Welcome to VAST Platform (formerly known as VA Smalltalk)! As a software developer, you can look forward to creating highly portable, scalable, multi-tier business applications using object-oriented technology.The VAST Platform is a comprehensive integrated software development environment built on the proven power and productivity of Smalltalk.

With the release of VAST Platform 2021, "VA Smalltalk" was officially named the "VAST Platform".

VAST 2021 was our first release to fully embrace the new product name, although there was a gradual transition beforehand.

While we've been using "VAST" as an abbreviation for "VA Smalltalk" for more than a decade, we've recently included "Platform" in the name because one of the fundamental strengths of VA Smalltalk is that it's a comprehensive development platform. It's not just another advanced IDE and language runtime.

Yes. It does.

Each year, starting this year in 2021, Instantiations will release a major version of the VAST Platform. VAST Platform 2021 includes any version of our software released within the major version of 10.x.x.

In other words, for VAST 2021, the initial release is 10.0.0, but minor versions and patches would still be considered VAST 2021 until the next major release: VAST Platform 2022 (which will start at version 11.0.0).