I would just move the paragraph on SqueakMap more to the top. I think it covers the important pointers. However if you include the pages to http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/73 http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/77 you really have to update them regularily!
-- Hannes
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Hi Squeak newbie!
This is the mini-meta-FAQ that is (or soon will be) posted weekly on this list. If you are new in the Squeak community, please, pretty please read it through - it contains important information that everyone active on this mailinglist needs to know. And it is short and... well, short!
Squeak mini-meta-FAQ ==========================
www.squeak.org - The starting point of Squeak.
This site contains a necessity of information to get started and has downloads of the current newest release of Squeak for a number of platforms. But confusing as it may seem, this website is *not* the place where you will find tons of juicy information about Squeak. Instead you should go to:
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak - The Squeak swiki
This is the central for all kinds of information regarding Squeak with more than 600 pages with interesting information. The swiki is searchable so before you ask a question on the mailing list, make sure you have at least done one obvious silly little search here - it will save you from exposing yourself as a total newbie from the first posting! In fact, by reading stuff on this Swiki you may just be able to avoid the Big Red Newbie stamp on your forehead. :-)
Just to name two of the most important pages on the Squeak swiki:
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/471 - The Squeak FAQ Do I need to tell you what to do with it?
http://map2.squeakfoundation.org/sm - SqueakMap
If you have downloaded Squeak version 3.4 and later you have probably found the "Package loader" tool. That tool communicates using http with a master server holding the catalog of available Squeak packages. The url above points to the web frontend of the master server which is used for registering and updating package registrations (which currently can not be done from inside Squeak) as well as looking at the catalog in HTML.
Ok, now you are armed with the most important meta knowledge to survive here in the Squeak jungle. But remember - the Squeak community is a very friendly place - you should not be afraid to post newbie questions to the list. But you will get a lot more respect if you have done a bit of homework first - like reading the FAQ and perhaps firing off a search on the Squeak Swiki. :-)
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/398 - How to submit bugs, fixes and enhancements: Very important to read before doing a blunder like say posting code simply copied into an email. :-)
http://www.squeakfoundation.org - The Squeak foundation swiki
This is another much, much smaller Swiki with a slightly different focus. It focuses on community related issues, hosts various "projects" that are community related and is also the current "home" for the Squeak Guides.
http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/70 - The Guides pages
This is the top page of the Guides. The Guides are circa 6 people that are trying to "guide" the community forward in discussions, decisions and the ongoing work of evolving Squeak. The guides do all their coordination communication on the Squeak Foundation mailinglist (commonly referred to as the sqf-list) which is not the same as this list, commonly referred to as the squeak-dev list.
The two pages below are probably the most important ones right now:
http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/73 - The Guide Roles How should you otherwise know which guide does what? http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/77 - Modularizing the Squeak image The top page describing the ongoing effort to split the image into packages.
regards, the Squeak community