[Apologies for multiple copies] Dear software professional,
End of August, a unique conference will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This conference is organized by the European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG). Smalltalk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk) is a dynamic and reflexive language exercising a continuing influence on historic and current developments in programming languages and software technology. This year celebrates the 16th edition of the ESUG conference, which features more than 40 presentations on, among others, the following subjects: Programming Language Platforms: - Newspeak (New open source dynamic language focusing on modularity, security and interoperability) - Cog (New highly optimized open source Squeak VM) - Maglev (Highly scalable Ruby VM) - OpenCroquet (Deeply collaborative, multi-user online Smalltalk development environment) Web Frameworks: - Seaside (The continuation & component-based web framework) - WebVelocity - AidaWeb (Smalltalk Web Application Server) - WebTerminal Model Driven Engineering: - The Meta Environment Language Workbench - ObjectStudio ModelingTool - Fame; Meta-modeling Framework - MBA Smalltalk; to manage your objects Additionally, the winners of the ABN Amro sponsored Innovation Awards will be presented. Are you interested in the latest developments in dynamic languages and Web development, be sure to register as soon as possible at http://www.esug.org. Important information: Conference website: http://www.esug.org/conferences/16thinternationalsmalltalkjointconference2008/ Time: Augustus 25-29, 2008 Venue: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Kruislaan 413, Amsterdam, Turing Zaal. Directions: http://www.cwi.nl/about/directions.html Hope to see you at ESUG'08! Kind regards Matthieu van Echtelt Tijs van der Storm -- Researcher Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) Coordinator Master of Software Engineering Universiteit van Amsterdam Dr. Tijs van der Storm @ Centre for Mathematics & Computer Science CWI Office: M335 | Phone: +31 (0)20 5924164 | Address: Kruislaan 413 P.O. Box 94079 | Postal code: 1090 GB | Amsterdam, The Netherlands _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list [email protected] http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
