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16th January 2012 - Release 0.9.1
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Here's a summary of changes since the 0.9 release:
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- 80 new unit tests written
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- 52 issues fixed
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- All classes in Kernel-Objects, Kernel-Classes and Kernel-Methods has been documented
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- New documentation framework (see http://amber-lang.net/documentation.html)
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- Better class organisations, "Kernel" package split into several packages
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- First class packages have replaced class categories
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- Internet Explorer 7+ compatibility
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- New Announcement framework ported from Pharo
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- New console-based REPL written in Amber using node.js
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- Symbol class implemented together with object identity and #==
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- New OrderedCollection and Set implementation
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- Dictionary can now have any kind of object as keys. String-key dictionary has been renamed HashedCollection
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- New TwitterWall example
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- Improved HTML Canvas, now compatible with IE7
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- Improved JSObjectProxy for seemless JavaScript objects access from Amber
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- No more jQuery binding. Amber is fully capable of sending messages to JavaScript objects
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13th September 2011 - Release 0.9
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Amber has been evolving furiously since the presentation at ESUG 2011 in Edinburgh less than 3 weeks ago.
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This is a summary:
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Language, compiler and runtime
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- New 100x faster parser built using PEGjs instead of the old parser built using PetitParser.
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- New much faster ChunkParser implementation in handwritten Amber instead of using PetitParser.
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- Improved parsing error report with quoted source code plus marker pinpointing parsing error.
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- Removed PetitParser since it is no longer needed by Amber itself.
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- Added compiler optimizations in the form of speculative inlining of specific messages and control structures.
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- Added support for dynamic Arrays, just like in Squeak/Pharo.
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- Added support for similar dynamic Dictionaries, not seen in other Smalltalks.
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- Added & and | as allowed binary selectors and implemented them in Boolean.
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- Added a Set implementation.
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- Added first basic support for real Packages with dependency information.
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...and various extensions, enhancements and bug fixes to the library classes.
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Development environment
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- A working Debugger with integrated inspector, proceed etc.
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- A new structure with
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- A working amberc command line compiler including a Makefile for recompiling the whole Amber.
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- Enabled TestRunner in the IDE for running unit tests based on SUnit.
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- Added "File in" button in Workspace to easily paste and filein source code in chunk format in the IDE.
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Example code and ports
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- Ported ProfStef interactive tutorial, available on Amber homepage but also in examples directory.
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- Included the ESUG presentation as an example also in the examples directory.
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- Several new examples running on Node.js and webOS included, all with Makefiles.
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Various other things
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- Issue tracker on github now used as primary source, closed a bunch of reported issues.
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- Wiki pages on github with information on how to port code from other Smalltalks, lists of articles, tutorials, roadmap and more.
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