Pomodoro for Pharo 2.0

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method. There is now also a simple timer implementation for Pharo 2.0 available.


You can load the tool right from the config browser and it allows easy scripting from Smalltalk:

   "Provide an action when pomodoro is finished"
   Pomodoro timerFor: 20 minutes 
            whenFinishedDo: [ self inform: 'Pomodoro finished']

Read more about the details here.

IRC Pharo

The old IRC channel #pharo-project about Pharo is now closed. So if you want to chat about the Pharo environment use the new #pharo channel on freenode.

Moose 4.8 on Pharo 2.0

Moose moved to Pharo 2.0. All tests are green and the team recommends to use Pharo 2.0 in the future.

One-click is dead

Even when then new Pharo 2.0 is delivered as a one-click on the homepage, in the future we will see OS specific packages for Win, Linux, Mac, ...
The platform specific builds are already in place.

Squeak 4.4. for RiscOS

Squeak 4.4. is now available for RiscOS too.

Pharo 2.0 released

Jay - Pharo 2.0 is out! More details can be found here.

Amber 0.10 released

Amber 0.10 is out (combined with a new website). Read more!

VertiMeta

VeriMeta tests all the package of one metacello version in a semi-auto fashion. Read more here or watch this video.

Why Smalltalk Wins the Host Languages Shootout

Read more in this PDF or try out Helvetia.

Zero Conf with Pharo

Just read about it.

Cross dialect Smalltalk CI

Do you want to use cross dialect Smalltalk (Pharo, Squeak and GemStone) continuous integration service? Then have a look at "builderCI" from Dale which is using GitHub and TravisCI.

Moose 4.7 is available

Moose 4.7 is out.

Pharo consortium

The Pharo consortium has it's page up and running: http://consortium.pharo.org