Smalltalk Digest: July Edition

Be Sure to Register for ESUG 2013!

ESUG 2013 will be held on September 9-13, 2013 in Annecy, France with Camp Smalltalk preceding it on September 8. The conference registration server is now open with early bird registration being available until August 10. Click here for more information.

Cincom Smalltalk Speakers Gear Up for ESUG 2013

Cincom Smalltalk will be well represented at ESUG 2013, which will take place in Annecy, France on September 9-13. Several Cincomers will be giving presentations. Click here for presentation abstracts and bios of the presenters.

Cincom Smalltalk Partners to Present at ESUG 2013

Several Cincom Smalltalk partners will be speaking at ESUG 2013. Click here for abstracts of their presentations and biographies on the presenters.

Cincom Smalltalk and Social Media Channels

We’re getting the word out … Cincom Smalltalk is an extraordinary and powerful product suite with amazing capabilities and a solid future! One of the tools that has been helpful in publicizing this fact is the use of Social Media. Click here for more information.

STIC’13 Videos Are Starting to Become Available

For those of you who attended STIC’13 or missed coming to it, you’ll be glad to know that some of the videos of Cincom speakers, partners and customers are now posted on the Cincom Smalltalk website. Click here to see which presentations are currently available. More will be posted as soon as we can get them prepared, so be sure to watch for them!

New Cincom Smalltalk Customer Portal

There’s nothing more important to the Cincom Smalltalk team than its customers. Therefore, we now have a portal on the Cincom Smalltalk website that’s devoted solely to making available information that may be useful to our valued customers. Click here to check it out.

Cincom Smalltalk Videos and Our Presence on YouTube

There are a wide variety of places where you’ll find Cincom Smalltalk and STIC on the web. You can find Cincom Smalltalk videos by clicking here. Also, Cincom Smalltalk and the Smalltalk Industry Council have their very own YouTube pages. To check out the Cincom Smalltalk YouTube page, click here. To view the STIC YouTube page, click here.

New Product Information Readily Available on the Cincom Smalltalk Website

The Cincom Smalltalk product suite is constantly being updated and improved upon. To help keep you up-to-date, we have several locations on the Cincom Smalltalk website where anyone can find out the latest product improvements, changes and release information. Click here to find out the locations.

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.

Cincom Smalltalk Community Blogs

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

The Cincom ObjectStudio GUI Files: GDI+ Clock

In this article, we’re going to have a look at how GDI+ can be used to create an analog clock, which is a great example of the vastly increased level of control over Windows API drawing that ObjectStudio users will have using the new GUI interface. Click here for the article.

Cincom Smalltalk Foundation Series: Xtreams

This posting tells us a little bit about “Xtreams,” which is Cincom Smalltalk’s attempt to modernize streaming, provide more capability and solve some issues or inadequacies in streaming. Click here for the posting.

Cincom Smalltalk Foundation Series: SiouX

SiouX is our new Web server, which has a goal of building an HTTP server with Xtreams while squeezing as much scalability and performance out of it as possible. Click here to learn more about what SiouX is and what it offers.

Cincom Smalltalk Foundation Series: AppeX

AppeX is Cincom Smalltalk’s very lightweight and flexible modern Web application framework that is currently in preview. Click here to read a posting that explains it further.

Cincom Smalltalk Foundation Series: MatriX

MatriX is the new name for what was formerly called Polycephaly2. After talking to customers who are using it, we’re happy to say that they’re enjoying its many advantages. Click here for more information.

News from the Cincom Smalltalk Team

Click here to get Smalltalk news from the Cincom Smalltalk team.

September 8, 2013 — Camp Smalltalk (in conjunction with ESUG 2013)

Camp Smalltalk will take place on Sunday, September 8 just prior to the ESUG 2013 Conference. Camp Smalltalk is comprised of loosely organized gatherings of Smalltalkers where they work on extending and improving Smalltalk capabilities. Click here for more information.

September 9-13, 2013 — ESUG 2013 Conference

The ESUG 2013 Conference will be held on September 9-13, 2013 in Annecy, France. Click here for more information.

Update on Smalltalk Events

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

Cincom Smalltalk Team Seeks Cincom VisualWorks Senior Software Engineer

The Cincom Smalltalk team is looking for a well-qualified Cincom VisualWorks senior software engineer for its North American Smalltalk Development Team. If interested, please click here for a job description or to apply.

Smalltalker Wanted! Job Opening for Cincom ChannelStream

In last month’s Digest, we reported that there were two positions open in our development team for our document output product, Cincom ChannelStream (developed in Smalltalk).  One of the positions has been filled, but one is still open. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. If you are an experienced Smalltalker who might be interested, click here for more information (in English), or click here for more information (in French).

Visit the Smalltalk Jobs Blog

Are you interested in a Smalltalk-related job? Cincom Smalltalk Support Engineer, James Savidge, keeps the Smalltalk community up-to-date regarding Smalltalk opportunities throughout the community. The Smalltalk Jobs Blog posts Smalltalk-related career opportunities from around the globe. Click here to see what’s available.