anObservation and anIdea
Noel J. Bergman
noel at devtech.com
Wed Jul 4 14:33:41 UTC 2001
> Not to discourage this effort, but from my observation beginner problems
> are so varied that no single person (at least I) can answer all of them.
> A much improved Squeak FAQ can solve most of the problems ...
It might be worthwhile creating a swiki (page) to manage a list of tutorial
topics. People can add to the list of things they'd like to know, and
others can write swikis (pages) to address the questions. The mailing list
is a great place to ask questions, and get answers, but the swiki adds a
single point of ingress, and revisable content, which can be written in more
of a tutorial form.
Some "easy" ones are things like:
language basics
using the most commonly used classes
environment (tools) basics
manipulating windows/tools/menus
workspace
do it
print it
browser
creating classes
fileIn
saving your project
debugging
the magic of "halt"
standard debugger & GA Tech "novice debugger"
A roadmap guiding the true novice would go with the topical sections. This
makes "teaching" a community activity, and captures the information in a
dynamic, revisable, form.
--- Noel
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