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The tattered history of OOP

The tattered history of OOPCalling for Mom ..SOAP etc are not themselves messaging based, they're messaging protocols - i.e. message carriers that are not internally implemented using object messaging.OOP!Crieky, I had no idea OOP had been through so much! We're just about to start using Zend Framework PHP, I might...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Programming languages, Message Passing, object-oriented programming, Java, Smalltalk

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

The tattered history of OOP

This is a guest blog by frequent contributor Mark Miller - a followup on our earlier discussions of the effectiveness and value of the object oriented programming idea. OOP has been a mixed bag, but I say this only because...

Tags: Message, Software, Object-oriented Programming, Smalltalk, Idea, Data, Object-oriented, Unix, Object, Alan Kay, Way Object-orientation, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-02

A linux defeat

A linux defeatConverting to a cultureYou've talked about this issue before, but I see it from a slightly different perspective, because of my study of Smalltalk. I've discussed Smalltalk with other people, and seen them reject it because it's too different. What I eventually realized was most of the people...

Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, cultural shift, Smalltalk, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-11

From FORTRAN To Your Desktop: An Homage to the Man Who Started it All

From FORTRAN To Your Desktop: An Homage to the Man Who Started it AllI still use FORTRANin my own and licensed apps. Almost all of the software used to design, synthesize and analyze optical systems is written in FORTRAN. Nowadays, they have nice C/C++ GUIs wrapped around them, but under...

Tags: Programming languages, C/C++, OOA/OOD/OOP, Development tools, desktop, Fortran, Smalltalk, Backus

Discussion threads 2007-03-20

Dolphin Smalltalk X6 Community Edition 2006.6.02.3 (Windows)

Dolphin Community Edition is Smalltalk development environment that is totally free for personal/educational use. You'll find that it is a complete IDE for either learning Smalltalk programming or for creating your own personal Windows-based applications. It has a great, slick, user interface that we've tried to make as easy to...

Tags: Dolphin Ltd., Smalltalk, Object Arts, Dolphin Community Edition, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2006-09-15

Is Java Making a Comeback?

Is Java Making a Comeback?Java comeback may be overhypedRecently in Toronto I led a team in writing a complicated industrial application. We were bifurcated -- the database and front-end side was written in Smalltalk, which is still used a lot in heavy industry apps that can't tolerate bugs; while...

Tags: Programming languages, programmer, C#, Java, Smalltalk

Discussion threads 2006-07-17

Smalltalk MT 5.20 build 639 (Windows)

Fully featured Smalltalk development environment for Windows. Ideal for prototyping and testing or for complete development. Smalltalk uses a complete set of development tools for high productivity for both large and small projects. The development syntax is very easy to learn and provides full object oriented support.

Tags: Smalltalk, Development Syntax, Programming Languages, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-07-06

Self 4.2.1 (Mac)

Self is an object-oriented programming language and associated programming environment. It is close in spirit and semantics to Smalltalk: * It is a pure object-oriented language, i.e., everything in the computational domain of Self is an object. * Its syntax borrows heavily from Smalltalk. * As in Smalltalk, variables are...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Smalltalk, Object-oriented, Programming Environment, Self, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2004-04-07

Squeak 3.5 (Windows)

An open, highly-portable Smalltalk-80 implementation whose virtual machine is written entirely in Smalltalk, making it easy to debug, analyze, and change. To achieve practical performance, a translator produces an equivalent C program whose performance is comparable to commercial Smalltalks.

Tags: Performance, Smalltalk, Microsoft Windows, SqueakLand.org, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2003-04-12

IBM VisualAge Smalltalk 5.5.2 (Windows)

VisualAge Smalltalk, IBM's enterprise application development tool, is an important component of the VisualAge Family. VisualAge Smalltalk enables software developers to create highly portable, scaleable, multi-tier business applications using object-oriented technology. VisualAge Smalltalk also provides tools for application modeling and development, a robust persistence framework, and the ability to integrate...

