<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:59 AM, David Corking <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@dcorking.com">lists@dcorking.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Mar 30, 2011, Tim Retz wrote:<br>
> My problem is that smalltalk is my first programing language,<br>
> So I need to figure out how to break a problem down to something I can code<br>
> out<br><br></div>
(3) Etoys is a much simpler language than Smalltalk, but building an<br>
Etoy is _real_ programming, while playful and fun even for an adult.<br>
Dragging, dropping and throwing away failed experiments taught me a<br>
lot about how to compose an application from objects. It also helped<br>
me to see why a method or Etoys script is rarely more than three<br>
lines. However I didn't need to worry about inheritance or classes,<br>
nor did I have to memorize Smalltalk's mouse clicks, shortcuts, menus<br>
and modifier keys, or navigate a vast and complex class library.</blockquote><div>I agree whole heartedly, I have learned more about "programming" by playing with Etoys and interacting with the folks on the mailing lists, than I did from my Computer "Science" courses in college.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Stephen</div><div> </div></div>