By John Thornton - johnnyt@xan.do
Presentation Download: Amber – Smalltalk Brought to the Web 
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Amber is an implementation of the Smalltalk-80 language that runs on top of the JavaScript runtime. With Amber, client-side web development finally gets the power and productivity that has existed for decades in other Smalltalk dialects.
This presentation will:
- Demo a real world example of how Amber has been introduced into existing web applications written in Ruby
- Show how to access and quickly wrap existing JavaScript libraries (e.g. Google Analytics, Google Maps, Ace editor)
- Show how to edit, inspect, test, debug and save client-side code live, all from within a web browser
- Discuss how Amber can be easily incorporated into existing web applications – regardless of the back-end (Ruby/Rails, PHP, Seaside, etc) and how it can co-exist with existing client-side JavaScript
When Avi Bryant created Clamato – which Amber is based on – he said “the main objective is to have a more pleasant environment in which to write the client-side of web applications.”
Amber brings this Smalltalk environment, not just the language, to client-side web development. Amber is a way to expose more people to the joy of development in a Smalltalk environment without the commitment of changing existing back-end technologies.
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