Re: Reminder: Ottawa Carleton Smalltalk Users Group meeting Oct 3

It would be great for someone to do Elastolab in Squeak!

Cheers,

Alan

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At 10:00 AM -0700 9/30/02, David Buck wrote:
> Reminder:  (Please email david@xxxxxxxxxxxx if you plan to attend).
>
> The Ottawa Carleton Smalltalk Users Group will be holding its first 
> meeting since the summer break on Thursday, Oct 3, 2002.
>
> ElastoLab - A Physics Playground for Kids
>
> David Buck
> Simberon Incorporated
>
> ElastoLab is a shrink-wrapped VisualWorks application that allows 
> kids to design their own 2D scenes that incorporate physics elements 
> like particles, springs, and gravity and lets them see their scenes 
> animate in real-time.  Originally written in C++, it was later 
> completely re-written in Smalltalk.
>
> David will be talking about the development history and the design 
> challenges in writing ElastoLab. The talk will explain:
>
>   * how to interface to the Windows sound facilities from Smalltalk
>   * how to make graphical applications run quickly
>   * how to package a Smalltalk application for release
>   * developing help facilities and guided tours
>   * using the web toolkit to develop a message board on the Internet
>     for ElastoLab.
>
> A CD-ROM of the ElastoLab demo version will be available to all attendees.
>
> Date and Time
>
> Export Development Canada
> 151 O'Connor Street
> Ottawa, Ontario
> Thursday, Oct 3, 2002
> 7:00 p.m. (please arrive by 6:45)
>
> Please RSVP to david@xxxxxxxxxxxx if you plan to attend.


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