Smalltalk Digest: STIC’12 Edition
STIC’12 Edition of the Cincom Smalltalk Digest
In this edition of the Cincom Smalltalk Digest, we will be focusing on the upcoming STIC’12 Conference, which will be held at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi on March 19-21. This is a huge event, and we look forward to seeing you there!
STIC’12 Information — March 19-20, 2012
- Cincom Smalltalk Product Manager to Present “Building a Business with Cincom Smalltalk”
- STIC’12 Agenda
- STIC’12 to Showcase Popular ESUG 2011 Presentation
- STIC’12 Abstracts and Speaker Bios
- STIC’12 — Cincom Presentation Abstracts
- Latest News and Updates
- Venue Information
- STIC’12 to Enlighten Attendees on “Google Dart”
- Fees Determined for STIC’12
- Would you like to be an STIC’12 sponsor?
- Sci-Fi Convention Promoters Offer Discount to STIC’12 Attendees
- About Biloxi, Mississippi
- STIC’12 on Facebook
- Smalltalk Directions Call for Participation
- Call for STIC’12 Student Volunteers
Check This Out!
- Seeking Submissions — Special Issue of Elsevier’s Science of Computer Programming (SCICO) to Feature “Advances in Dynamic Languages”
- Smalltalker Social-development Platform — Smalltalking Announces Online Version of U8
- Cincom® ObjectStudio® Tool — ObjectStudio Glossary Available
- Academia — The Cincom Smalltalk Academic Program
- New Website Sections — New Presentations and Videos Sections Now Available
- Serving the Smalltalk Community — Cincom Smalltalk Community Blogs
Smalltalk News Repositories
- Smalltalk News from the Smalltalk Industry Council
- Smalltalk News from the Cincom Smalltalk Team
- News Regarding STIC
Helpful Technical Information
Upcoming Events
- March 18, 2012 — Registration for the 2012 Smalltalk Industry Conference (Biloxi, Mississippi)
- March 19-21, 2012 — The 2012 Smalltalk Industry Conference (Biloxi, Mississippi)
- March 19-21, 2012 — Smalltalk Directions Symposium (Biloxi, Mississippi)
- March 22-23, 2012 — Camp Smalltalk (Biloxi, Mississippi)
- August 27-31, 2012 — ESUG 2012 Conference
- Update on Smalltalk Events
Cincom Smalltalk Product Manager to Present “Building a Business with Cincom Smalltalk”
Cincom Smalltalk Product Manager, Arden Thomas, will be making a presentation at the 2012 Smalltalk Industry Conference on using the powerful Cincom Smalltalk tools to build software; develop a model, infrastructure, database support, client, web and other interfaces; and support a business. Click here to find out more about Arden’s presentation.
The agenda for STIC’12 features plenty of informative sessions and dynamic speakers. Click here to view the agenda for this exciting event.
STIC’12 to Showcase Popular ESUG 2011 Presentation
One of this year’s sessions at STIC’12 is a popular presentation that was originally given at ESUG 2011 by Niall Ross, Dirk Verleysen and Andreas Hiltner. At STIC’12, Andreas will be joined by Mark Grinnell for a presentation that discusses the Glorp Object Relational Mapping Framework Using the Powerful Cincom® ObjectStudio® Development Environment. Click here for more information on the presentation.
STIC’12 Abstracts and Speaker Bios
STIC’12 Conference abstracts and bios for the conference speakers have been released, and we’re happy to pass that on to you. Click here.
STIC’12 — Cincom Presentation Abstracts
Several Cincomers will be making presentations at STIC’12. Click here for the part I of Cincomer presentation abstracts, and be looking for part II in next month’s Digest.
STIC’12 Latest News and Updates
Click here for the latest news and updates about STIC’12, which will be held at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi on March 19-21.
Click here for the RSS feed.
Click here for STIC’12 venue information.
STIC’12 to Enlighten Attendees on “Google Dart”
STIC’12 will be featuring Google Dart, which is Google’s new programming language for “structured web programming.” Click here for more information.
The fees associated with STIC’12 have been determined. Click here to find out what they are.
