[Newbies] Keyboard input - programming course

[karl ramberg]

Allso this
https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/10764/BotsInc-OriginalEnglish.pdf

Karl

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Stephen Woolerton
<sdw2 at shineonline.co.nz>wrote:

>
>
>  - how would one display a text label and a text field and obtain input
>>> from the text field (am thinking of Morphic)
>>>
>>
>>        name := UIManager default request: 'Enter your name'.
>>        Transcript show: name; cr.
>>
>>  Thank you - this is exactly what I was looking for - the simplest way of
> getting input.
>
>
>  However, IMHO this is *not* the best way to introduce Squeak programming
>> to beginners. It mimics procedural programming in a console.
>>
>>  I fully agree with you. The reason is that there are external criteria
> which we have to meet. The criteria requires keyboard input, and personally
> have only used Squeak for Seaside projects so didn't know how to do this
> simple thing :-)
>
>
>  Instead, just open a Workspace and begin evaluating expressions. There
>> doesn't have to be a "program". In fact, there is no "main". Just send
>> messages to objects.
>>
>>        3 + 4
>>        1234 / 56
>>        100 factorial
>>        'foo bar' asUppercase
>>
>> Then, make a Morph and send it messages. Evaluate each line individually
>> to see its effect.
>>
>>        joe := Morph new.
>>        joe openInWorld.
>>        joe position: 100 at 100.
>>        joe color: Color red.
>>
>>
> Thanks again.
>
> Stephen
>
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