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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alejandro Reimondo (Ale) will make a presentation about<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> S8 platform and U8 service on Tuesday March 6, 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> to NYC Smallltalk Developer’s group.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.nycsmalltalk.org/2012/01/10/s8-release-candidate-smalltalk-on-js/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is a lot of topics to talk about..., the topic<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> of most interest (to us) is to explain what we<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> are doing with S8.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A breaf description of our regional point of view about OT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and Smalltalk, and our proposal of a modern<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> formulation of development using Smalltalk will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> be the starting point of the presentation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The S8 platform was implemented to let us(smalltalkers)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> be responsible of our execution environments (as it<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> was in the early days of smalltalk).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That impose a change of attitude and the formulation/idea<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> must be supported by tools and evidence/experience<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> of others in the same field.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As a demostration on how we can do that with S8,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Ale will mention the platforms we have implemented for<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> using the U8 service (designed to make worldwide<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> social development with smalltalk<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> http://u8.smalltalking.net ).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On technical side, to mention where a person can start<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> application development and self-learning using U8,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> he will describe the frameworks we have implemented<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> on top of S8 (we all know the importance of frameworks)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and the process we are using for development/testing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> of frameworks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The presentation is also open to the topics of interest<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> of the audience. And Ale will be happy to respond questions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> about how to use S8 in diferent contexts of development.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some of the technical points that will be of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> interest are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- how to use our FFI framework?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> (make API calls, use native libraries and implement<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> callbacks using S8; 100% smalltalk code)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- how to do server side development? (NodeJS framework)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- how to use your code from other smalltalks?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- how to use javascript libraries? and (more important)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> how to write interfaces to existing libraries fast<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and minimize errors / testing points?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- how to develop for Android and phones?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- how to use cloud services?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- how to work using U8? How to contact experts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and people to do development of frameworks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> using the U8 service?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- why we minimized the toolset at this stage? and what<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> powerfull features of smalltalk we support today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- what is not implemented yet? and how to contribute?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In all the presentations and coding events we made here<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> (in Buenos Aires) the time has been short for going<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> deep in groups, and the presentation was important to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> get in touch with people that has interest in global<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> development as it is used to be in this decade.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, if you are near NY on March,6 join us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you can't attend there next week, please contact<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> us at info@smalltalking.net <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and consider we have open the Betatesting site<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> to start contributing and using U8 from now<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and we are doing one betaworks meeting per week<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> to let people put their hands on the frameworks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> tools and S8 platform, in small groups.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>...If you canīt wait and want to start coding now/today,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> please visit the U8 page ( http://u8.smalltalking.net )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and register there to become a member of our community,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> to be in contact with people and companies interested<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> in social development using Smalltalk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Leo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>on behalf of Smalltalking Association<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.smalltalking.net<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>