Smalltalk Reflections

Smalltalk 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

In 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #014: Coding Style

In 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.org/track/Pharo-2015  ...

Smalltalk Reflections #013: Interview with John O'Keefe from Instantiations

David 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

David 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

David 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #010: Blocks

This 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #009: Collections and Streams

On 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #008: Garbage Collection

Smalltalk 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #007: Minimalism

David 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #006: Debugging

In 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #005: Types

Smalltalk 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #004: Image Based Development

David 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #003: Which Smalltalk?

This 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...

Smalltalk Reflections #002: What is Smalltalk?

This 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,...

Smalltalk Reflections Podcast Episode 1 - A Tribute to James Robertson

Whew!  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...