Absolutely! This is an exciting development. It serves as a good response to Topic #1.
Your website provides some very cool links. They're a bit more technical than I'd like for a "marketing" campaign, but they can certainly be couched in more sales-friendly terms. So I suggest the following... First, make clear that this is an ongoing project with a near-term goal of release (ie, two years). Then outline your motivations, your general philosophy, and give a nice overview of the IDE. You can work in all of those cool links of yours into the text. Your website shows me that *you know how to sell yourself*. So take this opportunity to write an essay in your own words that excites the public. In so doing, you answer a major concern of developers who feel anxious about leaving behind Eclipse, IntelliJ, or Visual Studio. Thanks. Tudor Girba-2 wrote > Hi Richard, > > A note about the IDE: we put together a team that is working on building > the future Pharo IDE. Our goal is not to reproduce existing IDE but > created > a new and integrated experience that plays to the strengths of Pharo. > > This is a rather ambitious project that will likely last a couple of > years. > You can see our current page here: > http://gt.moosetechnology.org > > Regarding the philosophy, you can get some input by watching the > "Designing > for Developer Experience" talk: > part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKVPJU3W5Ys > part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9_JDpFq6qI > part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IBGEOPLmY > > We think this is worth advertising. Please let me know if it is of > interest > to you. > > Cheers, > Doru > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:23 PM, horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > wrote: > >> I haven't heard from anyone else, which concerns me a little. >> >> I remind everyone that this campaign is about you. Without your >> participation, it cannot succeed. >> >> Just drop me a line and tell me which topic you're writing on. You may, >> if >> you wish, create a new topic, as well. My list of topics was chosen based >> on >> the concerns I heard from other developers. Thanks. >> >> >> horrido wrote >> > Our first essay (in response to Topic #2)! >> > >> http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/smalltalk-in-business-italian-style/ >> > < >> http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/smalltalk-in-business-italian-style/ >> > >> > >> > Please step up. We need more. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > horrido wrote >> >> As promised, here is my first list of essay topics. I would like to >> ask >> >> you to submit an essay on one of these topics. Multiple submissions >> are >> >> welcome; if they're good, they will all get published at Smalltalk >> >> Renaissance. >> >> >> >> I will edit the articles for grammar and style. You should look good >> >> after I'm done. >> >> >> >> There's no deadline, but obviously the sooner you can write them, the >> >> better. SRP is a fast-moving campaign. >> >> >> >> If you have other suggestions for essay topics, please let me know. >> >> >> >> Without further ado, here are the topics... >> >> >> >> >> >> Topic #1: >> >> >> >> How do modern IDEs, such as Eclipse and IntelliJ and Visual Studio, >> >> compare with the tried-and-true Smalltalk development environment? >> >> >> >> ----- >> >> Topic #2: >> >> >> >> It is the contention of some critics, including >> >> Robert Martin <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX3iRjKj7C0> >> >> , that Smalltalk did not (does not?) address the needs of the >> enterprise. >> >> Present a counter-argument. >> >> >> >> Explain how Smalltalk can assist the enterprise in team development, >> in >> >> large-scale development, and in integrating with existing (typically >> >> Windows-based) infrastructures. >> >> >> >> Pay particular attention to the question of RDBMS usage, which is >> often >> >> critical in the enterprise. >> >> >> >> ----- >> >> Topic #3: >> >> >> >> Some critics complain that Smalltalk does not play well with existing >> >> file-based tooling. >> / >> >> Duh! >> / >> >> Smalltalk is a "new" approach to IDEs and software engineering. We >> >> should be advancing this paradigm with new tooling, rather than >> falling >> >> back on the old again and again. Otherwise, things will never change >> for >> >> the better. >> >> >> >> Make a case for why we should embrace this change now, rather than >> >> waiting (for what?). >> >> >> >> Also, this >> >> webpage >> <http://thoughtstorms.info/view/smalltalkunix/view/smalltalk> >> >> poses an interesting argument against Smalltalk. Perhaps someone can >> >> tackle it. >> >> >> >> ----- >> >> Topic #4: >> >> >> >> In the age of multi-core processors and concurrency programming, how >> is >> >> Smalltalk addressing the concerns of developers? >> >> >> >> ----- >> >> Topic #5: >> >> >> >> How should we address the issue of compatibility (ie, fragmentation) >> >> among various implementations of Smalltalk? Does this issue hamper the >> >> creation of an ecosystem of libraries and shared code? >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://forum.world.st/Essay-Topics-tp4797847p4798569.html >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> >> > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Essay-Topics-tp4797847p4798605.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
