ESUG 2008 Announcement
Dear software engineer,
End of August, a unique conference will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This conference is organized by the European Smalltalk
User Group (ESUG).
Smalltalk is a dynamic and
reflective language exercising a continuing influence on historic and
current developments in programming languages and software technology.
This year celebrates the 16th edition of the ESUG conference, which
features more than 40 presentations on, among others, the following
subjects:
Programming Language Platforms:
- Newspeak (New open source dynamic language focusing on modularity,
security and interoperability)
- Cog (New highly optimized open source Squeak VM)
- Maglev (Highly scalable Ruby VM)
- OpenCroquet (Deeply collaborative, multi-user online Smalltalk
development environment)
Web Frameworks:
- Seaside (The continuation & component-based web framework)
- WebVelocity
- AidaWeb (Smalltalk Web Application Server)
- WebTerminal
Model Driven Engineering:
- The Meta Environment Language Workbench
- ObjectStudio ModelingTool
- Fame; Meta-modeling Framework
- MBA Smalltalk; to manage your objects
Additionally, the winners of the ABN Amro sponsored Innovation Awards
will be presented.
Are you interested in the latest developments in dynamic languages and
Web development, be sure to register as soon as possible at
http://www.esug.org.
Important information:
Conference website:
http://www.esug.org/conferences/16thinternationalsmalltalkjointconference2008/
Time: August 25-29, 2008
Venue: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Kruislaan 413,
Amsterdam, Turing Zaal.
Directions: http://www.cwi.nl/about/directions.html
Hope to see you at ESUG’08!