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