

There is Cade - a graphics framework for Pharo using Athens. Here is the link including a demo video.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 18, 2013 11:01 PM

In need of some Smalltalk marketing - then get some stickers.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 18, 2013 11:54 AM

Read more here.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 18, 2013 11:47 AM

by board (board@pharo-project.org) at June 18, 2013 08:31 AM

Presenty is a user interface framework for Pharo based on MVP (Model view presenter). Read more about it on Denis blog. Code is on SmalltalkHub.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 18, 2013 06:42 AM

by board (board@pharo-project.org) at June 17, 2013 11:17 AM

First video recorded by James from this months "STIC 13" conference, Wigwam resort, Phoenix Arizona (June 9-12). Expect more to come in the next days ...

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 16, 2013 08:27 PM

Didnt know Barcodes are so easy to implement in Smalltalk. So I started with EAN13 barcode together with unit tests.

Project lives on: http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~TorstenBergmann/Barcode

You can also load it using the config browser in Pharo 2.0 now. It is already usable - thanks to the power of Pharo.

Short Guide:

 To instantiate: BarcodeEAN13 value: '2109876543210'
You can get the binarySequence of a barcode:

(BarcodeEAN13 value: '2109876543210') binarySequence

calcuate the checksum (last digit):

 (BarcodeEAN13 value: '2109876543210') computeChecksum

 or visualize the barcode:

  BarcodeEAN13 example asForm asMorph openInWorld

 or to write to a file:

   PNGReadWriter putForm: BarcodeEAN13 example asForm onFileNamed: 'sample.png'

  Now includes EAN8 as well

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 16, 2013 08:26 PM

by board (board@pharo-project.org) at June 16, 2013 04:13 PM

by Satoshi Nishihara

by Ron Teitelbaum at June 14, 2013 04:07 PM

I uploaded a "ConfigurationOfUnits" to the MetaRepoForPharo20. With this the "Units" framework is easily loadable from the Pharo 2.0 config browser.

Here are some examples from the Unit framework:

(10km + 10km) gives you 20km

You can also convert easily

  (10km + 24m) as: 1m

gives you  10024 metres.

It is also simple to compare:

  1hour < 10 seconds

which gives you false.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 14, 2013 08:42 AM

Playing with sounds in Squeak Smalltalk.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 14, 2013 06:51 AM

Log4s - a logging framework for Smalltalk was open sourced with MIT license by Instantiations. It runs on Pharo 2.0.

Some details about it can be found in this presentation.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 13, 2013 06:44 AM

by board (board@pharo-project.org) at June 13, 2013 05:56 AM

libsodium ( a portable shared-library version of the NaCl cryptography library) can now be used from Pharo and Squeak. Read more.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 12, 2013 02:02 PM

Magritte is a framework allowing you to easily build seaside apps by adding meta informations to domain classes that can be used to easily build the UI.

Now there is also support for Morphic available. Just watch the video.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 12, 2013 07:17 AM

by board (board@pharo-project.org) at June 12, 2013 06:35 AM

I've just written Pharo/Squeak bindings to libsodium, which is a portable shared-library version of the NaCl cryptography library. A good description of the motivation of the library is this PDF.

Installing the software

To use the bindings, you will need to install the Monticello package Crypto-Nacl from http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/tonyg/Crypto-Nacl/main. The bindings depend on the FFI, so that must be installed.

From within Squeak:

(Installer repository: 'http://source.squeak.org/FFI')
   install: 'FFI-Pools';
   install: 'FFI-Kernel';
   install: 'FFI-Tests'.

(Installer repository: 'http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/tonyg/Crypto-Nacl/main')
   install: 'Crypto-Nacl'.

