On November 10th, 2023, the vibrant city of Zürich played host to a gathering of Smalltalk enthusiasts. Organized by the ever-dedicated Peter Ursprung, this fall's meetup featured four talks that delved into the depths of Smalltalk's versatility and its modern applications. To top it off, attendees had the pleasure of enjoying some fine wine, adding an extra layer of conviviality to the event.1. Agile Artificial Intelligence by A. BergelA. Bergel took the stage to explore the hot topic of Artificial ...

In the dynamic realm of microcomputing, Byte Magazine emerged as a beacon of innovation during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. This influential publication not only chronicled the technological zeitgeist but also played a pivotal role in shaping it. Byte Magazine's comprehensive editorial coverage became a cornerstone for tech enthusiasts, providing insights that resonated through the corridors of computing history. I've just learned from the embedded.fm podcast that a treasure trove of Byte Magazine issues from 1975 to 1995 ...

On March 8th 2011, I gave a hands on talk on Pharo Networking.  It was part of the Deep into Smalltalk sprint school organized by RMoD team from INRIA in Lille, France.  You can find below slides are available on SlideShare. There is as well a 3 parts video from Youtube, although the audio is not so great.Most of the content from the talk is still valid in the latest version of Pharo. But, I suggest to use the NetworkExtras ...

After a two years pause due to COVID, ESUG conference is back. This year's edition took place 22-26 August in Нови Сад (Novi Sad), Србија (Serbia). As usual, it was a delight to meet the Smalltalk community. It was also an opportunity to present latest updates on PharoJS, give demos and even implement new stuff as summarized in the following. Outline

• Talk on PharoJS for Real World Applications
• Demo of PLC3000 a PharoJS-based ...
  
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PharoJS is a free open source infrastructure that allow developing and testing in Pharo applications that ultimately run on a Javascript interpreter. It is a general purpose solution that can target a wide range of applications, running in a web browser, on top of NodeJs or packaged in cross-platform mobile apps using some framework such as Apache Cordova.During the 2022 edition of the Pharo Days, I gave a talk presenting  latest work of the PharoJS team. It addresses web applications ...

Many devices we use daily rely either on batteries that we need to replace more or less often. Beside the economical cost, this is a source of toxic waste. Using rechargeable batteries does not help much. Rechargeables are more expensive, and they eventually die and go to waste.There are some possibilities to recycle batteries. Still, recycling is not 100% perfect. There is always waste generated. Besides nasty chemicals, CO2 is emitted by the recycling process, contributing to climate change. This ...

I wanted to make a gift to a fan of the Daft Punk french electronic music duo. And of course, I've chosen to make a 3D print. I found on Cults a cool design by AlbertKhan3D of one of the helmets of the group.The archive contains multiple STL files. All represent the same helmet, but the differences are somewhat unclear. I've chose the one that seemed to have leveled bottom. since the disks on the sides are a bit higher ...

Testing the PLC3000 project requires opening HTML files by a web browser. Indeed, PLC3000 is developed using PharoJS. Its code is written in Pharo, before getting transpiled to JavaScript and exported to a JS files referenced by HTML files. Developing PLC3000 in a TDD fashion, I quickly faced an issue. I realized that it is related to URLs with parameters. Addressing this issue led me into a rabbit hole where I discovered a bug in Mac OS X. I show ...

I wanted to quickly make a gift to a toddler. After some search, I found some cute puzzles on MyMiniFactory. I chose to print 2 of them, both by MixedGears, with rather big parts, which is important to avoid children accidentally swallow them.

• Elephant Puzzle Toy. Comes in a single file with all parts. It took me almost 3 hours to print with 0.3mm layers.
• Squirrel Puzzle Toy. The downloaded archive includes different STL files, one for each part. Each took between ...
  
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I was looking for a gift idea to 3D print. Then, one of my students showed me this cool vase. This beautiful design was published by Area3D on MyMiniFactory. It took me 9 hours to print at 0.10 mm resolution. But, it does worth it. The result is smooth, with the shiny Sunlu silk filament. However seams are too visible. I need to figure out how to change the settings to hide them. Previous Next ...