Pharo Presentation from ESUG 2010

1. A clean, innovative, open-source Smalltalk
http://www.pharo-project.org

2. Pharo?
We use our language every day

3. Pharo?
We use our language every day
arch hi ng ss
se ac si ne
Re Te Bu

4. Pharo?
Why do we not continuously improve
what we use
????

5. Pharo?
Small simple fixes
One step at a time
Even do the imperfect next step

6. Compound Interest
Every improvement has an effect
Example: Refactoring Browser

7. Pharo!
We will use this system in 10 years
Let’s make it great!

8. Pharo
A flexible environment to support the
innovation in/of Smalltalk.

9. Pharo
A robust environment to support doing
business in Smalltalk.

10. Conflict?
Robustness vs. Innovation

11. Conflict?
Business vs. Research

13. Base Camp
Research is like an expedition
We need a stable base!

14. Research / Teaching
Teaching
Research
materias.fi.uba.ar/...
scg.unibe.ch -SCG, University of Bern
soft.vub.ac.be/soft/ - SLL, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
www.ensm-douai.fr - RMOD, INRIA
www.imus.univ-savoie.fr - Ecole d'Ing. d. Mines de Douai
www.inria.fr - REVEAL, University of Lugano
materias.fi.uba.ar/7507/ - PLEIAD/DCC, Univ. of Chile
www.nmu.edu - University Louvain la Neuve
www.uca.edu.ar - Universidad de Buenos Aires
www.uchile.cl - LISyC
www.upc.edu - UMMISCO

15. Companies
www.10pines.com www.doslovno.info www.myneat.org
www.2denker.de www.finworks.biz www.netstyle.ch
www.agilitic.com seaside.gemstone.com www.nidea.eu
www.airflowing.com www.ibizlog.com www.panasoft.com
www.anymorphic.com www.inceptive.be www.pinesoft.co.uk
www.ardishealth.com www.jooshr.com www.promedmedical.net
www.arduinosoftware.com www.majcon.de www.sharedlogic.ca
www.beta9.be www.mindclue.ch www.smallworks.com.ar
www.bombardier.com www.miriamtech.com www.sw-eng.ch
www.cmsbox.com www.monkeysnatchbanana.com www.trantaria.com

16. Create an ecosystem
where business can bloom

17. Showcase

19. Pier

20. Pier

21. Smalltalk with OO-Database
Pharo is the IDE

23. Pinesoft MBagger

24. iPhone
Mars +
Deimos
Esteban
Lorenzano

25. The Past

26. 1.0
Started with Squeak 3.9 (2008)
Major Cleanups (MVC, eToys)
+ New UI Look / TrueType
+ Tools
+ Block Closures (thanks Eliot)
+ Lots of bugfixes and small improvements
+ Preferences clean up
+ MIT license clean

27. Update ~1200 Bug-reports closed
470 Updates
Release Candidate: October 2009
Release: April 2010

28. 1.1
- Performance
- More cleanups and Simplifications
- Small deployment image (6.2 MB)
- Settings framework
- New world menu
- Native host menu support for Mac

29. Update 883 Bug-reports closed
410 Updates
Released: July, 26, 2010

30. The Present

31. Update ~300 Bug-reports closed
141 Updates
Release Candidate: October 2010

32. Future
Future

33. The Future is what
we do

34. Build Server

35. Opal
Based on “new compiler”
Uses RB AST
Intermediate Representation of Byte-code
Bytecode Transformations
Plugin Architecture

36. Everybody can help
Reporting bugs
Confirming bugs
Writing tests
Writing examples
Writing comments
Simple contributing fixes
Deep discussion...

37. Open Pharo Sprints
May 2008 Bern
July 2009 Bern
October 2009 Lille
November 2009 Buenos Ares
March 2010 Bern
May 2010 Buenos Ares
June 2010 Bern
June 2010 Bruxelles
July 2010 London
September 2010 Barcelona
September 2010 Lille

38. Books
Pharo by example
vol. 1 is out
Pharo by example
vol. 2 is on
preparation

39. Thanks
Juan Pablo Cook Mariano Martinez Peck
Gabriel Cotelli Philipp Marshall
Giovanni Corriga Dave Mason
Carlos Crosetti John McIntosh
Chis Vasile Andrei Cyrille Delaunay Martin McClure
Diego Geffner Sergio DelFranco? Johnaton Meichtry
Gloria Bianchi Simon Denier Jannick Menanteau
Gabriel Calero Marcus Denker Eliot Miranda
Andres Valloud Ramiro Diaz Trepat Yann Monclair
Jose Mettini Ken Dickey Hernan Morales Durand
Pablo Gancharov Stephane Ducasse Diogenes Moreira
Nick Ager Stephan Eggermont Mike Muller
Bart Veenstra Luc Fabresse Oscar Nierstrasz
Sean DeNigris? Matthew Fulmer David J Pennell
Tim Mackinnon Hilaire Fernandes Joseph Pelrine
Nial Ross Julian Fitzell Bernardt Pieber
Boris Popov James Foster Alain Plantec
Mariano Abel Coca Bart Gauquie Damien Pollet
Jean-Baptiste Arnaud Tudor Girba Guillermo Polito
Gabriela Arevalo Sean Glazier Lukas Renggli
German Arduino Darin Greaham Jorge Ressia
Hans Beck Carla Griggio Mike Roberts
Alexandre Bergel Norbert Hartl Robert Rothwell
Cedric Beler Dale Henrichs David Rotlisberger
Patrick Barroca George Herolyants Michael Rueger
Adrian Barreau Reinout Heeck Rabak Scarpini
Torsten Bergmann Eric Hochmeister Alex Schenkman
Matthias Berth Peter Hugosson-Miller Bill Schwab
Andrew Black Henrik Sperre Johansen Niko Schwarz
Ralph Boland Stefan Kapusnik Stan Sheperd
Noury Bouraqadi Andy Kellens Igor Stasenko
Tristan Bourgois Pavel Krivanek Francois Stephany
Johan Brichau Adrian Kuhn Serge Stinckwich
Brian Brown Denis Kudriashov Mathieu Suen
Camillo Bruni Laurent Laffont Lawrence Trutter
Sven vanCaekenberghe Justin Langhorst Andrew Tween
Gwenael Casaccio Alexander Lazarevic Carlo Teixeira
Damien Cassou Adrian Lienhard Veronica Uquillaz-Gomez
Nicolas Cellier Andreas Leidig Toon Verwaest
Gary Chambers German Leiva Martin von Loewis
Danny Chan Michael Lucas-Smith Juan Vuletich
Yanni Chiu Esteban Lorenzano Steven Wirts
Miguel Coba Francisco Ortiz Peñaloza Hernan Wilkinson

40. Join us!
Creating good energy,
software quality,
learning and having fun
http://pharo-project.org