The Journey So Far

By James Ladd & Sean T. Allen

- Smalltalk Solutions 2011

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The Journey So Far by James Ladd & Sean T. Allen – Smalltalk Solutions 2011
 Smalltalk is special

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 Smalltalk
Message Passing

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 Smalltalk
Message Passing
Object Orientation

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 Smalltalk
Message Passing
Object Orientation
Code Browser

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 Smalltalk
… and more

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 Smalltalk
Innovation

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 Smalltalk
Innovation
Productivity

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 Smalltalk
Innovation
Productivity
Community

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 Legends

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Java Virtual Machine
Smalltalk lessons lost
 Smalltalk skills lost

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Must run on the JVM
 Redline is Smalltalk for the
Java Virtual Machine

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The Journey So Far by James Ladd & Sean T. Allen – Smalltalk Solutions 2011
Why the Java Virtual Machine?

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 We have a goal

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 Goal: Reinvigorate Smalltalk!

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 Smalltalk is great!
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Many companies only run
the JVM
 JVM = More Smalltalkers

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Happy Operations
 Redline will take full
advantage of JVM

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 Use the JVM:
Multi-threading &
Concurrency

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 Use the JVM:
Extensive Database
Support (JDBC)

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 Use the JVM:
Deployment Options

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 Use the JVM:
Vast set of libraries

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 Use the JVM:
Profiling Tools

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 Use the JVM:
Application Management
& Control

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 What are we cooking for
you?

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 Message Passing

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 Source to Bytecode

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 Compatible

Pharo logo © Pharo Project

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STIC: Invoke Command

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STAKE: Make for Smalltalk

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STIR: Interactive
Command Line

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STEW: Execute Web app

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PORTS

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The Journey So Far by James Ladd & Sean T. Allen – Smalltalk Solutions 2011
Removing Barriers

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 1 Class = 1 Source File

Object

… more than 1 class per file if you want

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 Popular IDE Support

Eclipse JetBrains
IntellijIDEA

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 JetBrains IntellijIDEA

Smalltalk support!

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The Journey So Far by James Ladd & Sean T. Allen – Smalltalk Solutions 2011
 A Real Smalltalk
 New Features and Tools

 Trusted Favorites (Seaside)

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The Journey So Far by James Ladd & Sean T. Allen – Smalltalk Solutions 2011
How to help:

Adopt a Class

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 object@redline.st

http://redline.st

@redline_st

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