Would you like to be an STIC’12 sponsor?
Have you ever thought of being a sponsor of one of the most important Smalltalk events of the year? Click here to read about the sponsorship levels and what each has to offer.
Sci-Fi Convention Promoters Offer Discount to STIC’12 Attendees
Attendees of STIC’12 have even more to be excited about. Just prior to the conference on March 16-18, they will have an opportunity to attend CoastCon Inc.’s Sci-Fi Convention at a group discount of $30 for a weekend membership, which is $15 off of the regular at-the-door rate of $45 for weekend membership. Click here for more information.
Click here for information regarding Biloxi Mississippi, which is where STIC’12 will take place.
Click here to visit the STIC’12 Facebook page.
Smalltalk Directions Call for Participation
Smalltalk Directions, which will be co-located and run in parallel with STIC’12 on March 19-21, will be presenting the Smalltalk Directions Symposium. The symposium will offer a parallel track of presentations of refereed academic work that will be open to all conference attendees. Click here.
Call for STIC’12 Student Volunteers
The Smalltalk Industry Council is currently seeking student volunteers to help keep the 2012 Smalltalk Industry Conference (STIC’12) running smoothly. In return, these volunteers will receive free accommodations, no conference fees and time to enjoy the majority of the conference. Click here to read more about the possibility of being a volunteer.
Special Issue of Elsevier’s Science of Computer Programming (SCICO) to Feature “Advances in Dynamic Languages”
For a special issue of Elsevier’s Science of Computer Programming (SCICO), publishers are inviting high-quality papers that focus on novel research related to dynamic programming languages and applications of these languages. Click here for more information.
Smalltalking Announces Online Version of U8
Latin American company, Smalltalking, is proud to announce that U8, the first social-development platform for Smalltalkers, is now available online as a public beta release. Product developers have been working hard. Click here to find out the results of their efforts.
Cincom ObjectStudio Glossary Available
We’re pleased to let you know that there is now a Cincom ObjectStudio Glossary available that includes an alphabetical listing of pertinent Cincom ObjectStudio terms and their definitions—a very handy reference tool. To access the glossary, click here.
The Cincom Smalltalk Academic Program
With a goal of increasing the quality of the available system design and engineering training, providing higher-quality engineers and developers to the industry and users, and Expanding the Smalltalk community, we suggest that you look into the Cincom Smalltalk Academic Program. Click here to read all about it.
New Presentations and Videos Sections Now Available
Are you interested in viewing a presentation or video on a particular subject? We’re happy to report that thanks to the new Presentations section and Video section of the Cincom Smalltalk product website, it’s just gotten a whole lot easier to find what you’re looking for.
Cincom Smalltalk Community Blogs
There are many blogs run by the Cincom Smalltalk Group now. Check them out by clicking here.
Smalltalk News from the Smalltalk Industry Council
There’s a lot going on in the world of Smalltalk these days, and we’re happy to present it to you. Click here to view the latest Smalltalk news courtesy of the Smalltalk Industry Council.
Smalltalk News from the Cincom Smalltalk Team
Click here to get Smalltalk news from the Cincom Smalltalk team.
Click here to view the latest news regarding STIC.
Oracle Unicode Support in Cincom VisualWorks and Cincom ObjectStudio
In VisualWorks 7.9 and ObjectStudio 8.4, Cincom has added full Unicode support to their Oracle connects, which gives users several new capabilities. Click here for more information.
March 18, 2012 — Registration for the 2012 Smalltalk Industry Conference (Biloxi, Mississippi)
March 19-21, 2012 — The 2012 Smalltalk Industry Conference (Biloxi, Mississippi)
March 19-21, 2012 — Smalltalk Directions Symposium (Biloxi, Mississippi)
March 22-23, 2012 — Camp Smalltalk (Biloxi, Mississippi)
August 27-31, 2012 — ESUG 2012 Conference
ESUG 2012 will be held at Gent, Belgium on August 27-31 with Camp Smalltalk preceding it on August 25-26. Click here for additional information.
Click here for an update on Smalltalk-related events you may want to attend.