| Jason Jones 2004-04-19, 11:51 am |
| Hello Everyone,
Smalltalk Soutions is less then two w s away! The show this year looks
like it will be one of the best ever. Fantastic keynotes, outstanding
presenters, and the best programming language there is. What more could you
ask for?
For those of you local to the Seattle area or if you just happen to be in
town for a day, we have added a one day pass for the conference. The one
day conference pass is $200 USD and gives you full access to that days
events except for tutorials. One day passes can only be purchased at the
conference. If interested please email me at jsj youknowwhatgoshere
kscdotcom Please do not reply to this post.
Two Additional Presentations Have Been Added to the Schedule
Squat: a minimal yet extensible Smalltalk system
Presentation
Latta, Craig: The NetJam project
Wednesday 9:15 am to 10:00 am
Abstract: Squat (http://netjam.org/squat) is a portable Smalltalk system
comprised only of that needed to start and extend itself. With its web-based
installer, a visitor can transfer and run the system in a few seconds, by
making a single webpage visit. This has the potential to make Smalltalk more
accessible to newcomers. Squat's module system affords clean organization of
the system, and accurate network distribution of behavior without using
files or the compiler. This has the potential to increase the efficacy of
Smalltalk software distribution and team development. This presentation is a
look behind the scenes. We'll examine Squat's remote message-sending
framework, how it enables both remote snapshot dissection and module
distribution, and the virtual machine changes underlying it. We'll also look
at the module system proper.
Bio: Craig Latta (http://netjam.org), a diligent minimalist, hesitates to
say more about himself. However, he points out that he started Smalltalking
in 1991 while in the music department at UC Berkeley, and has been an active
contributor to Squeak since its first release in 1996, when he was at
Interval Research. He currently works as a consultant on projects at Bedarra
Research Labs and EZBoard, and records music in a Squeak-based digital
studio.
Using SNMP for high-performance network monitoring
Presentation
Pikovsky, Alex: Quallaby
Wednesday 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
Abstract: The SNMP protocol is the principal tool for network discovery,
data collection, monitoring and management. However, SNMP structure and
design present a number of problems for high-volume/high-performance network
monitoring.
In this presentation I start with a brief introduction of SNMP. I then
discuss issues involved in SNMP-based data collection. Techniques for
building a flexible, high-performance SNMP collection engine are introduced.
The second part of the presentation discusses network discovery via SNMP.
Alternative approaches are presented and case is made for using relational
model for the discovery. It then discusses using a combination of ECMAScript
and SQL for SNMP object discovery and data collection.
Bio: Alex Pikovsky became involved with Smalltalk in 1995 when he joined
Cincom Systems. At Cincom, he combined consulting gigs with development work
on ObjectStudio Smalltalk. Alex redesignedthe native thread engine and
developed a new Class Browser for ObjectStudio. He was also interested in
transactional computing and co-authored the object-transactional framework
ObjectLinks with Stephen Pair.
After Cincom's merge with ObjectShare, Alex led the Internet Connectivity
project for VisualWorks. He designed e-mail and HTTP clients. He was also
responsible for XML-to-Object engine and Web Services framework (SOAP and
WSDL).
For the last three years Alex has been a principal engineer at Quallaby
working on network performance monitoring software. He lives in Boston with
his family.
Tutorial Added
Modular Smalltalk -- Refactoring Smalltalk to produce cross-language
consumable components
Tutorial (extra cost applies)
Simmons, David: Smallscript Corp
Monday 2:00 pm to 5:30:00 pm
Abstract: A large proportion of software is developed today using a variety
of languages for extending or consuming pre-built components and shared
class-libraries that are designed to function within one or more widely
available cross-language server systems or frameworks.
For commercial purposes, it is essential for today's programming languages
to be capable of readily consuming building blocks and libraries from other
languages. However, it has become equally critical for commercial viability
that such languages also be capable of producing building blocks and
libraries in cross-language standard formats for transparent consumption by
other languages.
This interactive presentation and discussion will both outline the
objectives behind the modular architecture of the S# smalltalk dialect and
it will explore the benefits of rethinking the single-image concept by
modularizing Smalltalk frameworks and projects.
The presentation will discuss design challenges in modularizing Smalltalk
and the related demands of cross-language integration, specific design
solutions employed in the implementation of Smallscript Corp's S# smalltalk
dialect and its underlying Agile Object System (AOS) Runtime and Framework,
and demonstrations of components built in S#. The components presented in
the final section will illustrate Smalltalk's ability to produce industry
standard executables and shared-libraries (dll's) that exhibit both fast
code execution and small deployment sizes.
Specific attention will be given to capabilities for automatically exposing
libraries (written in Smalltalk) to other languages without sacrificing
reflection or other dynamic language features when the same components are
shared with other Smalltalk executables and dll's.
Depending on audience interest, the talk may also explore just-in-time
integration which includes illustration of side-by-side sharing of different
(dll) versions of the same class modules within a single application. Of
note in such explorations are the capabilities that make it possible for a
single application/executable to simultaneously host multiple Smalltalk
dialect frameworks.
Bio: David Simmons has been designing and developing language systems and
virtual machines since the early 1980's. He was the principal designer and
architect for QKS Smalltalk-91, its commercial toolset, and its
pre-emptively multi-threaded virtual machine.
Since 1999, his ongoing work on the smalltalk language has focused on the
design and development of the S# smalltalk dialect for both Microsoft's .NET
Framework and Smallscript Corporation's Agile Object System (AOS) Framework,
a modular multi-threaded platform for dynamic languages.
This work has concentrated heavily on modularization, performance, object
models, and meta-object protocol capabilities for supporting cross-language
integration and runtime framework support of a superset of today's popular
language features.
See you at the show!
The Smalltalk Industry Council
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