a "Tutor" list for Squeak (cool ! it feels like being at Squeak Academy at last :) )<br>
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"Reporting for duty sir" ... euh ... I mean count me in !<br>
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francois<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/04/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nagy Attila</b> <<a href="mailto:attis@gizi.dote.hu">attis@gizi.dote.hu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Herbert!<br><br>Shyness, I think that's quite a barrier to cross when you're new to a<br>community. And when I see people speaking about Croquet and HOM (none of<br>which I have managed to grasp the essence of), indeed I am a bit
<br>discouraged to ask questions like "how do I create a simple input window?"<br><br>Splitting the community wouldn't be much of a problem, I think, as the<br>experienced squeakers can also take part in the new list, which would be
<br>for the benefit of both them and the newcomers.<br><br>As you said:<br> > The people doing the work of developing Squeak don't stumble about<br> > what bugs a newbie anymore.<br><br>Exactly that's what I think. And I think that is why there aren't enough
<br>good tutorials out there.<br><br>And again, I think the splitting of the community would not be that much<br>of a problem, if the new list would be successful at levelling up the<br>newcomers to the point where they are able to take part in the main dev
<br>list's discussions.<br><br>Herbert König írta:<br>> Hello Attis,<br>><br>> NA> I am a newcomer to the world of Squeak and Smalltalk, but already an<br>> NA> experienced programmer in some other languages (including Java, which I
<br>> NA> think I'll never use again :) ) I would like to dive into developing<br>> NA> useful applications in Squeak, but don't really know where to start,<br>> NA> right now I am trying to familiarize myself with Morphic programming.
<br>> NA> So, if this collective of Good Souls is together, I'd be the first one<br>> NA> to sign up to the new squeak-starters list. Thanks for the great idea -<br>> NA> sounds just like what I've been looking for!
<br>><br>> just go ahead, I guess I'm new enough to remember how I felt in the<br>> beginning. And my background is like yours. (Except for Java :-)<br>><br>> Actually there is a drawback in a newbie list. It splits up the
<br>> community.<br>><br>> The people doing the work of developing Squeak don't stumble about<br>> what bugs a newbie anymore.<br>><br>> So mail me in private, wait for the new list or just ask here!<br>
><br>><br>> Cheers<br>><br>>
Herbert mailto:<a href="mailto:herbertkoenig@gmx.net">herbertkoenig@gmx.net</a><br>><br>><br>><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>