I've been at ESUG a few years ago. I can definitely recommend it if you want access to all kinds of Smalltalk and Pharo experts, and listen to all kinds of topics that contain a high amount of expertise.
I remember that I wanted a visual step by step debugger for a visualization library [1]. I was lucky enough to find the library maintainer himself. He liked the idea, and within just 30 to 60 minutes we programmed a prototype in (this was around ChatGPT 3.5, so pure hand coding).
Happy to see something related to ESUG so up in HN.
Smalltalk still has a small group of passionate people who love the language, the environment, and its concepts.
For some reason, Buenos Aires has a “large” group of Smalltalkers (large relative to the total, which is small in absolute terms). This group usually organizes the ESUG event in Argentina with very few sponsors.
I attend the National University of Quilmes in Buenos Aires, where my first OOP course was taught in Smalltalk, specifically CUIS [1]. It was a lot of fun and a very nice introduction to object-oriented thinking.
As a curiosity, there are two "competing" sections for this subject: one that uses CUIS and the other one uses Wollok[2] (an in-house language). It's funny to discuss which one is better with classmates.
I just had a realization: I've been hearing and reading about Smalltalk and how great (though slow) it was for the past 30 years … but I've never once seen an application, let alone a killer one.
I remember that I wanted a visual step by step debugger for a visualization library [1]. I was lucky enough to find the library maintainer himself. He liked the idea, and within just 30 to 60 minutes we programmed a prototype in (this was around ChatGPT 3.5, so pure hand coding).
[1] https://github.com/pharo-graphics/Roassal
Smalltalk still has a small group of passionate people who love the language, the environment, and its concepts.
For some reason, Buenos Aires has a “large” group of Smalltalkers (large relative to the total, which is small in absolute terms). This group usually organizes the ESUG event in Argentina with very few sponsors.
As a curiosity, there are two "competing" sections for this subject: one that uses CUIS and the other one uses Wollok[2] (an in-house language). It's funny to discuss which one is better with classmates.
[1]: https://cuis.st/
[2]: https://www.wollok.org/
Well, except for development environments.
Anyone know one that's worth looking at?