nice! I've never heard about that before. Thanks for the heads up Stef! Added entries should go to the bottom or at the top?
from mobile > On 12/02/2015, at 05:21, stepharo <steph...@free.fr> wrote: > > Sebastian > > we maintain one single list for pharo topics (related or not to GSOC) > I will not edit your item but you can do a pull request :) > > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-project-proposals > > Stef > > Le 11/2/15 19:37, Sebastian Sastre a écrit : >> Okay here comes some notes I’ve compiled: >> >> >> VOSS for Pharo >> http://voss.logicarts.com/ >> Implications: a completely object oriented database industry proven would >> have a legacy and a open sourced release empowering Pharo users and startups >> to stay object oriented even when persisting data. >> VOSS has dual license commercial and GPLv3, John, VOSS author already >> offered himself to mentor porters. >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnclapperton >> >> SQLServer client for Pharo >> Implications: some applications that have this dependency needs to extend >> and modernize features are challenged by this dependency that Pharo cannot >> use in a production ready state. >> >> SQL Alchemy for Pharo >> Implications: Big-data is a growing market that is easy to mine with a tool >> like Python’s SQL Alchemy. A Pharo version of such powerful tool would open >> this market opportunity for people wanting to offer Pharo-based solutions in >> this segment. Smalltalk’s syntax and tooling superiority could provide a >> significant push forward in this technology competitiveness because they >> might empower Pharo users to deliver solutions faster. >> http://www.sqlalchemy.org/ >> >> Remote Environments for Pharo >> Implications: being able to inspect, browse and debug reliably a server >> Pharo image from a client Pharo image would spark countless possibilities. >> Some of them: server maintenance; hot debug on GUI-less servers in >> production; live develop or debug remotely mobile devices that doesn’t have >> a server. Hot changes in Pharo powered drones and robots. >> >> Pharo on mobile >> Implications: Is not that mobile is a growing market, is more like mobile is >> going supernova: http://a16z.com/2014/10/28/mobile-is-eating-the-world/ >> The power of Pharo and its libraries on mobile devices is currently perhaps >> one of its biggest opportunities. >> >> Deep learning for Pharo >> Implications: Robotics, drones and the internet of things will gather data >> from sensors that will need interpretation and modelling. All sorts of AI >> will use deep learning techniques and Pharo would be a great orchestrator of >> that modelling. >> http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-deep-learning-library-at-the-current-stage-for-working-on-large-data >> >> Pharo Hadoop client >> Implications: Apache Hadoop can scale from single server to thousands of >> servers. The explosion of sensors, drones and mobile devices and printed >> devices with sensors are going to generate incredible amounts of data to >> process and model. Hadoop is a good fit for that and Pharo can empower >> faster modelling and orchestration of what to do with all that information >> stored in this widely adopted Hadoop technology. >> http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/PoweredBy >> >> Cross platform Native Widgets for Pharo >> Implications: The web is fantastic but at the same time there is a big >> pressure to create great native applications due to the improved User >> Experience that the native widgets can provide. Making Pharo to create them >> via things like wxWidgets (https://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screenshots/) >> would instantly create opportunities to develop fast applications with a >> great UX. >> >> Protips site for Pharo >> Implications: I might spark the beginning of a mentoring ecosystem. >> StackOverflow is great but at the same time for a niche like Smalltalk it >> might not be enough to show the problem-solving potential of the platform. A >> site dedicated to share pro tips centered on Pharo would slowly a steady >> show the platform’s value. The site has to be social friendly. Each tip >> should have an author that can set there StackOverflow, LinkedIn, facebook, >> twitter or any social profile she wants. Requires nice branding and UX/UI >> design. Optional variation of the same idea: make it for any Smalltalk >> dialect instead of only Pharo. >> >> REPL IDE for Pharo >> Implications: Smalltalkers are used to very powerful IDEs. What if we have >> to put Pharo in a really underpowered or monitorless device? Having a >> powerful REPL IDE that can evaluate expressions, inspect and debug, would >> empower users to still do things in mini-devices during the incoming tide >> wave of internet-of-things. >> >> A GUI builder for Pharo >> Implications: If whatever you are doing you cannot make it visual easily, >> people cannot perceive it easily. Due to evolutionary reasons, our brain has >> unfair bias towards visual processing. Lets make something that allows Pharo >> to create visual things easier. Something like PARTS or Dolphin Smalltalk >> GUI builder would be huge. >> >> best! >> >> o/ >> >> >>> On Feb 11, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Martin Bähr >>> <mba...@email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: >>> >>> Excerpts from Stephan Eggermont's message of 2015-02-11 15:05:14 +0100: >>>> Sebastian wrote: >>>>> Can I brainstorm a wishlist? I could get wild on it :D >>>> >>>> Sure, as long as it is projects that you would be willing to mentor, >>>> and sized like they could fit. >>> >>> well, someone else could be willing to mentor then, so i don't think it >>> hurts >>> to get wild on ideas, as long as accepted ideas come with a mentor. >>> >>> greetings, martin. >>> >>> -- >>> eKita - the online platform for your entire academic >>> life >>> -- >>> chief engineer >>> eKita.co >>> pike programmer pike.lysator.liu.se caudium.net >>> societyserver.org >>> secretary >>> beijinglug.org >>> mentor >>> fossasia.org >>> foresight developer foresightlinux.org >>> realss.com >>> unix sysadmin >>> Martin Bähr working in china >>> http://societyserver.org/mbaehr/ >
