Glossary

Architecural Patterns

MVC

    Model-View-Controller for separating GUI from Program-Logic

MVP

    Model-View-Presenter for separating GUI from Program-Logic

Miscelleneous

Native Widgets

        Specifies a set of Widgets which are part of the Operating-Systems GUI library.

RIA

        Rich-Internet-Application

Operating-Systems

Linux

OpenSource -- operating-system, based on UNIX

MS-Windows

Microsoft's PC-operating-system

Microsoft.NET

Microsoft's next Generation Internet Platform, basic components are standardized and will be available for non MS-Operating Systems.

Programming languages

C++

Object-oriented version of C. developed by Bjarne Stroustrop.

C#

Microsoft's answer to Java, on the first glance similar on a second glance much more modern than Java.

Java

The programming language of the Internet. Developed by Sun. Borrows syntactically from C++.

Ruby

A new object-oriented dynamic-language which has many in common with Smalltalk

Smalltalk

First really object-oriented programming language.

Smalltalk Dialects

Dolphin-Smalltalk

A cheap Smalltalk for MS-Windows platforms of Object-Arts with an excellent design.

Gemstone/S

UNIX based Smalltalk, offered as Application server.

GNU Smalltalk

based on the Smalltalk-80 standard -- develops under the gnu license

Little Smalltalk

Very little Smalltalk-80 based implementation, current version 4.0 ( FTP-left is no more anonymously )

LSW Vision Smalltalk

Inhouse Smalltalk surroundings of LSW with deep integration in the respective operating-system, visual programming environment and compilers as well as code generators.

Object Studio

Windows and OS/2 based Smalltalk, successor of ENFIN distributed by Cincom.

Smallscript

Next Generation Smalltalk will run under .NET , made by David Simmons, who made AOS ( Agent-Object-System )

seems to be done in 2007

Smalltalk-Express

Public-Domain available 16 bit version of Smalltalk/V

Smalltalk-MT

32 Bit Development Environment for Windows, made by Object Connect

Smalltalk/X

Been based UNIX one Smalltalk, this contain a Smalltalk compiler. Made by Except Software AG

Smalltalk/V

First version of one PC-based small talk, developed by Digitalk.

Squeak

No cost smalltalk - based on the Smalltalk-80 standard
 

VistaSmalltalk

An internet-explorer based web development environment

VisualAge

Smalltalk of IBM - current version developed further by Instantiations

VisualWorks

Smalltalk of Cincom current version 7.4

Visual Smalltalk

The follow-up version of Smalltalk/V, available under MS-Windows platforms as well as OS/2 . the latest version was 3.12, an Update is available at Cincom on version 3.13 to the Download. A new version (VSE2000) was announced of Cincom in September 2000.