The 30th edition of the ESUG international conference held in Lille, France, 8 – 11 July 2024 was a blast. Beside, meeting the great the Smalltalk community, I gave a talk introducing WebST. This MIT licensed project is a PharoJS-based solution that provides a framework to seamlessly implement and test web components. Web Components are standard web […]
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2024 Spring Smalltalk Meetup @ Zurich
The 2024 spring edition of the Zurich Smalltalk meetup took place on Friday, April 26th. Below, you’ll find a brief summary and links to the three presentations that were on the agenda. I thoroughly enjoyed attending this meetup, which featured engaging presentations and allowed for enriching technical and informal discussions with a welcoming community. Special thanks […]
Highlights from the Zürich Smalltalk Meetup November 10th 2023
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 […]
Byte Magazine’s Legacy: Unraveling the Smalltalk-80 Revolution
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 […]
PharoJS ESUG 2019 Update
I gave a short presentation at the ESUG 2019 Smalltalk conference that was held this year in Cologne, Germany. In this talk, I made a summary of main PharoJS changes and improvements done during the last 12 months. This includes a more robust test framework to run and test Javascript code generated from Pharo code. […]
Polygon-Based 2D SLAM for Robotic Exploration
Johann Dichtl successfully defended his PhD, that I’ve co-supervised with Luc Fabresse and Guillaume Lozenguez. The defense took place this tuesday July 2nd, 2019 morning. The jury members were: Prof. Ouiddad Labbani from Université de Limoges, Dr. Mikal Ziane, HdR, from Université Paris Descartes, and Dr. Laetitia Matignon from Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1. Title […]
Observer Pattern Made Easy with Pharo Lightweight Observer
Lightweight Observer is an alternative to Announcement, the default Pharo implementation of the Observer Design Pattern. I started developing Lightweight Observer because I needed a small framework, with an implementation that can be easily converted to Javascript using PharoJS. I also wanted to be straight forward to use. I had in mind beginners such as […]
Farmers Market App: Find Fresh Locally Grown Food
If you care both about the planet and your health, the Farmers Market app is for you! This app allows you to find nearby markets, where you can buy fresh food directly from farmers. Most of the produce are grown locally. This means less fuel for transportation. So, by buying locally grown food you contribute […]
Hello World in Pharo
The best first post for a software developer is a ‘Hello World’ program. For this, I’m using my favorite programming language: Pharo. Transcript cr; show: ‘Hello World!’