Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-11 Thread horrido
Please, is there anyone who cares to tackle, say, the question of concurrent multi-core programming in Smalltalk? Or tooling vis-à-vis in the Java or C# world? *We need more essays.* horrido wrote I haven't heard from anyone else, which concerns me a little. I remind everyone that this

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-09 Thread Tudor Girba
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

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-09 Thread horrido
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...

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-09 Thread stepharo
Oh yes! The ESUG talk is particularly cool. Stef Le 9/1/15 16:20, Tudor Girba a écrit : 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

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-09 Thread Frank Shearar
On 9 January 2015 at 13:23, horrido horrido.hobb...@gmail.com wrote: 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.

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-09 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
Richard, Many people in the Pharo community have written lots of stuff over the years, at different level (introduction/tutorial to advanced/technical), maybe you should try to point to those documents first. Extra indexing is always good, it is PR after all. http://planet.smalltalk.org is

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-09 Thread horrido
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

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-09 Thread horrido
Yes, but I'm trying to make SRP a focussed campaign. That means presenting a simple here's a developer question – here's the answer theme. SRP should not be a catch-all for Smalltalk resources, because there are already plenty of sites that do this. SRP should not be repetitive. Instead, SRP aims

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-08 Thread horrido
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,

[Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-05 Thread horrido
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

Re: [Pharo-dev] Essay Topics

2015-01-05 Thread horrido
Oh, I forgot to mention. Please notify me of your topic choice at my personal email: horrido.hobbies at gmail dot com. That way, I can coordinate the essay activities. Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Essay-Topics-tp4797847p4797876.html Sent from the Pharo