Useful links

• Why Smalltalk? site
• Cetus Links, Smalltalk Links, North American mirror
• Google newsgroups:
  • comp.lang.smalltalk
  • comp.lang.smalltalk.dolphin
  • comp.lang.smalltalk.advocacy
  • ibm.software.vasmalltalk
• Monty Kamath's GoodStart site
• Envymasters.com
• Extreme Programming, also the Extreme Programing Wiki
• The SUnit test tool, also Jeff Odell's SUnit Browser
• The Refactoring Browser
• The one, true, Smalltalk Archive at UIUC
• Smalltalk Web Server information

Resume

I am currently an employee of First Data Corporation

• Ascii text
• MS Word Document
• HTML
• Rich Text Format
• Open Office

Helpful Code & Snippets

• ANSI-25-July-02.zip, the July 2002 Camp Smalltalk ANSI tests zip file
• snippet.txt, a collection of code snippets to find things in the ENVY repository
• A sort block substitute
• StringSearches.txt, a collection of code snippets to find strings in the image

VisualAge

• swctools.zip, zipped up dat file with modified versions of tools I use.

VisualWorks

• swapButtons.dat, an ENVYized version of the VisualWorks JuggleButtons parcel. This archive contains config maps diffed from the VisualWorks 'R4.00' and 'R4.00 + 990525' maps.

Extreme Programming

Extreme Programming mailing list

Pocket Smalltalk

A Smalltalk for the PalmPilot

Version Control (for non-Envy things: 3GLs, text, documents, binaries)

• Concurrent Versioning System
• WinCVS, a Windows GUI for CVS
• DevGuy CVS Setup, a How-To guide
• CVS BUBBLES (latest docs and more)
• Subversion, an improved CVS replacement
• Aegis, a Unix based code control system with some process controls

Free tools

Some freebies that I find useful

Open Source or Multi-Platform

• Mozilla internet suite - browser, email client, news reader
• Open Office word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and more - all Microsoft compatible (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Adobe Acrobat
• Apache web server

Windows based

• Leech FTP, an FTP program
• NoteTab, a programmers editor
• ICEOWS, a compression tool (WinZip replacement)
• Examdiff, a file diff tool
• Embellish, a graphics & image tool

Software Engineering

• Software Engineering FAQ
• Testing FAQ
• Problem Management (Bug Tracking) FAQ
• Capability Maturity Model info from SEI
• NASA's Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL)