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.
This time, almost a year has passed since the last edition. Why is that? Things got off my mind a bit, which I apologise for, but also, there hasn't been too much traffic on The Weekly Squeak: for a blog with that name, 34 posts in 11 months are less than weekly.
And why is *that*?
However it may be: the Pratchett-style "I ATEN'T DEAD" sticker is not yet required to make sure people don't get things wrong (there are rumours ...), but couldn't the community do better in terms of bringing developments to public attention? If you have an interesting project that you are about to release, or if you want to convey anything else of relevance, drop the news team a note via the contact information available at http://news.squeak.org/write-us/.
Anyway!
Highlights of the past year (sigh):
People can rejoice in new releases of Squeak [8], Seaside [25], and Etoys [27]. Documentation is enriched by another book on Seaside [3], and a whole bunch of video tutorials [9]. Underlying technology is advancing, with the Cog VM (Squeak on a JIT compiler!) [18], and the (still experimental but very promising) RoarVM which makes Squeak scale on multicores [30] (imagine those two getting married). Finally, there is - among other things, but at last - a UI builder for Morphic [32].
Two successful conferences have been held; Squeakfest at the University of North Carolina [12], ESUG in Barcelona [26], and Smalltalks in Buenos Aires [31]. Argentina seems to be steadily developing into something like the hot plate of Smalltalk technology.
It looks like a successful year, doesn't it?
The past year's (sigh) news items:
[1] Squeak on Android http://news.squeak.org/2010/02/13/squeak-on-android/
[2] Squeak Board candidates wanted http://news.squeak.org/2010/02/20/squeak-board-candidates-wanted/
[3] Dynamic Web Development with Seaside http://news.squeak.org/2010/02/28/seaside-book-published/
[4] Google Summer of Code - candidates needed at once! http://news.squeak.org/2010/03/06/google-summer-of-code-candidates-needed-at...
[5] ESUG accepted for Google Summer of Code http://news.squeak.org/2010/03/20/esug-accepted-for-google-summer-of-code/
[6] Call for students for Google Summer of Code http://news.squeak.org/2010/03/29/call-for-students-for-google-summer-of-cod...
[7] Final preparation for 4.1 now under way http://news.squeak.org/2010/04/09/final-preparation-for-4-1-now-under-way/
[8] Squeak 4.1 released http://news.squeak.org/2010/04/23/squeak-4-1-released/
[9] Squeak Video Tutorials, 74 and counting! http://news.squeak.org/2010/04/29/squeak-video-tutorials-74-and-counting/
[10] ESUG 2010 Conference - in Barcelona http://news.squeak.org/2010/05/06/esug-2010-conference-in-barcelona/
[11] Workshop on Self-Sustaining Systems 2010 http://news.squeak.org/2010/05/14/workshop-on-self-sustaining-systems-2010/
[12] Squeakfest 2010 - University of North Carolina http://news.squeak.org/2010/05/20/squeakfest-2010-university-of-north-caroli...
[13] Google Summer of Code - work begins! http://news.squeak.org/2010/05/27/google-summer-of-code-work-begins/
[14] All you ever heard about graphics anti-aliasing is wrong! http://news.squeak.org/2010/06/03/all-you-ever-heard-about-graphics-anti-ali...
[15] JNIPort: Running Java from Squeak http://news.squeak.org/2010/06/11/jniport-running-java-from-squeak/
[16] Squeak running on iPad http://news.squeak.org/2010/06/17/squeak-running-on-ipad/
[17] Calling all Smalltalkers! http://news.squeak.org/2010/07/02/calling-all-smalltalkers-esug-awards/
[18] A newer, faster computer – for free! http://news.squeak.org/2010/07/08/a-newer-faster-computer-for-free/
[19] Smalltalk: the past, the present, and the future? http://news.squeak.org/2010/07/15/smalltalk-past-present-future/
[20] Seaside 3.0rc – One Click Image http://news.squeak.org/2010/07/23/seaside-3-0rc-one-click-image/
[21] Google buys (part of) Instantiations http://news.squeak.org/2010/08/06/google-buys-part-of-instantiations/
[22] Squeak 4.1 in production use http://news.squeak.org/2010/08/19/squeak-4-1-in-production-use/
[23] ESUG Innovation Technology Awards – sneak preview http://news.squeak.org/2010/08/26/esug-innovation-technology-awards-sneak-pr...
[24] And this time we mean it… http://news.squeak.org/2010/09/09/and-this-time-we-mean-it/
[25] Seaside 3.0 released http://news.squeak.org/2010/09/12/seaside-3-0-released/
[26] ESUG 2010 – Best Conference Ever? http://news.squeak.org/2010/09/24/esug-2010-best-conference-ever/
[27] Etoys 4.1 now available http://news.squeak.org/2010/09/30/etoys-4-1-now-available/
[28] Design Principles Behind Smalltalk http://news.squeak.org/2010/10/05/design-principles-behind-smalltalk/
[29] Tab Completion returns to Squeak http://news.squeak.org/2010/10/07/tab-completion-returns-to-squeak/
[30] Hear the Mouse Roar on Multi-Core! http://news.squeak.org/2010/11/05/hear-the-mouse-roar/
[31] Smalltalks 2010 – conference report http://news.squeak.org/2010/11/18/smalltalks-2010-conference-report/
[32] New tools for Squeak http://news.squeak.org/2010/12/02/new-tools-for-squeak/
[33] The Return of the Connectors http://news.squeak.org/2010/12/10/the-return-of-the-connectors/
[34] An early Christmas present from Aida http://news.squeak.org/2010/12/17/an-early-christmas-present-from-aida/
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Happy squeaking,
Michael