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  1. Release 0.10 (on it's way)
  2. ==========================
  3. Here's a summary of change since the 0.9.1 release:
  4. - Travis CI jobs
  5. - Almost 300 issues closed
  6. - 150 new unit tests written
  7. - All classes in the Kernel are documented
  8. - New and much improved compiler toolchain, providing:
  9. - Semantic analysis
  10. - AST Node annotation
  11. - Intermediate representation (easier to optimize)
  12. - Better inlining
  13. - an AST interpreter
  14. - support for blocks contexts
  15. - New build system based on grunt.js, replacing the old makefiles
  16. - New bin/amberc compiler written in Amber/Node.js
  17. - SUnit improvements and cleanup, with support for async assertions
  18. - Improved ClassBuilder with better class migration support
  19. - Improved loader for third party packages
  20. - New: Announcements
  21. - Classes can be augmented by light-weight methods created from blocks
  22. - Snippets of HTML can be marked to become virtual tags in HTMLCanvas
  23. - Amber server supports Basic HTTP authentication (not recommended for production environments/unencrypted connections)
  24. - New IDE on it's way for Amber 1.0
  25. 16th January 2012 - Release 0.9.1
  26. =================================
  27. Here's a summary of changes since the 0.9 release:
  28. - 80 new unit tests written
  29. - 52 issues fixed
  30. - All classes in Kernel-Objects, Kernel-Classes and Kernel-Methods has been documented
  31. - New documentation framework (see http://amber-lang.net/documentation.html)
  32. - Better class organisations, "Kernel" package split into several packages
  33. - First class packages have replaced class categories
  34. - Internet Explorer 7+ compatibility
  35. - New Announcement framework ported from Pharo
  36. - New console-based REPL written in Amber using node.js
  37. - Symbol class implemented together with object identity and #==
  38. - New OrderedCollection and Set implementation
  39. - Dictionary can now have any kind of object as keys. String-key dictionary has been renamed HashedCollection
  40. - New TwitterWall example
  41. - Improved HTML Canvas, now compatible with IE7
  42. - Improved JSObjectProxy for seamless JavaScript objects access from Amber
  43. - No more jQuery binding. Amber is fully capable of sending messages to JavaScript objects
  44. 13th September 2011 - Release 0.9
  45. =================================
  46. Amber has been evolving furiously since the presentation at ESUG 2011 in Edinburgh less than 3 weeks ago.
  47. This is a summary:
  48. Language, compiler and runtime
  49. - New 100x faster parser built using PEGjs instead of the old parser built using PetitParser.
  50. - New much faster ChunkParser implementation in handwritten Amber instead of using PetitParser.
  51. - Improved parsing error report with quoted source code plus marker pinpointing parsing error.
  52. - Removed PetitParser since it is no longer needed by Amber itself.
  53. - Added compiler optimizations in the form of speculative inlining of specific messages and control structures.
  54. - Added support for dynamic Arrays, just like in Squeak/Pharo.
  55. - Added support for similar dynamic Dictionaries, not seen in other Smalltalks.
  56. - Added & and | as allowed binary selectors and implemented them in Boolean.
  57. - Added a Set implementation.
  58. - Added first basic support for real Packages with dependency information.
  59. ...and various extensions, enhancements and bug fixes to the library classes.
  60. Development environment
  61. - A working Debugger with integrated inspector, proceed etc.
  62. - A new structure with
  63. - A working amberc command line compiler including a Makefile for recompiling the whole Amber.
  64. - Enabled TestRunner in the IDE for running unit tests based on SUnit.
  65. - Added "File in" button in Workspace to easily paste and filein source code in chunk format in the IDE.
  66. Example code and ports
  67. - Ported ProfStef interactive tutorial, available on Amber homepage but also in examples directory.
  68. - Included the ESUG presentation as an example also in the examples directory.
  69. - Several new examples running on Node.js and webOS included, all with Makefiles.
  70. Various other things
  71. - Issue tracker on github now used as primary source, closed a bunch of reported issues.
  72. - Wiki pages on github with information on how to port code from other Smalltalks, lists of articles, tutorials, roadmap and more.