Smalltalk Reflections
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November 03, 2016 19:56Smalltalk Reflections episode 16: unit testing In this episode, Craig and Philippe discuss unit testing in Smalltalk, and how it influences the development process. We welcome special guest Jean-Christophe Mincke in our exploration of validation. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_016.mp3 Mentioned in this episode: Context
Smalltalk Reflections episode 15: distributed live computing
September 19, 2016 19:17 - 52.1 MBIn this episode, Craig and new co-host Philippe Back discuss the past, present, and future of distributed live computing with Smalltalk. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_015.mp3 Original podcast host David Buck is busy with other projects these days, and wishes us well. We hope to interview him on a future episode! Items mentioned in this episode: ESUG 2016, Prague in August Camp Smalltalk Marquette 2016 SPLASH 2016, Amsterdam in October
Smalltalk Reflections #014: Coding Style
May 26, 2015 02:33 - 25.9 MBIn this episode, David and Craig discuss Smalltalk coding style. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_014.mp3 Items mentioned in this podcast ESUG http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2015 Camp Smalltalk Ottawa http://www.simberon.com/campsmalltalkottawa2015/ Camp Smalltalk Portland http://esug.org/wiki/pier/About/ESUGblog/2015-05-07 Pharo 4 http://pharo.org/news/pharo-4.0-released Pharo Coding Sprint at ECOOP http://2015.ecoop....
Smalltalk Reflections #013: Interview with John O'Keefe from Instantiations
May 19, 2015 08:36 - 28.6 MBDavid and Craig talk to John O'Keefe from Instantiations about VA Smalltalk. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_013.mp3 Links to items mentioned this episode: Instantiations
Smalltalk Reflections #012: Interview with James Foster from GemTalk Systems
March 29, 2015 16:29 - 25 MBDavid and Craig talk to James Foster from GemTalk Systems about GemStone/S. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_012.mp3 Links in this podcast: GemTalk Systems GemStone/S GLASS
Smalltalk Reflections #011: Interview with Stéphane Ducasse
March 13, 2015 00:12 - 32 MBDavid and Craig talk with Stéphane Ducasse about Pharo. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_011.mp3 In this episode, we talk about Pharo http://www.pharo.org YesPlan http://yesplan.be/en/ Seaside http://www.seaside.st/ Reef http://www.smallworks.eu/web/projects/reef Amber Smalltalk http://amber-lang.net/ Tide https://github.com/tide-framework/tide Cog https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm Spur https://clementbera.w...
Smalltalk Reflections #010: Blocks
February 16, 2015 00:51 - 23.5 MBThis week, David and Craig talk about blocks in Smalltalk and how they make Smalltalk both powerful and simple. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_010.mp3 Also mentioned on this podcast: Pharo Days FOSDEM Raspberry Pi Camp Smalltalk Ottawa 2015 You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca, leave us a review on iTunes or email us at [email protected]. You can tweet us at @buckdk or @ccrraaiigg.
Smalltalk Reflections #009: Collections and Streams
January 29, 2015 02:20 - 23.9 MBOn this episode, David and Craig discuss the collections and streams libraries of Smalltalk. Along the way, they talk about Xtreams, traits and the new Treap collection introduced into VisualWorks. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_009.mp3 You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca, leave us a review on iTunes or email us at [email protected]. You can tweet us at @buckdk or @ccrraaiigg.
Smalltalk Reflections #008: Garbage Collection
January 20, 2015 03:36 - 29.6 MBSmalltalk was one of the earliest programming languages to include automatic garbage collection. In this episode, David and Craig discuss the pros and cons of garbage collection and how it works in modern Smalltalk systems. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_008.mp3 In this episode, we mention the Twitter tag #thingsPeopleBuiltWithSmalltalk https://twitter.com/hashtag/thingsPeopleBuiltWithSmalltalk?src=hash You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkre...
Smalltalk Reflections #007: Minimalism
January 13, 2015 00:13 - 22.6 MBDavid and Craig talk about minimalism - the idea that you can create very small Smalltalk images that do useful and interesting things. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_007.mp3 Check out Craig's Context site at: http://thiscontext.com/ You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca, leave us a review on iTunes or email us at [email protected]. You can tweet us at @buckdk or @ccrraaiigg.
Smalltalk Reflections #006: Debugging
January 06, 2015 00:39 - 21.7 MBIn this episode, David and Craig talk about debugging in Smalltalk. The debugger is an essential tool and Smalltalkers use it for more than just finding and fixing bugs. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_006.mp3 The video on debugging mentioned in this episode can be found here. http://smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca/2015/01/debugger-video.html You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca, leave us a review on iTunes or ...
Smalltalk Reflections #005: Types
December 29, 2014 15:47 - 25.5 MBSmalltalk is dynamically typed while most mainstream object oriented languages are statically typed. In this episode, David and Craig define the terms statically typed, dynamically typed and strongly typed and talk about the differences. They cover the advantages and disadvantages of dynamic typing. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_005.mp3 You can leave comments on our blog at smalltalkreflections.blogspot.ca, leave us a review on iTunes or email us a...
Smalltalk Reflections #004: Image Based Development
December 22, 2014 02:10 - 30.3 MBDavid and Craig discuss Image Based Development. Smalltalk is a development environment which runs in an image that can be saved to disk and re-loaded later. This is different from most mainstream languages these days in which runtimes are built from the ground up by compiling the source code. In image based systems, you do your development in the image then strip out the development tools to deploy the program. This episode discusses the pros and cons of this approach. In this episode w...
Smalltalk Reflections #003: Which Smalltalk?
December 15, 2014 23:03 - 26.9 MBThis week, David and Craig discuss "Which Smalltalk?" Smalltalk isn't just one language from one source. It has many different dialects including commercial versions and freeware versions. On this episode, the hosts lead you through the different versions, where they came from and how to get them. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_003.mp3 The versions listed in this episode include: Cincom Smalltalk (http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com) including Vi...
Smalltalk Reflections #002: What is Smalltalk?
December 07, 2014 16:27 - 22.2 MBThis week, David and Craig discuss "What is Smalltalk?" They cover the origins of Smalltalk back in Xerox, properties of the Smalltalk language, influences it's had on modern software development and its use in modern commercial applications. In this episode, James Savidge returns to podcasting with his Smalltalk Jobs Report. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_002.mp3
Smalltalk Reflections Podcast Episode 1 - A Tribute to James Robertson
November 29, 2014 21:20 - 53.4 MBWhew! We've done it. Episode 1 of Smalltalk Reflections is now available online. Smalltalk Reflections is a weekly podcast discussing the Smalltalk programming language. https://s3.amazonaws.com/smalltalkreflections/SmalltalkReflections_001.mp3 We haven't submitted it into iTunes yet, but we're working on that part. This episode is "A Tribute to James Robertson".