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An Object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language that was the main development language used by [[IBM]] for the creation of application and development software from the late 1980's into the late 90's when [[Java]] took over. It is a development of [[Simula]] but features a dynamic typing system closer to [[LISP]] than to its [[Algol]] brethren and that has long been its Achilles heel, while simplifying programming somewhat it also cases a considerable execution slowdown in comparison to other languages in the Algol family.
An Object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language that was the main development language used by [[IBM]] for the creation of application and development software from the late 1980s into the late 90s when [[Java]] took over. It is a simplification of [[Simula]] patterned on ''Euler'' (experimental [[Pascal]] predecessor) but features a dynamic typing system closer to [[LISP]] than to most of its [[Algol]] brethren and that has long been its Achilles heel, while simplifying programming somewhat it also causes a considerable execution slowdown in comparison to other languages in the Algol family.


The Smalltalk language suffered great setbacks in that latter half of the nineties when almost all of the companies building tools for the language turned their attention to [[Java]] and either mothballed or discontinued their Smalltalk offerings wholesale, in more recent years to the renewed interest in [[Eiffel]] has also contributed to an erosion of the Smalltalk mindshare, but the latter language has an even cleaner object orientation features and greatly improved execution speeds.
The Smalltalk language suffered great setbacks in that latter half of the nineties when almost all of the companies building tools for the language turned their attention to [[Java]] and either mothballed or discontinued their Smalltalk offerings wholesale, in more recent years the renewed interest in [[Eiffel]] has also contributed to an erosion of the Smalltalk mindshare, but the latter language has an even cleaner object orientation features and greatly improved execution speeds.


==A list of OS/2 implementations of SmallTalk==
==OS/2 implementations==
* [[ChapMan]] - Commercial - Discontinued
Commercial:
* [[Enfin Smalltalk]] - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[ChapMan]]
* [[GNU Smalltalk]] - Open source - Discontinued.
* [[Enfin Smalltalk]]
* [[HP Distributed Smalltalk]] - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[HP Distributed Smalltalk]]
* [[Smalltalk/V|Smalltalk/V PM]] - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[IBM Smalltalk]] and [[VisualAge Smalltalk]]
* [[Squeak]] - Open Source - Discontinued
* [[Smalltalk/V|Smalltalk/V PM]]
* [[Versant Argos]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[Versant Argos]]
* [[VisualWorks]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[VisualWorks]]
* [[VisualAge Generator]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[VisualAge Generator]]
* [[VisualAge Smalltalk]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[Visual Smalltalk]]
* [[Visual Smalltalk]] - Commercial - Discontinued.


====Add-ons and utilities====
Open Source:
* [[ENVY/Developer]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[GNU Smalltalk]]
* [[Sina/st]] - OO abstraction language - Open source - Discontinued.
* [[Squeak]]
* [[Smalltalk Professional Debug Package]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[SUnit]] - Testing framework - Open source - Discontinued.
* [[Synopsis]] - Automatic document creator - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[VA Assist]] - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[Versant Argos]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[WindowBuilder Pro]] - GUI builder - Commercial - Discontinued


====Class libraries====
===Add-ons and utilities===
* Indelv XML Libary - Open source library under the [[Mozilla Public License]] - a VisualAge version compatible with OS/2 was supposedly available but the company actually never uploaded it to their site, neither the last 2.2 beta or the earlier 1.01, even though there were download links both of to them on their site for years.
Most Smalltalk add-ons are/were system specific and are therefore only listed on the page of the Smalltalk system that they support
* [http://www.seaside.st/ Seaside] - Web framework - Works on some OS/2 SmallTalk's with a little bit of massaging.
* [[ENVY/Developer]] - Commercial
* [[TOPLink]] - Database connection/persistence classes- Commercial - Discontinued
* [[Sina/st]] - OO abstraction language - Open source
* [[WidgetKit/BusinessGraphics]] - Graphics library - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[Smalltalk Professional Debug Package]] - Commercial
*SUnit - Testing framework - Open source
*Synopsis - Automatic document creator - Commercial
* [[VA Assist]] - Commercial
* [[Versant Argos]] - Commercial
* [[VOSS]] - Database/transaction/object persistence system - Commercial/open source
* [[WindowBuilder Pro]] - GUI builder - Commercial


