[Squeakfoundation]Re: Proposal for TWO official releases

[Cees de Groot]

Maarten Maartensz <maartens@xs4all.nl> said:
>If a number of knowledgeable people get together and produce some 20 or so
>Active Essays that more or less systematically explain the fundamentals of
>Squeak; have these Essays checked by the community; and include them in the
>official image, this would very much alleviate the problems most newbies
>have with Squeak, especially those who are new to Smalltalk. 
>

A good idea. It would also alleviate some of the user interface issues
referred to elsewhere: by introducing people with things like active essays,
that you can basically shape in whichever way you want them, you can make them
enthousiastic and a bit knowledgable before confronting them with class
browsers and other 'low level' stuff.


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