totally new to squeak

John Hinsley jhinsley at telinco.co.uk
Sat Oct 20 11:26:21 UTC 2001


> compufriend wrote:
> 
> Hi
> i'm so new to squeak, i'm not even sure how comprehensive a tool it
> is. where does it's limits lie as far as programming just about any
> app? Is squeak just about writting training progs for kids that is
> suppose to be interactive? If i'm looking for a real, true BEGINNERS
> tutorial, click here to do this and then there because of that style,
> where can i go to find?


Well, Squeak is a Smalltalk, which makes it one of the most flexible and
powerful languages around. It can be used by children from 8 (some would
say 3) to 180.

There are plenty of beginners tutorials around:
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/ is a good place to start. Try a
search for Morphic or Tutorial. You might like to try John Maloney's
Bank Account tutorial, Dan Schafer's Counter one, or my Rolodex one.
There's also a great one there by Leandro Caniglia, but it's in Spanish.
You'll find projects as tutorials at www.squeakland.org (you'll be
prompted to get the plugin).

Linux Journal/Gazette did some Squeak tutorials (they can be used on Mac
or Windows) and, although there are minor syntactic differences, most of
the code only (that is, no UI) tutorials written for Visual Works and
other Smalltalks can be relatively easily adapted to Squeak.

(Incidentally, in Squeak -- and written in Squeak -- you'll find a web
server, a web browser and an email client, and the minnow swiki was
written in Squeak. It's powerful stuff.)

Have fun!

Cheers

John
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