On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:42 PM, horrido <[email protected]> wrote:
> We have a couple of essays published at Smalltalk renaissance > <https://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/category/essays/> . *We need > more.* > > This is our opportunity to answer the questions, concerns, and criticisms > of > non-Smalltalk developers, an opportunity afforded by the SRP, which is > drawing much new attention to Smalltalk. We should exploit this > opportunity and not waste it. > > Suggested essay topics include: > > - talk about actual use of Smalltalk in the enterprise > Sorry, I've not programmed for an enterprise - expand on the much-touted productivity advantage of Smalltalk (many > people are skeptical) > Really hard to say without empirical data, otherwise it is just subjective and hearsay. > - explain how the experience of using the Smalltalk environment is > superior to that of Eclipse, IntelliJ, Visual Studio, etc. > Never really used them. > - talk about future developments in Smalltalk, eg, concurrency features, > new IDEs, new tooling, etc. > This is where good things are happening - but others are better placed. > - any other topics you may deem noteworthy > > So, please, contribute an essay. /Without you, there is no campaign./ > > Send all submissions to my personal email: horrido.hobbies at gmail dot > com. > > Thanks. > >
