SqueakJS Release 1.2.3

Work has progressed with SqueakJS since our last report in April. In May, version 1.2.1 was released, adding a virtual Cmd button and fixes for touch events. The June release, version 1.2.2, made the copy-and-paste menu items functional on mobile devices. The most recent version, 1.2.3, was released in September, bringing a touch keyboard and other minor fixes.

Additionally, we would like to extend congratulations to the SqueakJS project! The Dynamic Language Symposium (DLS) awarded SqueakJS this year’s DLS Most Notable Paper award for the paper “SqueakJS: A Modern and Practical Smalltalk that Runs in Any Browser,” authored by Vanessa Freudenberg, Dan Ingalls, Tim Felgentreff, Tobias Pape, and Robert Hirschfeld. You can read the paper here, and also view the announcement here.

Work continues to progress with SqueakJS, and we are grateful for it. The project leverages web browsers as the primary platform, enabling applications to run directly without the need for native software installations. This feature ensures easy deployment and access, making it ideal for environments where installing traditional software is not possible or practical.

SqueakJS is an HTML5 runtime engine for Squeak/Smalltalk, written in pure JavaScript. It is also compatible with many other OpenSmalltalk-compatible images. Check it out at https://squeak.js.org. If you would like to contribute, head over to https://github.com/codefrau/SqueakJS and see what you might like to help with. Contributions are welcome!

Have a great time with Smalltalk and keep on Squeaking!