[Cuis-dev] UK Smalltalk User Group meeting - Wednesday March 31st

[Juan Vuletich]

On 3/22/2021 3:42 PM, Giovanni Corriga via Cuis-dev wrote:
> The next meeting of the UK Smalltalk User Group will be on Wednesday, 
> March 31st.
>
> In this meeting, Juan Vuletich will present a Vector Graphic 
> implementation in Cuis Smalltalk.
>
> Graphics for interactive software have traditionally been constrained 
> for performance reasons. The consequence is that most software has 
> serious trouble adapting to higher resolution screens, requires 
> platform specific widget kits, provides limited functionality, and has 
> sub optimal visual quality. But improvements in computing power over 
> the last couple of decades enable a brighter future: Cuis Smalltalk 
> provides a VectorGraphics based implementation of the Morphic UI 
> framework that addresses all these issues.
>
> Juan is a long standing member of the Open Source Smalltalk community. 
> He started Cuis Smalltalk ( https://www.cuis-smalltalk.org/ ) 12 years 
> ago and has led it ever since. He has been contributing kernel code to 
> Squeak and the Squeak VM for over 20 years. He holds an Ms.Sc. in 
> Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires.
>
> Given the current COVID-19 restrictions, this will be an online 
> meeting from home.
>
> If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the 
> meeting's Meetup page ( 
> https://www.meetup.com/UKSTUG/events/cbklbryccfbgc/ ) to receive the 
> meeting details. Don’t forget to bring your laptop and drinks!

Don't miss it!

Cheers,

-- 
Juan Vuletich
www.cuis-smalltalk.org
https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
https://github.com/jvuletich
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3
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