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				-13th March 2013 - Release 0.10 
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				+ 2013 - Release 0.12.0 
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				+Some numbers about this release: 
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				+*  commits 
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				+*  committers 
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				+* increasing the number of core committers to  
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				+*  unit tests added to the kernel 
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				+*  unit tests in total 
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				+Commits 
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				+https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/compare/0.11.0...0.12.0 
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				+Issues 
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				+https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/issues?direction=desc&milestone=8&page=1&sort=updated&state=closed 
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				+* Helios IDE, release candidate 
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				+* Use of require [1] to load amber packages in the browser 
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				+* Restructuring of boot.js, use of the brickz[2] reconfigurable micro composition system 
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				+* Enhanced REPL 
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				+[1] http://requirejs.org/ 
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				+[2] https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/brikz 
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				+For API related changes see the file API-CHANGES.txt. 
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				+09th July 2013 - Release 0.11.0 
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				+Three months have passed and we are happy to announce the release 
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				+of Amber 0.11.0! 
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				+Some numbers about this release: 
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				+* 494 commits 
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				+* 13 committers 
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				+* increasing the number of core committers to 25 
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				+* 50 unit tests added to the kernel 
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				+* 313 unit tests in total 
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				+Since the last release 60 issues were closed, bringing us to 499 
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				+issues closed. 
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				+This release includes a lot of bug fixes, improvements to the 
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				+CLI, as well as a preview of the next IDE, named Helios. Amber 
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				+now also uses a CI server [1]. 
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				+To try the Helios, the new IDE, open the helios.html page, or 
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				+evaluate in any other amber page `amber.loadHelios()`. 
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				+The compiler also received some improvements, especially 
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				+regarding message send optimisations and super sends. 
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				+Here's the list of commits and closed issues:  
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				+https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/compare/0.10.0...0.11.0 
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				+https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/issues?direction=desc&milestone=6&page=1&sort=updated&state=closed 
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				+There is a lot more to come with Helios, a stepping debugger 
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				+based on the AST is in progress and currently in the 'debugger' 
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				+branch on GitHub. 
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				+* Installing Amber from NPM 
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				+To install amber from NPM, run 
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				+    npm install amber 
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				+* Migration from Amber 0.10.0 
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				+Amber compiled code should be compatible with Amber 0.10.0, but 
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				+recompiling is needed in order to get contexts working: 
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				+    Compiler new recompile: (Package named: 'MyPackage') classes. 
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				+    (Package named: 'MyPackage') commit 
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				+For API related changes see the file API-CHANGES.txt. 
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				+13th March 2013 - Release 0.10.0 
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				 Here's a summary of change since the 0.9.1 release: 
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