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Tudor Gîrba - Moldable development

Curry On! · talk · Watch on YouTube

Testing, debugging & developer toolsSoftware architecture & design

What it is

Tudor Girba's Curry On! 2019 talk on moldable development, the idea that developers should build custom tools and views for each software system they work on. It draws on the Pharo and Glamorous Toolkit environments.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the clearest pitch for programmable, malleable development environments, especially in threads on Smalltalk, Emacs and user-programmable systems.

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  • 0 strong recommendations
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What HN commenters said

  1. “To get a better idea of what I think is the better approach, check out these talks”

    Presents a better approach than static batch-style software development.

    trashburger, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Dart 3.1 and a retrospective on functional style programming in Dart”

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Topics: glamorous toolkit, pharo, smalltalk, programmable environments, developer tools

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