Hello everyone,
I would like to run for the SOB again this year.
Unfortunately, I was pretty much absent from the SOB last year as cancer invited itself into the family... :(
Add to that multiple Covid episodes and other issues, 2023 wasn't a great year for my family...
Things have gotten back to "normal" in 2024 so... I promise I'll be 100% present & active this time!
Now, let me introduce myself.
I've been following/loving Squeak since Dan Ingalls announced the birth of this "new Smalltalk" in 1996! Besides being a fan of Squeak since day 1, I have been professionally a Smalltalker since 1992. I started with ObjectWorks 4.0 and quickly moved to VisualWorks 2.5. Since then, I've been working mostly (and equally) with VisualAge and VisualWorks. Did a few years of coding with VSE (plain) and VSE/PARTS as well. Throw in some Gemstone and some Glorp and some TOPLink and you get a good picture of my professional background. In all occasions, I was lucky enough to work on big projects with big databases (DB/2, Gemstone, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, Sybase & some MQSeries).
Besides "Smalltalk at work", I enjoy other Smalltalks I haven't used professionally: ObjectStudio, Dolphin, Cuis, Pharo and, obviously, Squeak! And yes, I'm sometimes nostalgic of "The Smalltalk Report", JOOP, BYTE and the "Dr. Dobb's Journal" magazines! 😉