Pharo is a dynamic, pure object-oriented programming language designed for complex projects, offering a full IDE and immersive development experience. It supports various platforms, emphasizes simplicity, and facilitates rapid development and decision-making through specific analysis tools. The community around Pharo includes numerous universities and researchers, reflecting its robust ecosystem for innovation and business applications.

1. Pharo: Live objects
for complex
projects
http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr
http://www.pharo.org

3. A word of presentation

5. Expert in language design
Traits in Php7.0, Perl60
Influenced Traits in Scala

6. Expert in maintenance
Program analysis, Metamodels,
visualization, testing, refactorings,
metrics….

7. Building specific analysis tools for important running
business software (Ada, Cobol, 4D, C, C++, Java…)
Dedicated tools to support decision making process
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8. Pharo!
• System: Pure object language + full IDE
• Powerful, elegant and fun to program
• Great community
• Living system under your fingers
• Works on Mac OSX, Linux, iOS, Android,
Windows, Pi
• 100% MIT

9. Elegant!
• Full syntax on a postcard
• Simple and powerful objet model

10. Full Syntax!

11. Yes the full Syntax!

12. Full Syntax!

13. Full Model!
Dynamically typed
Everything is an object instance of a class
All methods are public virtual
All attributes are protected
Single Inheritance

14. Fully Written in Itself
• Everything is written in Pharo
• One simple syntax/model to access everything

15. Pharo is highly immersive

16. Immersive
Pharo is not a blackbox
Pharo is fully inspectable and reflective
You can get immersed in objects

17. Immersed and interacting
You can interact with objects

19. We can do the same with
web app, sockets, networks,
sensors, living programing….

20. Our goal...

21. A powerful engine
to invent (y)our future

22. An ecosystem where
innovation/business bloom

23. … that **you** can make money with
Pharo.
… to be able to invent solutions to
existing problems.
… a powerful innovative dynamic
language where we can build (y)our
future.

24. We are a cool community

25. • Uni. of Buenos Aires • Uni. of Bern • Uni. of
Maroua • Uni. of Brussels • Ecole des Mines de
Douai • Uni. de Savoie • Ivan Franko Nat. Uni. •
Czech Technical Uni. • CULS Prague
• Uni. of Quilmes • Uni. of La Plata • Northern
Michigan Uni. • Uni. Technologica Nacional (UTN) •
Uni. Catholic of Argentina • Uni. of Santiago • Uni.
Policnica de Catalunya • Uni. de Bretagne
Occidentale • Uni. of Tomsk • Uni. of Fernhagen • IT
University of Copenhagen • Uni. Cat del Sacro
Cuore of Brescia • Uni. of Yaounde • Uni. of Saint-
Louis • Uni. of Lomé • INFI • Uni. of Lyon • Uni. of
Cagliari • Uni. of Cordoba
More Pharo's Teachers

26. Lafhis (AR)
SCG (CH)
CAR (FR)
RMOD (FR)
Ummisco (IRD)
Reveal (CH)
Lysic (FR)
CEA-List (FR)
Uqbar (AR)
OC (FR)
CCMI-FIT (CZ)
ASERG (BR)
Pleiad (CL)
Research Groups

27. Some
Success Stories

28. LAMRC
Back-End Wafer-Level Packaging
Your mobile hardware as
a high-chance to have
been produced by a
robot controlled via a
smalltalk
50% microprocessors
of your mobile/PC/tablet

29. LAMRC
Back-End Wafer-Level Packaging
Your mobile hardware as
a high-chance to have
been produced by a
robot controlled via a
smalltalk
Starting to experiment
with Pharo

30. Pharo in ATM like Device in Moscow
Now we can say it

31. Online marketplace
raised 4.7 M$

32. Network Monitoring
for small ISPs

33. Deploy Pharo
on the cloud in 3 min

34. CMS with full history

35. Distributed
Resources
Management

36. Continuous API Testing
keep your services under control 24/7
Norbert Hartl norbert@2denker.de
www.2denker.de
Server Testing