====Foreign libraries with Smalltalk bindings====
===Class libraries===
* [[Cairo]] - 2D graphics library - Open source - Current
* Indelv XML Library - Open source library under the [[Mozilla Public License]] - a VisualAge version compatible with OS/2 was supposedly available but the company actually never uploaded it to their site, neither the last 2.2 beta or the earlier 1.01, even though there were download links both of to them on their site for years.
* [[LibcURL]] - Internet URL (WWW, FTP, etc) access - Open Source - Current.
* [http://www.seaside.st/ Seaside] - Web framework - Works on some OS/2 Smalltalk's with a little bit of massaging.
* [[LZ4]] - Compression library - Open source - Current
* TOPLink - Database connection/persistence classes
* [[Snappy]] - Compression lib. - Open Source - Current.
* [[WidgetKit/BusinessGraphics]] - Graphics library


====OS/2 text & programmers editors with Smalltalk support====
==DOS implementations==
* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - Smalltalk syntax highlighting built in - Current.
* Digitalk [[Methods]]
* Digitalk [[Smalltalk/V|Smalltalk/V DOS]]
* [[GNU Smalltalk]] - Open Source
* [[Little Smalltalk]] - Open Source
* ParcPlace Smalltalk-80 - Commercial
* PDST - Open Source
* Softsmarts ST80
* [[Squeak]] - Open Source


==A list of DOS implementations of SmallTalk==
;Implementations that run under Win-OS/2
* [[Smalltalk/V|Methods]] - Commercial - Discontinued
* [http://www.andreadrian.de/smalltalk/ Smalltalk Express] - Commercial, now freeware
* [[Smalltalk/V|Smalltalk/V DOS]] - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[Smalltalk/V|Smalltalk/V Win]] - Commercial
* [[GNU Smalltalk]] - Open Source - Discontinued
* [[VisualAge Smalltalk]] - Commercial
* [[Little Smalltalk]] - Open Source - Discontinued
* [[ParcPlace Smalltalk-80]] - Commercial - Discontinued
* [[PDST]] - Open Source - Discontinued
* [[Squeak]] - Open Source - Discontinued


==A list of SmallTalk implementations that run under WinOS/2==
;Win-OS/2 compatible Smalltalk libraries and utilities
* [http://www.andreadrian.de/smalltalk/ Smalltalk Express] - Commercial - Discontinued - Now freeware.
* [[WidgetKit/BusinessGraphics]] - Graphics library
* [[Smalltalk/V|Smalltalk/V Win]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* WidgetKit/Professional - Spreadsheet library
* [[VisualAge Smalltalk]] - Commercial - Discontinued.
* [[WindowBuilder Pro]] - GUI builder


====WinOS/2 compatible Smalltalk add-ons, libraries and utilities====
==Java Implementations==
* [[WidgetKit/BusinessGraphics]] - Graphics library - Commercial - Discontinued
* [http://www.bergel.eu/athena/?Athena Athena] - Open source - Based on SmallWorld, intended for embedding.
* [[WidgetKit/Professional]] - Spreadsheet library - Commercial - Discontinued
* [http://bistro.sourceforge.net/ Bistro] - Open source
* [[WindowBuilder Pro]] - GUI builder - Commercial - Discontinued
* [http://www.redline.st/ Redline Smalltalk] - Open source
* Smalltalk/JVM - Commercial - Was intended to help you migrate code from Smalltalk to Java rather than as a development environment.
* [[SmallWorld]] - public domain
* Talks2 Smalltalk - Open source
* VmxJava - Open source


