"Adam Bloom" <admanb at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I'm new to this list, and to Squeak, I'm thirteen and started 
> programming in Scheme around four years ago, and now I've started 
learning 
> Squeak. I've done the first twelve chapters of On to Smalltalk, (using 
> Squeak, and a guide that tells the differences between the two) and I'm 
> planning on doing the rest of them soon. I've also done the tutorials 
on 
> Morphic that are on the Squeak website, so I know a little about how 
that 
> works.
> I'm looking for advice, and even some simple projects that would help 
me 
> learn more about how it works.

Hello Adam,
	It sounds like your off to a great start.  I started programming 
around your age but unfortunately I didn't discover Smalltalk until 
college.  If your looking for a simple application to build, how about 
building your own vocabulary tester.  I did this in high school to help 
prepare for the SATs.  
	As I see it, a multiple choice test would involve a 
QuestionChooser that, when sent the #next message, would pick a random 
word from a Dictionary along with its definition and then pick four more 
random definitions and bundle them up in a MultipleChoiceQuestion object 
containing a question (the vocabulary word) and five choices (the 
definitions, one of them being correct).  You could then answer the 
question by sending #chooseAnswerNumber: num to the 
MultipleChoiceQuestion object.  This method could send a message to a 
TallyScore object to keep track of the number of right and wrong responses.
	This is a start.  You can add variations like showing a 
definition and choose the correct vocabulary word, or add different types 
of questions like fill in the blank.
Have fun,
Anthony