The code critics tool of the Refactoring Browser points out all kinds of code smells. However, correct spelling of entities in source code is an often neglected smell and remains unchecked by the traditional rules.
Over the past years several people have asked for a simple solution to export and import a Pier site into a different image. Finally this is possible. The following screen-cast demonstrates the basic steps how I export my complete website and import it into a fresh Pier image.
Pier 1.1 is out and available as a Pharo based one-click image, on SqueakMap and Package Universe. It comes with a bunch of bug-fixes and some new features that make the creation of dynamic web sites even simpler. A quick migration guide was posted as well.
The Pharo website is finally online: http://www.pharo-project.org/.
The website of Seaside has seen a recent addition of documentation. A frequently asked question in the mailing list is on the creation of PDFs from Seaside web applications. Unfortunately there is not a single answer that rules them all, but there are many possibilities to choose from: PDF in Seaside.
Coderspiel mentions Seaside in the article The right tool for the slob:
I uploaded the slides of the Magritte presentation I gave a few weeks ago at MoDELS 2007. The associated paper with the title Magritte — A Meta-Driven Approach to Empower Developers and End Users is available for download too.
The open-source book Squeak by Example has been made public. It is an excellent read if you are new to Squeak and want to learn Smalltalk.
ESUG 2007 started yesterday with Camp Smalltalk. It is a great atmosphere to program in pairs or to discuss the latest news around Smalltalk and other programming languages.