==A list of SmallTalk implementations that run under Java==
==JavaScript Implementations==
* [http://www.bergel.eu/athena/?Athena Athena] - Open source - Current - Based on Small World (below) - intended for embedding.
''Open source''
* [http://bistro.sourceforge.net/ Bistro] - Open source - Discontinued.
* [http://amber-lang.net/ Amber] - A Smalltalk like language that compiles to [[ECMAScript]]
* [http://www.redline.st/ Redline Smalltalk] - Open source - Current
* Clamato - A Smalltalk interpreter for ECMAScript
* Smalltalk/JVM - Commercial - Discontinued - Was intended to help you migrate code from SmallTalk to Java rather than as an environment to develop in/for.
* [http://ympbyc.github.io/LittleSmallscript/ Little Smallscript] - Another Smalltalk to JS compiler
* [http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~budd/SmallWorld/ReadMe.html Small World] - Open source - Discontinued.
* [https://silversmalltalk.wordpress.com/ Quicksilver Smalltalk] - SmallTalk-80 compatible interpreter in ECMAScript
* Talks2 Smalltalk - Open source - Discontinued
* [http://bertfreudenberg.github.io/SqueakJS/ SqueakJS] - An interpreter that allows you to run [[Squeak]] Smalltalk inside a browser
* VmxJava - Open source - Discontinued
* [http://www.squeaksource.com/ST2JS/ ST2JS] - Smalltalk to ECMAScript converter


==A list of SmallTalk implementations in JavaScript==
==Links and publications==
* [http://amber-lang.net/ Amber] - A Smalltalk like language that compiles to [[ECMAScript]] - Open source - Current.
For information on Smalltalk writings in print see the [[Smalltalk Bibliography]]
* [http://clamato.net/ Clamato] - A Smalltalk interpreter for ECMAScript - Open source - Current.
* [http://ympbyc.github.io/LittleSmallscript/ Little Smallscript] - Another Smalltalk to JS compiler - Open source - Current.
* [https://silversmalltalk.wordpress.com/ Quicksilver Smalltalk] - SmallTalk-80 compatible interpreter in ECMAScript - Open source - Current.
* [http://bertfreudenberg.github.io/SqueakJS/ SqueakJS] - An interpreter that allows you to run [[Squeak]] Smalltalk inside a browser - Open source - Current.
* [http://www.squeaksource.com/ST2JS/ ST2JS] - SmallTalkt to ECMAScript converter - Open source - Current.
 