37. Truck fleet monitoring
Pharo as a server
240 days as up time

38. WEBDRUCK.CH
Web-To-Print Solution
• Design and create
individual printed
matter
• eShop with credit
card payment
• High quality PDF
output with Printing
Process integration
• Thousands of orders
for seven Swiss
printing companies

39. Quuve: Investment Portfolio
http://debrispublishing.com

40. Free Software Mobile
Communication solutions

41. Programming environment for
Programmable Logic Controllers

42. NTed: disaster scenario
recovery

43. iBizLog - http://www.ibizlog.com
A product by Smallworks
Full system developed
in 5 months one dev
(discontinued)

44. Works on linux, mac, windows,
android, OLPC

45. Sophisticated analysis platform
more than 200 men/years

46. ObjectProfile
produces visualizations &
analysis tools

48. Developed in 3 months one dev
Sold to another bank
Java team estimated 2 years

49. Deployed business model
did not work

50. Can develop a complex
analysis in 3 months

51. Manage travel costs

53. To handle return mails
in Switzerland

54. Since may 2008
Pharo 5.0 - Apr 2016 100 commiters (1600 issues closed)
Pharo 4.0 - Apr 2015 70 commiters (1271 issues closed…)
Pharo 3.0 - Apr 2013 (2364 issues closed)
Pharo 2.0 - Apr 2013 (1727 issues closed)
Pharo 1.4 - Apr 2012 (860 updates)
Pharo 1.3 (700 updates)
Pharo 1.2 - mar 2011 (500 updates)
Pharo 1.1 - jul 2010 (410 updates)
Pharo 1.0 - oct 2009 (470 updates)

55. Pharo is our vehicle
We improve it everyday

56. Of course not
everything
is perfect :)
But it feels like

57. Pharo
is yours

58. Less is more!
No constructors, no static methods, no operators
No type declaration, no primitive types,
No interfaces, no need for factory
No packages/private/protected modifiers
No parametrized types
No boxing/unboxing
Still powerful

59. A Pure OO World
Only objects +
messages + closures!
mouse, booleans, arrays, numbers, strings, windows, scrollbars, canvas, files, trees, compilers, sound, url, socket, fonts, text,
collections, stack, shortcut, streams, …

60. Amazing moldable
tools

61. Customized object
interaction/presentation

65. Hot update on the spot
customizable debugger

67. Hot update on the spot
customizable debugger

68. The Pharo Stack is Gorgeous
• Seaside, Rest, Zinc Rest, Illiad, Aida, Reef
• Magritte (meta application generator)
• STON, JSON, LDAP...
• Zinc, Zodiac(HTTPS), Oauth, ...
• mySql/postgres… / NoSQL/ Mongo /
Gemstone :)

69. Dynamic Web Applications with
Seaside
http://book.seaside.st

70. • A powerful, innovative and flexible framework
• Dedicated to build complex Web applications
• Live coding and debugging
• Support reusable Web components
• Secure by default
• Web 2.0 support (Ajax, Reef, ...)
• REST integration

71. Concentrate on
your application ...

72. ... no manual
request parsing

73. ... no XML
configuration files

74. Natural Flow

75. We don’t think in
pages ...

76. ..., but in stateful
components

77. Valid
Source:stock.xchng,AlNakib

78. Secure by default
no injection

79. Development tools

80. http://books.pharo.org

81. Pharo by Example
http://books.pharo.org
translated to french, merci!
translated to spanish, gracias!
translated to japanese, !
Currently updated to Pharo 50

82. Deep into Pharo
http://books.pharo.org
Some advanced topics
Libraries
Core language
Tools

83. Entreprise Pharo
http://books.pharo.org
Web related
Encodings,
Mustache
JSON
WebSockets
HTTP/HTTPS

84. Dynamic Web with Seaside
http://book.seaside.st
Full framework explained
DSL + Call:/answer:
Automatic form generation
Deployment

85. Numerical Methods
https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/
NumericalMethods
Data mining
Clustering
Iterative algorithms
Series
Statistical analysis

86. Fun, simple
Pure & elegant
Productive
Empowering
Addictive
Full access

87. Try Pharo now!
http://pharo.org/download