Hi Herbert!

Shyness, I think that's quite a barrier to cross when you're new to a 
community. And when I see people speaking about Croquet and HOM (none of 
which I have managed to grasp the essence of), indeed I am a bit 
discouraged to ask questions like "how do I create a simple input window?"

Splitting the community wouldn't be much of a problem, I think, as the 
experienced squeakers can also take part in the new list, which would be 
for the benefit of both them and the newcomers.

As you said:
 > The people doing the work of developing Squeak don't stumble about
 > what bugs a newbie anymore.

Exactly that's what I think. And I think that is why there aren't enough 
good tutorials out there.

And again, I think the splitting of the community would not be that much 
of a problem, if the new list would be successful at levelling up the 
newcomers to the point where they are able to take part in the main dev 
list's discussions.

Herbert König írta:
> Hello Attis,
> 
> NA> I am a newcomer to the world of Squeak and Smalltalk, but already an
> NA> experienced programmer in some other languages (including Java, which I
> NA> think I'll never use again :) ) I would like to dive into developing
> NA> useful applications in Squeak, but don't really know where to start,
> NA> right now I am trying to familiarize myself with Morphic programming.
> NA> So, if this collective of Good Souls is together, I'd be the first one
> NA> to sign up to the new squeak-starters list. Thanks for the great idea -
> NA> sounds just like what I've been looking for!
> 
> just go ahead, I guess I'm new enough to remember how I felt in the
> beginning. And my background is like yours. (Except for Java :-)
> 
> Actually there is a drawback in a newbie list. It splits up the
> community.
> 
> The people doing the work of developing Squeak don't stumble about
> what bugs a newbie anymore.
> 
> So mail me in private, wait for the new list or just ask here!
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Herbert                            mailto:herbertkoenig at gmx.net
> 
> 
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