Smalltalk Digest: January Edition

Cincom Smalltalk Announcements

• Information on Smalltalk Solutions 2011
• Camp Smalltalk at Smalltalk Solutions 2011
• 19th ESUG International Smalltalk Conference Scheduled
• INRIA Offers Smalltalk Sessions
• Faculty Prize Awarded to Lukas Renggli
• Cincom Smalltalk Community Blogs
• Videos and Slides from Smalltalks 2010 Now Available
• Smalltalk News Roundup

Cincom General Announcements

• Cincom’s Vickie Jackson Wins Theodore E. Smith Award for Her “Life … Pass It On” Mission

Helpful Technical Information

• The Forgotten Smalltalk Language?
• The Resolution Evolution
• Support of Oracle PL/SQL REF CURSORs and Nested Tables
• Xtreams-SSH2

Upcoming Events

• Inria Smalltalk Sessions — March 7-11, 2011
• Camp Smalltalk (precursor to Smalltalk Solutions 2011) — March 12-13, 2011
• Smalltalk Solutions 2011 — March 13-16, 2011
• ESUG International Smalltalk Conference — August 22-26, 2011
• Camp Smalltalk (precursor to ESUG International Smalltalk Conference) — August 20-21, 2011
• Update on Smalltalk Events

Information on Smalltalk Solutions 2011

Smalltalk Solutions 2011 will be held on March 13-16, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Smalltalk Solutions has a reputation for being one of the most exciting and informative Smalltalk conferences. Click here for the conference agenda, click here to find out about the Cincom representatives who’ll be speaking there, and click here for information on Keynote Speaker, Avi Bryant.

Camp Smalltalk at Smalltalk Solutions 2011

The Smalltalk Industry Council has announced that Camp Smalltalk will take place on March 12 and 13 immediately prior to Smalltalk Solutions 2011. Click here for more information.

19th ESUG International Smalltalk Conference Scheduled

The 19th ESUG International Smalltalk Conference will be held in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland on August 22-26. For more information, click here.

INRIA Offers Smalltalk Sessions

INRIA, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, is going to be offering Smalltalk-related sessions on March 7-11 at the Centre de recherche INRIA Lille Nord Europe. Click here for more details.

Faculty Prize Awarded to Lukas Renggli

“Dynamic Language Embedding with Homogeneous Tool Support” by Lukas Renggli, is being awarded a Faculty prize for best PhD thesis in 2010 in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Click here for more information and to access Lukas’ thesis.

Cincom Smalltalk Community Blogs

There are many blogs run by the Cincom Smalltalk Group now. Check them out by clicking here.

Videos and Slides from Smalltalks 2010 Now Available

The FAST foundation is happy to announce that the videos and slides from Smalltalks 2010 are now available. Click here.

Smalltalk News Roundup

There’s been quite a bit of Smalltalk news lately. Click here to read all about it.

Cincom’s Vickie Jackson Wins Theodore E. Smith Award for Her “Life … Pass It On” Mission

Cincom’s Vickie Jackson has been named a “Theodore E. Smith” award-winner for her inspiring, courageous and dedicated efforts with LifeCenter, “A Donate Life Organization” that encourages and coordinates the donation of organs and tissues for transplantation with local hospitals. Read more about how Vickie turned a personal tragedy into a mission to help others.

The Forgotten Smalltalk Language?

Smalltalk, forgotten? Certainly not by those of us who use, rely on or enjoy arguably the most powerful computer language ever developed so far. But has the mainstream forgotten it? Click here to find out the answer to this question.

The Resolution Evolution

The Cincom Smalltalk Engineering Team has heard you and has taken action to make it easier to manage the resolutions that impact your Cincom® ObjectStudio® or Cincom® VisualWorks® image. Click here to find out what improvements have been made.

Support of Oracle PL/SQL REF CURSORs and Nested Tables

Beginning with Cincom VisualWorks 7.8 and Cincom ObjectStudio 8.3, Cincom has started to support Oracle PL/SQL REF CURSORs and Nested Tables. Click here to read all about it.

Xtreams-SSH2

Martin Kobetic has been getting some very encouraging feedback on Xtreams, and he recently wrote a piece on his blog about it. Click here to read what Martin has to say.

Inria Smalltalk Sessions — March 7-11, 2011

INRIA will offer Smalltalk-related sessions from March 7-11 at the Centre de recherche INRIA Lille Nord Europe. Click here for more details.

Camp Smalltalk (precursor to Smalltalk Solutions 2011) — March 12-13, 2011

Camp Smalltalk will take place on March 12 and 13 in Las Vegas, Nevada, just prior to Smalltalk Solutions 2011. Click here for additional information.

Smalltalk Solutions 2011 — March 13-16, 2011

Smalltalk Solutions 2011 will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 13–16, 2011. Click here for conference details.

ESUG International Smalltalk Conference — August 22-26, 2011

The ESUG International Smalltalk Conference will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 22-26, 2011. Click here for the ESUG conference website.

Camp Smalltalk (precursor to ESUG International Conference) — August 20-21, 2011

The pre-cursor to the ESUG International Smalltalk Conference, Camp Smalltalk will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 20-21, 2011. Click here for the ESUG conference website.

Update on Smalltalk Events

Click here for an update on Smalltalk-related events you may want to attend.