Smalltalk with James Robertson

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the support for Azure (Microsoft's cloud) in Store for VisualWorks. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Tags: smalltalk, store, azure

Today's Python 4 You looks at while loops in Python. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Tags: loops, python

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at a package in Pharo that can match IP addresses to regions - possibly useful for web projects. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Tags: smalltalk, pharo, ip address

Welcome to episode 152 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week david and I talk about teaching Smalltalk again - but to new developers, as opposed to experienced ones who just don't know Smalltalk.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

Tags: smalltalk, training

Welcome to episode 152 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week david and I talk about teaching Smalltalk again - but to new developers, as opposed to experienced ones who just don't know Smalltalk.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

Tags: smalltalk, training

In my daily trawl through realcleartechnology.com, I cam across this odd demand from David Braue:

Previous versions of iWork had promise as an alternative, but I have a long-running feud with Apple over iWork for one simple reason: Apple refuses to give it the ability to simply load and save files in Word's .DOC format. That's right: the only way to handle documents in Pages is by saving your working documents as .pages files which are, inexplicably, often 10 or more times larger than their Word .DOC equivalent and then exporting .DOC versions as and when you need them.

Right, Apple should cede control of their future feature set to whatever the doc format can support, and they should be willing to live at the mercy of whatever MS decides to do with it. Sure, Sure. I've used Pages for years now; the extra five seconds to export into .doc format is not a problem. Oh, and news flash, David - Pages does, in fact, read .doc format. Either that, or I've been imagining things for a decade now.

Can we find some tech writers who know something about the topics they natter on about? There are plenty of things to complain about with Pages, believe me. This isn't one of them.

Tags: word, pages

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the configuration options for feedback from the new editor in VA Smalltalk. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Tags: smalltalk, va smalltalk, editor

Today's Python 4 You continues to look at looping constructs in Python - and how you can use an else clause with looping. You can get more complete details over at the Python Doc Pages. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Tags: python, looping

I hadn't signed up for iTunes match, but I also hadn't fixed the problem with older, DRM'd music in my library. Since match deals with that problem, I figured a one year subscription was worth the cost. As well, since I travel to Minneapolis for work regularly, it'll be nice to have access to my full library of music without having to fill my laptop's HD with it.

Tags: itunes, apple

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the emergency evaluator in Pharo. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Tags: smalltalk, pharo, emergency evaluator