==Publications==
* David N. Smith: IBM Smalltalk: The Language - Paperback - 1995 - Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company -  ISBN-13: 978-0805309089 - ISBN-10: 080530908X - In print.
* Johannes Brauer: Programming Smalltalk / Object-Orientation from the Beginning: An introduction to the principles of programming - Paperback – 2015 - ISBN-10: 3658068221 - ISBN-13: 978-3658068226 - In print.
* Alec Sharp: Smalltalk by Example: The Developer's Guide Paperback – 1997 - ISBN-10: 0079130364 - ISBN-13: 978-0079130365 - Out of print.
: Although usable as a generic SmallTalk tutorial, this book is made for the [[VisualWorks]] systems and almost bang right on the last release that worked on OS/2. OOP but easily available.
* Chamond Liu: Smalltalk, Objects, and Design - Paperback – 2000 - ISBN-10: 1583484906 - ISBN-13: 978-1583484906 - In print.
: By some considered the best SmallTalk introduction and tutorial currently in print.
* Timothy Budd: A Little Smalltalk - Paperback – 1987 - ISBN-10: 0201106981 - ISBN-13: 978-0201106985 - Out of print.
: Something of a classic, introduces the reader to the language and object-oriented programming in general, but also describes a SmallTalk implementation and originally came with a DOS SmallTalk interpreter based on the code in the book.
* Sherman Alpert, Kyle Brown and Bobby Woolf:  The Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion - Paperback – 1998 - ISBN-10: 0201184621 - ISBN-13: 978-0201184624 - In print.
* Adele Goldberg and David Robson: Smalltalk 80: The Language - Paperback – 1989 - ISBN-10: 0201136880 - ISBN-13: 978-0201136883 - In print.
* Adele Goldberg: Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment - Hardcover – 1983 - ISBN-10: 0201113724 - ISBN-13: 978-0201113723 - Out of print.
* by Glen Krasner (Editor). Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice - Paperback – 1983 - ISBN-10: 0201116693 - ISBN-13: 978-0201116694 - Out of print.
* by Suzanne Skublics, Edward J. Klimas, David A. Thomas and John Pugh: Smalltalk With Style - Paperback – 2002 - ISBN-10: 0131655493 - ISBN-13: 978-0131655492 - Out of print.
* Kent Beck: Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns - Paperback – 1996 - ISBN-10: 013476904X - ISBN-13: 978-0134769042 - In print
* Patrick Henry Winston: On to Smalltalk - Paperback – 1997 - ISBN-10: 0201498278 - ISBN-13: 978-0201498271 - Out of print.
* Simon Lewis: The Art and Science of Smalltalk - "Textbook" binding – 1995 - ISBN-10: 0133713458 - ISBN-13: 978-0133713459 - Out of print.
* Didier H. Besset: Object-Oriented Implementation of Numerical Methods: An Introduction with Java & Smalltalk - Hardcover – 2000 - ISBN-10: 1558606793 - ISBN-13: 978-1558606791 - Out of print.
* Caleb Drake: Object-Oriented Programming with C++ and Smalltalk - Paperback – 1997 - ISBN-10: 0131037978 - ISBN-13: 978-0131037977 - Out of print.
* John R. Bourne: Object-Oriented Engineering: Building Engineering Systems Using Smalltalk-80 - Hardcover – 1992 - ISBN-10: 025611210X - ISBN-13: 978-0256112108 - In print.
* [http://www.squeakbyexample.org/ Squeak by Example] - Third edition - 2010 - Available as a downloadable [[PDF]] format file or as a softcover book, in French and Korean in addition to English. Written by Andrew P. Black, Stéphane Ducasse, Oscar Nierstrasz, Damien Pollet, Damien Cassou and Marcus Denker.
: Source code from the book can be downloaded [http://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/ from here].
* Stephane Ducasse: Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots - Paperback – 2006 - ISBN-10: 1590594916 - ISBN-13: 978-1590594919 - In Print.
* Gene Korienek, Tom Wrensch and Doug Dechow: Squeak: A Quick Trip to ObjectLand - Paperback – 2001 - ISBN-10: 0201731142 - ISBN-13: 978-0201731149 - In Print.
* Mark J. Guzdial and Kimberly M. Rose: Squeak: Open Personal Computing and Multimedia - Paperback – 2001 - ISBN-10: 0130280917 - ISBN-13: 978-0130280916 - In print.
* Mark J. Guzdial: Squeak: Object-Oriented Design with Multimedia Applications Paperback – December 30, 2000 - Out of print
* Wilf Lalonde and John Pugh: Smalltalk V: Practice and Experience - Paperback + floppy disk - 1994 - ISBN10: 0138140391 - ISBN13: 978-0138140397 - Out of print
 
In the early to mid-90's there was also a regular magazine published called [[Smalltalk Report]].
 
====Related articles====
* [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyIsSmalltalkDead Why Is Smalltalk Dead?]
* Alan C. Kay: The Early History of Smalltalk - ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 28, No 3, March 1993.
* [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?JavaVsSmalltalk Java versus Smalltalk]
 
====Tutorials and other learning material====
* Harry Porter: ''[http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~harry/musings/SmalltalkOverview.html Smalltalk: A White Paper Overview]'' - An introduction and tutorial suitable for those with some experience with squiggly brace languages such as [[C]] or [[Java]].
* Wilf LaLonde: ''[http://www.eli.sdsu.edu/courses/spring01/cs635/readingSmalltalk.pdf I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can’t Read Smalltalk]'' - Like the above tutorial it pretty much requires you to known a CPL branch language before you start.
 
====Research topics====
* Lodewijk Bergmans, Bedir Tekinerdogan & Mehmet Akşit: [http://doc.utwente.nl/18690/1/Bergmanss96modular.pdf Modular and Composable Extensions to Smalltalk using Composition Filters] - In PDF format
 
==Links==
* [http://esug.org European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG)] - Smalltalk related news, articles, wiki etc.
* [http://esug.org European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG)] - Smalltalk related news, articles, wiki etc.
* [http://smalltalkhub.com/ Smalltalk Hub] - Open source hosting for Smalltalk related projects.
* [http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/smalltalk/st.cs.uiuc.edu/Smalltalk/ Partial mirror of the old University of Illinois Smalltalk archive] -  What is not there, including some of the research stuff appears to be gone forever.
* [http://www.stic.st Smalltalk Industry Council (STIC)]
* [http://www.world.st/ The World Of Smalltalk] - A Smalltalk site run by Geert Claes, there is little information in there any more but the [http://forum.world.st/ forum] is probably the most used Smalltalk forum historically.