Most importantly, you will need a version of libsodium for your Smalltalk VM. Because most Squeak/Pharo VMs are 32-bit, you will need to get hold of a 32-bit libsodium. I've prebuilt some:

• OS X, 32-bit VMs: libsodium.dylib.gz
  • decompress and put this in either
    • Squeak.app/Contents/Resources/libsodium (note: no extension!) for the Squeak VM, or
    • Pharo.app/Contents/MacOS/Plugins/libsodium (note: no extension!) for the Pharo VM.
• Linux, 32-bit VMs: libsodium.so.gz
  • decompress and place the libsodium.so file in the same directory as vm-display-X11 and friends.

Compiling your own libsodium (optional)

Compiling libsodium to work with Squeak/Pharo can be tricky:

• On OS X, configure libsodium with ./configure CFLAGS=-m32 to build a 32-bit version.

• On 32-bit linux, ordinary ./configure works just fine, but I haven't yet managed to get things working on a 64-bit linux. If anyone tries 64-bit and manages to get it to work, please let me know!

• I haven't tried it on Windows at all. Please let me know if you try this, and how it goes, either success or failure.

Running the tests

On the Smalltalk side, once you've loaded the .mcz, open a Test Runner and select the Crypto-Nacl tests. With Crypto-Nacl-tonyg.4, there should be 12 tests, and they should all pass if the shared library can be found in the right place.

You can also try it out in a Workspace: a printIt of Nacl sodiumVersionString will yield '0.3' or '0.4.1', depending on which version of libsodium you have.

Enjoy!

by tonyg at June 12, 2013 12:15 AM

Benjamin implemented a better Tab widet for Pharo. Code is on SmalltalkHub and it was today integrated into Pharo 3.0.

Nice!

 

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 11, 2013 02:23 PM

Pharo will soon support circular menues. Here is a video demonstrating this feature.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 10, 2013 03:27 AM

The program from yesterdays Pharo web conference is already on twitter:


Lets see when the first videos appear on the web.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 07, 2013 07:05 AM

by board (board@pharo-project.org) at June 06, 2013 08:16 AM

This page contains annotated links to primary documents related to the development of Smalltalk products at  Tektronix in the 1980′s. 

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 06, 2013 07:48 AM

Sebastian Sastre is playing with Amber - so here is Amber Smalltalk running on the iPhone. Click the image to enlarge.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 06, 2013 07:30 AM

Pharo gets better and better - Sean DeNigris demonstrates this with a short video.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 06, 2013 06:20 AM

Squeak board minutes 3 June 2013

present: Bert Freudenberg, Eliot Miranda, Chris Muller, Colin Putney, Tim Rowledge

- We had a discussion about the Swiki.  We would like to have a rich and useful wiki for the community, but there is no way around having to do some work to achieve that.  Thankfully there appear to be some easy opportunities for cleaning.  A plan was discussed:

   1) get access to the swiki image so the code and features can be improved.

   2) is the Swiki software installable and testable on 4.5?

   3) some easy cleanups seem obvious:  remove empty & clearly obsolete pages.

   4) develop guidelines about what content is needed.

   5) ask other folks to help review and clean per guidelines.

- There was a discussion about the vision and future of Squeak.  Squeak evolves naturally by the participation of community members pushing their desired features into the image.  To the extent they are acceptable to the rest of the community ensures a sufficient element of stability that allows the community to remain up-to-date and cohesive.  Meanwhile the platform continually becomes a better and better Squeak.

- Some improvements come from individuals and some are purposefully discussed and acted on as a community.  Members of the board have some ideas about this and also invite others to open discussions about this on the mailing list.  As an example, there was a recent discussion about graphical backends to support anti-aliased output.

by Chris Muller at June 05, 2013 04:08 PM

The Smalltalk Industry Council STIC'13 Conference will be held next Sunday thru Wednesday, June 9-12 at the Wigwam Resort near Phoenix.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 05, 2013 08:04 AM

As the title says. Read more here.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 05, 2013 06:44 AM

by board (board@pharo-project.org) at June 04, 2013 09:05 AM

SourceCity is a 3D visualization tool for analyse object-oriented systems. It is now OpenSource with MIT License! Read more.

by Torsten (noreply@blogger.com) at June 02, 2013 05:37 PM