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  3. title: Amber Smalltalk
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  5. <div class="box">
  6. <h2>Amber...</h2>
  7. <dl>
  8. <dt>So...What is it about again?</dt>
  9. <dd>
  10. <p>Amber is a language (derived from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk">Smalltalk</a>) and environment built for the web.</p>
  11. With Amber, client-side web development finally gets the power and productivity that exists in other Smalltalk dialects.</p>
  12. </dd>
  13. <dt>Why should I care?</dt>
  14. <dd>
  15. <p>Having a true live & incremental development environment where you can build your application interactively in the browser is unbeatable.</p>
  16. </dd>
  17. <dt>Why a Smalltalk dialect?</dt>
  18. <dd>
  19. <p>Smalltalk stands head and shoulders above most other languages for clarity, conciseness, and human-friendliness.</p>
  20. <p>As a language, it is immensely clean and mature, both syntactically and semantically. It is a pure OO language, with objects all the way down.</p>
  21. </dd>
  22. <dt>But what about all the JS ecosystem?</dt>
  23. <dd>
  24. <p>Amber plays very well with the outer world. You can interact with JavaScript objects seamlessly, and even inspect them as any Amber object.</p>
  25. <p>Evaluating JavaScript object methods is transparent and makes using libraries a breeze.</p>
  26. </dd>
  27. </dl>
  28. </div>
  29. <blockquote class="quip">
  30. It's a 3D WebGL game engine that is very easy to get to work with Amber. Specifically though I am using its WebVR integration. This is a pretty nice way to do VR development. Being able to take the headset off, change a method, and then put the headset back on without having to restart is pretty nice.
  31. <cite>-- ZenChess, on using babylon.js in Amber</cite>
  32. </blockquote>
  33. <div class="box" id="getinvolved">
  34. <h2> Get involved!</h2>
  35. <h3>Meet the people behind Amber</h3>
  36. <ul>
  37. <li>Amber hackers can be found on the Rocket.chat instance here: <a href="https://chat.amber-lang.net/">https://chat.amber-lang.net</a>.</li>
  38. <li>Most of Amber discussion and help happens on the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/amber-lang">Google Group</a>.</li>
  39. </ul>
  40. <h3>Contributing to the project</h3>
  41. <p>In a sharing mood? Contributions to Amber are very much welcome!</p>
  42. <ul>
  43. <li>The Amber source code is hosted on <a href="https://lolg.it/amber/amber">lolg.it</a>. You can fork the main repository and send pull requests.</li>
  44. <li>You can also submit issues on the <a href="https://lolg.it/amber/amber/issues">bug tracker</a>.</li>
  45. </ul>
  46. </div>
  47. <div class="box">
  48. <h2 id="get-started">Getting started</h2>
  49. <div class="content">
  50. Follow the README in <a href="https://lolg.it/amber/amber">git</a>.
  51. </div>
  52. </div>
  53. <div class="box last">
  54. <h2 id="mentions">Mentions</h2>
  55. <p>
  56. Thanks for creating Amber:
  57. <a href="http://nicolas.petton.fr/">Nicolas Petton</a>.
  58. </p>
  59. <p>
  60. Thanks for supporting Amber:
  61. <a href="http://www.instantiations.com/"><img style="width: 9.3ex; height: 3.45ex" src="images/VA-Smalltalk-Logo-Hori-Trans.png"></a> &ndash;
  62. they reward open-source contributors a free license of VAST.
  63. </p>
  64. <p>
  65. Amber is developed mostly in
  66. <a href="https://brave.com/amb399"><img style="width: 10.9ex; height: 3.3ex" src="/brave-assets/Logos/Brave/PNG/primary/logotype/dark/brave-logotype-full-color.png"></a>,
  67. a privacy-oriented browser from JavaScript creator Brendan Eich, that blocks ads and trackers.
  68. </p>
  69. </div>