Tags: Smalltalk, Microsoft Windows, IBM VisualAge, IBM Corp., VisualAge Smalltalk, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2000-07-25

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PowerMops 6.2 (Mac)

PowerMops is a full featured, stand-alone development environment for programming the Macintosh. Inspired by Smalltalk and Neon, PowerMops is based on Forth with extensive object-oriented features such as multiple inheritance, early and late binding, persistent objects, and garbage collection. Its interactive development environment provides for fluid and productive programming by...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Environment, Object-oriented, Programming, Development Environment, Michael Hore, PowerMops, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-24

Microsoft revisits 'Apple tax' ahead of Tax Day

Microsoft revisits 'Apple tax' ahead of Tax DayA more efficient strategypeople tend to ignore important thing. why not just point to what it is like to be a mac person? let me tell you, folks:FACT 1:a mac person is jealous, narrow minded, overly protective, arrogant, annoying, unreasonable, he will kill...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Desktops, About Time, OS/X, Mossberg, tax, fanboy, Apple Inc., Apple tax, PC, Microsoft Corp., Tax Day, PC ad

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Introduction to Groovy Support in JDeveloper and Oracle ADF 11g

Groovy is as an agile dynamic language for the Java platform with many features that are inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk, making them available to Java developers using a Java-like syntax. Being a dynamic language, many features of the language are executed at runtime as opposed to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle JDeveloper, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2009-03-01

SDL 1.2.13 (Windows)

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the award winning Linux port of "Civilization: Call To Power."SDL...

Tags: Multimedia, SDL, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Linux, UNIX, Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, C#, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2008-12-03

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1

As I mentioned last week I've started learning more about developing for the Apple iPhone. This week I'll be sharing my experiences during a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. In particular, I'll be pointing out differences between Android and iPhone development. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Android, Interface Builder Program, Programming Languages, C/C++, Development Tools, Telecom & Utilities, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-17

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1Development environment requirementsDoes Apple give you the freedom to choose the OS you use to develop for the iPhone? Are you forced to use this Xcode application you wrote about or can you choose your favorite code editor?Does Google give you the freedom to choose...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Java development tools, Operating systems, Linux, Apple Mac OS, OPEN SOURCE, Apple iPhone, Day 1, Eclipse, Apple Xcode

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Teaching object-oriented programming with Greenfoot

Teaching object-oriented programming with GreenfootGreenfootThe guys who wrote and developed Greenfoot taught me last year at university :-)C++, Delphi Pascal, c#, smalltalk, Ruby and othersI got a rather long history of object oriented programming tools and experience. The problem with object oriented programming is that very few actually insist...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, object-oriented, object-oriented programming, Greenfoot

Discussion threads 2008-10-20

Ruby Comes to the .NET Platform: Find Out Why .NET Programmers May Want to Learn and Use Ruby, and Discover the Core Syntax of the Language

Microsoft's IronRuby project brings a powerful and fun dynamic language to the Windows platform. The Ruby programming language is a modern, object-oriented scripting language, with a syntax inspired by languages such as Perl and Smalltalk. It was conceived by Yukihiro Matsumoto (aka "Matz"). In his words, Matz wanted a language...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Ruby, Programmer, Language, Ruby Programming Language, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

White papers 2008-10-20

Koders.com: Ruby as programmers choice?

Koders.com: Ruby as programmers choice?Kids, Have Your Secret Scheme Decoder Ring ReadyMy sense was that Ruby was the thing two years ago but the shine isn't quite what it was. I looked into the language and have copies of the canonical books, and I have the point of view, that...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, C/C++, Ruby, programmers choice, Koders.com

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3

Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Pretty amazing!! It seems like we DO need competition to foster innovation.NT.Chrome and key logging!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlRE: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Well please, by all means, do the opposite give us an example of ANY javascript test that...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF3, 9x, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03