[squeak-dev] The Weekly Squeak Summary No. 19: May 4 - Aug 16, 2008
Michael Haupt
mhaupt at gmail.com
Mon Aug 18 07:54:12 UTC 2008
Dear Squeakers,
welcome to this edition of The WeeklySqueakSummary, an irregular
traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of Squeak
based on the WeeklySqueak blog. It's been a rather long time since the
last issue because I've been on parental leave for two months...
anyway, here we go again with a slightly longer e-mail than usual.
Highlights of the past weeks:
First, some updates. Monticello 2 is out [36], and so is Swazoo 2.2
[32]. The former is essentially a complete re-write with an all-new
core versioning mechanism. The latter especially features faster
uploads. The popular "Squeak by Example" book has also been updated -
updated to be available in another language: French [4]!
Some interesting new projects have emerged: at Qwaq, Eliot Miranda is
building an improved Squeak VM called Cog [14]; and what started as a
coursework assignment at HPI to improve some of the functionality of
JSqueak [20] has been turned into a SourceForge-hosted project called
Potato [25]: a Squeak VM implemented in Java. Also an, albeit
different, VM, MagLev supports Ruby on top of GemStone/S [12].
SandstoneDB [28] is a simple OODBMS based on ideas from ActiveRecord
and Prevayler. Algernon [2] helps navigating the Squeak image.
The native widgets side of the universe has interesting news. After a
long time, wxSqueak has been updated [27] - let's hope it's come fully
back to life! SeasideXUL [5] uses the Firefox XULRunner to support
building GUIs, and one of this year's Squeak-related GSoC projects
[26] is SqueakGTK.
Squeak has been ported to two more platforms: the iPhone [16], and WiFiBots [7].
Last but certainly not least, congratulations to the CMSBox team for
winning an UI usability award [35]!
The past weeks' news items:
[1] Seaside: your next web framework
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/05/seaside-your-next-web-framework/
[2] Algernon: your personal assistant for Squeak
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/07/algernon-your-personal-assistant-for-squeak/
[3] Squeak Etoys - Students Build Their Own Games In Four Days
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/09/squeak-etoys-students-build-their-own-games-in-four-days/
[4] Squeak by Example now available in French
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/11/squeak-by-example-now-available-in-french/
[5] Native look and feel apps with Firefox XULRunner
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/13/native-look-and-feel-apps-with-firefox-xulrunner/
[6] 16th International Smalltalk Joint Conference - Call for Contributions
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/16/16th-international-smalltalk-joint-conference-call-for-contributions-2/
[7] Driving WifiBots with Squeak
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/18/driving-wifibots-with-squeak/
[8] S3 Highlights: Lively, COLA, Huemul, Squeak on Python and more
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/20/s3-highlights-lively-cola-and-more/
[9] German Squeak Association Meeting: Demos
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/22/german-squeak-association-meeting-demos/
[10] New Yorkers' chance to see Squeak-based education tools
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/24/new-yorkers-chance-to-see-squeak-based-education-tools/
[11] Dan Ingalls Interview on FLOSS Weekly
http://news.squeak.org/2008/05/29/dan-ingalls-interview-on-floss-weekly/
[12] Gemstone's MagLev presented at RubyConf
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/03/gemstones-maglev-presented-at-rubyconf/
[13] Smalltalk Solutions 2008 - two weeks to go!
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/05/smalltalk-solutions-2008-two-weeks-to-go/
[14] Qwaq developing new fast Smalltalk VM
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/07/qwaq-developing-new-fast-smalltalk-vm/
[15] Randal Schwartz to join Smalltalk podcast (warning, some
recursion involved)
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/09/randal_schwartz_podcast/
[16] Squeak on the iPhone!
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/11/squeak-on-the-iphone/
[17] Conference News: Smalltalks 2008 in Buenos Aires
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/13/conference-news-smalltalks-2008-in-buenos-aires/
[18] Conference news: C5-09 in Kyoto
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/16/conference-news-c5-09-in-kyoto/
[19] ESUG Awards for innovative software
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/18/esug-awards-for-innovative-software/
[20] JSqueak - Smalltalk interpreter written in Java
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/21/jsqueak-smalltalk-interpreter-written-in-java/
[21] Conference News - Libre Software Meeting, 1-5 July, France
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/24/conference-news-libre-software-meeting-1-5-july-france/
[22] One stop shop for Smalltalk jobs
http://news.squeak.org/2008/06/28/one-stop-shop-for-smalltalk-jobs/
[23] Smalltalk Solutions 2008 - slides now available
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/01/smalltalk-solutions-2008-slides-now-available/
[24] Conference news: ESUG 2008 - more information
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/04/conference-news-esug-2008-more-information/
[25] Potato - version of JSqueak from HPI
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/07/potato-version-of-jsqueak-from-hpi/
[26] Squeak's Google Summer of Code projects
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/10/squeaks-google-summer-of-code-projects/
[27] WxSqueak reaches 0.5
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/14/wxsqueak-reaches-05/
[28] SandstoneDb - Simple ActiveRecord-style persistence in Squeak
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/16/sandstonedb-simple-activerecord-style-persistence-in-squeak/
[29] Get recording your Squeak videos now!
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/19/get-recording-your-squeak-videos-now/
[30] Plopp featured in MacWorld
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/23/plopp-featured-in-macworld/
[31] Avi Bryant Interview
http://news.squeak.org/2008/07/28/avi-bryant-interview/
[32] Swazoo 2.2 beta with fast file upload released
http://news.squeak.org/2008/08/01/swazoo-22-beta-with-fast-file-upload-released/
[33] Volunteers wanted for Squeak project
http://news.squeak.org/2008/08/06/volunteers-wanted-for-squeak-project/
[34] New Video Tutorial - Squeak Bug/Fix Reporting
http://news.squeak.org/2008/08/11/new-video-tutorial-squeak-bugfix-reporting/
[35] CMSBox wins top usability awards
http://news.squeak.org/2008/08/13/cmsbox-wins-top-usability-awards/
[36] All new Monticello 2
http://news.squeak.org/2008/08/15/all-new-monticello-2/
You can find this and much more on The WeeklySqueak blog, the newsblog
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Happy squeaking,
Michael
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