[ UK Smalltalk User Group ]

Ever wanted to know what happens inside a Smalltalk Virtual Machine? We have now got a Meetup for the UKSTUG and next Monday's meeting is our first meetup. Please register for the meet up on Meetup.com and spread the word! http://www.meetup.com/UKSTUG/events/74688342/ Many thanks, Jason

Next Smalltalk UK meeting at the Counting House will be on Monday 30th July (Gallery Room). Nick Ager will be doing a presentation on the Pharo VM. See you there!

This the schedule of the remaining 2012 meetings at the Counting House pub. 25 th June, Club Room 30 th July, Gallery room 20 th August, Dining room 24 th September, Dining room 29 th October, Gallery room 26th November, Gallery room 17 th December, Dining room. Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3V 3PD ( map ).

The next UK Smalltalk User Group meeting is on this coming Monday, 30th January at 6.30pm at it’s usual location   The Counting House . It is going to be in two halves. We are starting with two talks. Frank will be giving an update on the github integration work and Tim will be talking about his experiences with MVP. The second half will be a workshop to look at ways we can better introduce Smalltalk to people that are new to the language. To help get people thinking about this challenge I would like to suggest some reading: http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/ Then read one of the introductory chapters from Smalltalk online books at: http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html and bring along one of the examples from the book that explains an important thing that you think we should be getting across to newbies. If you are too far away to attend then Tweet an example (#ukstug) and we will discuss it during the workshop. We might even share a google

The next UK Smalltalk User Group meeting is on this coming Monday, 30th January at 6.30pm at it’s usual location  The Counting House . This is the first of the talks that we selected at the Christmas meeting. And for some reason I got chosen to go first: Anatomy of an IDE Using a few example IDEs we are going to look at what makes an IDE valuable. Building software is a complex business, software that works and stays in production for years. It is a craft that involves engineering, insight and skill. The tools that we use to build that software are vital enablers to our success. Between 1997-2004 the dominance of Java and the main vendors’ tools strategies led to something of a stagnation for IDEs. But since then with the return to language diversity and the broadening of platforms there has been a real opportunity to experiment with what an IDE is and means and to look at how it could evolve. We will look at a range of IDEs including WebVelocity, Cloud9 and Codea and cont