Looking for good souls

francois schnell francois.schnell at gmail.com
Sat Apr 22 10:13:59 UTC 2006


a "Tutor" list  for Squeak  (cool ! it feels  like being at Squeak Academy
at last  :)  )

"Reporting for duty sir" ... euh ... I mean count me in !

francois

On 22/04/06, Nagy Attila <attis at gizi.dote.hu> wrote:
>
> 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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