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Beauty with less Beast
29 September 09

Getting pretty pictures into Dolphin applications has typically demanded the use of external file resources which can be inconvenient. Now help is at hand.[more]

MVP just Visual Basic with "more wing nuts"?
16 April 09

Dolphin's MVP framework continues to appear daunting to new Smalltalk users and yet it's really rather similar to Visual Basic but with "more wing nuts". Perhaps revisting the design rationale behind MVP might help? [more]

Air Traffic Control Game and Tutorial Video Now Ready
4 April 09

As you may know, we launched the Dolphin video library about a month ago with the start of a series of in-depth screencast videos showing how to use Dolphin Smalltalk to build an animated game. Well, I've just released the final two parts to this series and also included the source files for download.[more]

New Dolphin Video Library Online
25 February 09

We've launched a new video library to support Dolphin programmers with a series of "how-to" videos. Eventually, this video library should grow to include plenty of "hands-on" material to supplement the existing help tutorials.[more]

Exciting News for Dolphin Users
25 September 08

We are pleased to announce that over the last few months we have entered into a partnership with Lesser Software with the aim of creating the Next Generation of Dolphin Smalltalk. This new version of Dolphin will be targetted towards professional software developers.[more]

Dolphin 6.1 Beta Programme
5 January 08

We've decided to start the ball rolling with a beta release for Dolphin 6.1. Unlike our previous beta programmes this one will be public rather than closed.[more]

Object Arts store has been re-opened
15 August 07

By popular demand, the Object Arts store has been re-opened for purchases of Dolphin Professional. It seems we misjudged the mood about closing the OA store and not allowing future purchases of Dolphin.[more]

Future development of Dolphin discontinued.
10 August 07

It is with great regret and more than a touch of sadness that I have to announce that Blair and I have made the decision to stop selling and developing Dolphin Smalltalk.[more]

Why "Swimming against the Tide"?
26 October 05

The last 10 years working with Smalltalk, while exciting and rather fun, have not been easy.[more]


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