UKSTUG Meeting: Agustín Martínez - Di álogo: A Drawing-Based Programming Environment for Kids, Built in Cuis Smalltalk - 29 April 2026

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Di=C3=A1logo ( https://dialog.ar/ ) is a desktop tool that lets children ag=
ed
10=E2=80=9317 create their own videogames by combining drawn characters wit=
h a set
of visual icons =E2=80=94 no typing required. The icons compose like cards,
activating behaviours in the drawn objects and naturally leading kids
through concepts such as categories, rules, recursion, and metaprogramming.

In this talk I'll show how Smalltalk's live, image-based environment made
it uniquely suited for building Di=C3=A1logo. I'll give a demo of the app, =
walk
through some implementation metrics, and discuss the pedagogical ideas
behind the project =E2=80=94 including a free 7-class course I've shared on=
line and
workshops I've run open to the community at the Faculty of Exact Sciences
(UBA).

Agust=C3=ADn Mart=C3=ADnez is a developer and researcher at the Universidad=
 de Buenos
Aires (UBA), and the creator of Di=C3=A1logo, a programming environment for
children built in Cuis Smalltalk. He presented a paper on Di=C3=A1logo at t=
he
Onward! track of OOPSLA, and has given public talks at Nerdearla,
Argentina's largest tech community event.

This will be an online meeting.

If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup
page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/314323562/ ) to receive the
meeting details.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Di=C3=A1logo ( <a href=3D"https://dialog.ar/">https://dial=
og.ar/</a> ) is a desktop tool that lets children aged 10=E2=80=9317 create=
 their own videogames by combining drawn characters with a set of visual ic=
ons =E2=80=94 no typing required. The icons compose like cards, activating =
behaviours in the drawn objects and naturally leading kids through concepts=
 such as categories, rules, recursion, and metaprogramming.<br><br>In this =
talk I&#39;ll show how Smalltalk&#39;s live, image-based environment made i=
t uniquely suited for building Di=C3=A1logo. I&#39;ll give a demo of the ap=
p, walk through some implementation metrics, and discuss the pedagogical id=
eas behind the project =E2=80=94 including a free 7-class course I&#39;ve s=
hared online and workshops I&#39;ve run open to the community at the Facult=
y of Exact Sciences (UBA).<br><br>Agust=C3=ADn Mart=C3=ADnez is a developer=
 and researcher at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), and the creator o=
f Di=C3=A1logo, a programming environment for children built in Cuis Smallt=
alk. He presented a paper on Di=C3=A1logo at the Onward! track of OOPSLA, a=
nd has given public talks at Nerdearla, Argentina&#39;s largest tech commun=
ity event.<br><br>This will be an online meeting.<br><br>If you&#39;d like =
to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting&#39;s Meetup page ( <a=
 href=3D"https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/314323562/">https://www.meetu=
p.com/ukstug/events/314323562/</a> ) to receive the meeting details.</div>

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