====USENET====
*USENET [news:comp.lang.smalltalk comp.lang.smalltalk] - fairly popular
* [news:comp.lang.smalltalk comp.lang.smalltalk] - Fairly popular - Go to the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.smalltalk Google groups version] if your ISP does not offer USENET access or you are are in any other way newsgroup challenged.


==Standards==
==Standards==
* Initial '''Smalltalk-72''' standard not implemented anywhere outside of Xerox
* Initial '''Smalltalk-72''' standard not implemented anywhere outside of Xerox.
* '''Smalltalk-80'''
* '''Smalltalk-76''' standard is sparsely documented, the paper ''The Smalltalk-76 Programming System Design and Implementation'' by Daniel H. H. Ingalls
* The '''Smalltalk-80''' standard is laid out in the book [http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/BlueBook/Bluebook.pdf Smalltalk 80: The language and its implementation] by Adele Goldberg and David Robson.
* Draft of the [http://smalltalk.org/versions/ANSISmalltalk/ANSISmalltalkStandard_v1.9_199712_NCITS_X3J20_draft.pdf ANSI X3J20 Standard].
* Draft of the [http://smalltalk.org/versions/ANSISmalltalk/ANSISmalltalkStandard_v1.9_199712_NCITS_X3J20_draft.pdf ANSI X3J20 Standard].


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An Object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language that was the main development language used by IBM for the creation of application and development software from the late 1980s into the late 90s when Java took over. It is a simplification of Simula patterned on Euler (experimental Pascal predecessor) but features a dynamic typing system closer to LISP than to most of its Algol brethren and that has long been its Achilles heel, while simplifying programming somewhat it also causes a considerable execution slowdown in comparison to other languages in the Algol family.

The Smalltalk language suffered great setbacks in that latter half of the nineties when almost all of the companies building tools for the language turned their attention to Java and either mothballed or discontinued their Smalltalk offerings wholesale, in more recent years the renewed interest in Eiffel has also contributed to an erosion of the Smalltalk mindshare, but the latter language has an even cleaner object orientation features and greatly improved execution speeds.

OS/2 implementations

Commercial:

Open Source:

Add-ons and utilities

Most Smalltalk add-ons are/were system specific and are therefore only listed on the page of the Smalltalk system that they support

Class libraries

  • Indelv XML Library - Open source library under the Mozilla Public License - a VisualAge version compatible with OS/2 was supposedly available but the company actually never uploaded it to their site, neither the last 2.2 beta or the earlier 1.01, even though there were download links both of to them on their site for years.
  • Seaside - Web framework - Works on some OS/2 Smalltalk's with a little bit of massaging.
  • TOPLink - Database connection/persistence classes
  • WidgetKit/BusinessGraphics - Graphics library

DOS implementations

Implementations that run under Win-OS/2
Win-OS/2 compatible Smalltalk libraries and utilities

Java Implementations

  • Athena - Open source - Based on SmallWorld, intended for embedding.
  • Bistro - Open source
  • Redline Smalltalk - Open source
  • Smalltalk/JVM - Commercial - Was intended to help you migrate code from Smalltalk to Java rather than as a development environment.
  • SmallWorld - public domain
  • Talks2 Smalltalk - Open source
  • VmxJava - Open source

JavaScript Implementations

Open source

Links and publications

For information on Smalltalk writings in print see the Smalltalk Bibliography

Standards

  • Initial Smalltalk-72 standard not implemented anywhere outside of Xerox.
  • Smalltalk-76 standard is sparsely documented, the paper The Smalltalk-76 Programming System Design and Implementation by Daniel H. H. Ingalls
  • The Smalltalk-80 standard is laid out in the book Smalltalk 80: The language and its implementation by Adele Goldberg and David Robson.
  • Draft of the ANSI X3J20 Standard.
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