[ANN] Amber 0.11.0 released!

> Amber 0.11.0 released!
>
> * About the release
>
> Three months have passed and we are happy to announce the release
> of Amber 0.11.0!
>
> Some numbers about this release: 433 commits by 13 committers,
> increasing the number of core committers to 25. 50 unit tests
> were added to the kernel, bringing us to 313 unit tests in total.
> Since the last release 60 issues were closed, bringing us to 499
> issues closed.
>
> This release includes a lot of bug fixes, improvements to the
> CLI, as well as a preview of the next IDE, named Helios. Amber
> now also uses a CI server [1].
>
> To try the Helios, the new IDE, open the helios.html page, or
> evaluate in any other amber page `amber.loadHelios()`.
>
> The compiler also received some improvements, especially
> regarding message send optimisations and super sends.
>
> Here's the list of commits and closed issues:
> https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/commits/master
> https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/amber/issues?direction=desc&sort=updated&state=closed
>
> There is a lot more to come with Helios, a stepping debugger
> based on the AST is in progress and currently in the 'debugger'
> branch on GitHub.
>
> * Installing Amber from NPM
>
> To install amber from NPM, run
>
>    npm install amber
>
>
> * Migration from Amber 0.10.0
>
> Amber compiled code should be compatible with Amber 0.10.0, but
> recompiling is needed in order to get contexts working:
>
>    Compiler new recompile: (Package named: 'MyPackage') classes.
>    (Package named: 'MyPackage') commit
>
>
> * API changes
>
> 0.11.0:
>
> * AnnouncementSubscription use #valuable: instead of #block: (deprecated)
> * AbstractCodeGenerator inherits from Object, not NodeVisitor
> * Object>>printString
> * replace >>printString with >>printOn:
> * replace >>storeString with >>printString
> * PackageLoader is now PackageHandler (>>commit: >>setupPackagenamed:prefix: >>ajaxPutAt:data:
> * Package>>fetch: is now Package>>load:
> * Package>>fetch:prefix: is now Package>>load:prefix:
> * Queue>>front replaced by Queue>>next
> * Queue>>frontIfAbsent: replaced by Queue>>nextIfAbsent:
> * Queue>>back: replaced by Queue>>nextPut:
> * smalltalk.addMethod() does not use explicit JS selector
> * JSObjectProxy>>canForwardMessage: replaced by use of JSObjectProxy>>lookupProperty: with asJavaScriptSelector
> * JSObjectProxy>>forwardMessage: replaced by explicit JSObjectProxy>>forwardMessage:withArguments:
> * String>>asJavaScriptSelector moved to Kernel-Objects package
>
> + Object>>asString
> + Object>>putOn:
> + String>>isVowel
> + Collection>>putOn:
> + CharacterArray>>putOn:
> + Stream>><<
> + Stream>>write
> + SequenceableCollection>>newStream
> + SequenceableCollection>>readStream
> + SequenceableCollection>>stream
> + SequenceableCollection>>streamClass
> + SequenceableCollection>>writeStream
> + Collection>>isImmutable
> + Stream>>nextPutString:
> + StringStream>>nextPutString:
> + JSStream>>nextPutClassRefFunction:
> + String>>crlfSanitized
> + inlined Block now also responds to >>value:
> + Parser: split literal into runtimeLiteral and parseTimeLiteral
> + Parser: write #(4 #(5 6 #()) 7) as #(4 (5 6 ()) 7)
> + Parser: write #(#on:do: #Object) as #(on:do: Object)
> + Parser: Symbols for binarie selectores
> + Package>>commit
> + AIContext>>initializeLocals
> + ASTInterpreter>>withBlockContext:
> + smalltalk.allSelectors()
> + Object>>isCompiledMethod
> + Object>>isPackage
> + Object>>isBehavior
> + ClassMoved Announcemen class
> + Behavior>>includesBehavior:
> + Environment>>classes
> + Environment>>allSelectors
> + Environment>>removeProtocol:
> + Environment>>renameProtocol:to:in:
> + CompiledMethod>>protocol:
> + Smalltalk>>globalJsVariables
> + Smalltalk>>addGlobalJsVariable:
> + Smalltalk>>deleteGlobalJsVariable:
>
>
> - Object>>storeOn:
> - Object>>log:block:
> - Object>>printNl
> - Compiler-IR.st >>javascriptSelector
> - Compiler-IR.st >>nextPutVar:
> - Kernel-Collections.st >>asSuperSelector
> - Collection>>readStream
> - Collection>>stream
> - Collection>>streamClass
> - Collection>>writeStream
> - Symbol class (replaced with String)
> - IRInlinedNonLocalReturn class
> - IRInlinedSend>>nonLocalReturnInliner
> - IRNonLocalReturnInliner class
> - Package>>dependencies
> - Package>>dependencies:
> - Package>>properties
> - Package>>jsProperties
> - Package>>jsProperties:
> - Package>>propertiesAsJSON
> - Package>>propertyAt:
> - Package>>propertyAt:ifAbsent:
> - Package>>propertyAt:put:
> - Browser>>ajaxPutAt:data:
>
>
> We hope you join us in developing Amber and having fun! Fork at
> github, join in #amber-lang on freenode and hop onto the mailing
> list.
>
> The Amber crew
>
> [1] https://travis-ci.org/amber-smalltalk/amber