Couple of thoughts from another beginner:

--- Gary Fisher <gafisher at sprynet.com> wrote:
> Mike (Flippin);

Gary hit my on-again off-again learning path with the
paragraph below. I think the appeal is the brevity
helps with a hands AT ALL TIMES approach--so much more
important with SM than some other languages. I also
found the tutorials helpful but was initials
frustrated with finding things--it seems many people
are. THE CURIOUS thing is that, over time, where to
find things becomes instinctive or something--go
figure. Just be patient and soon you'll be hitting all
right links.

The Squeak forum community is super. Use it.

Enjoy Squeak...maybe I can get back to it soon, sigh!
:o(

Best regards to the community. 

'Start-Stop' Michael Grant

PS Gary's right. Development is fast. Thinking
stability and a more 'M$ Windows' environment, I
considered going to Dolphin or or Cincom but the
Squeak milieu is just too interesting. Plus the fact
is a lot of people are trying a lot of different
things with Squeak.

PPS BTW, once you get into a rhythm it just fun. Just
don't stop or you have retrack on that learning curve.

PPPS I especially like the 'Joe the Box' in Guzdial's
book. It is a pretty good distillation of the very
basic basics.

> 
> 
> If you want to jump right into "nitty-gritty"
> Smalltalk, "Squeak: A Quick
> Trip to Objectland" by Gene Korienek, Tom Wrensch
> and Doug Dechow is quite
> good, though some dislike its style.  "Squeak:
> Object Oriented Design with
> Multimedia Applications" by Mark Guzdial is an
> exceptionally good book for
> getting off the ground with Squeak, with a special
> focus on some of Squeak's
> coolest features.  Note, though, that Squeak
> development moves faster than a
> printing press, so you'll want to stick to the
> version of Squeak included
> with either book until you've mastered the basics.
> 
> For links to the above books, and samples of most,
> go to
>
http://www.squeakland.org/sqmedia/books/squeakerbooks.html.
> 
> For general Smalltalk coverage the books Stef has
> made available on his
> website
> [http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/FreeBooks.html]
> include several
> good tutorials, though much of that material
> predates Squeak.
> 
> I hope that helps!
> 
> Gary Fisher
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Flippin" <webmaster at blindmindseye.com>
> To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:11 PM
> Subject: Learning Smalltalk
> 
> 
> > Could anyone recommend a good book for people who
> have never been
> > exposed to smalltalk?
> >
> 
> 


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