[Squeakland] Real beginner's questions!

[Alan Kay]

Hi Shelagh --

At 4:48 PM +1100 3/26/04, Shelagh Manton wrote:
>Thankyou, I found it. It looks like a colon on my keyboard.
>
>Shelagh
>
>PS.  I know I should really look at the e-toys world. But I'm a 
>compulsive reader and wanted to get a little background on the 
>language itself before I got in the deep cold water.

The etoys world is pretty separate from the larger Squeak world and 
the water is kept warm there. You can get started without worrying 
about the colder waters behind the dam ...

Cheers,

Alan

>  (You should see the time it takes me to get into a real pool!) SOM
>
>On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:30:48 -0800, Alan Kay <Alan.Kay at squeakland.org> wrote:
>
>>Hi Shelagh --
>>
>>At 1:53 PM +1100 3/26/04, Shelagh Manton wrote:
>>>In the various books on Squeak and Smalltalk that I've read, they 
>>>use a vertical stroke to delineate variables. where is this on my 
>>>keyboard?
>>
>>It's usually on the right hand side above the return key. It should 
>>show on the keyboard of any PC or Mac.
>>
>>>Is it a character that changes in Squeak when you type it like the 
>>>underscore?
>>
>>No. It's a regular character.
>>
>>I can tell by your question that you are not looking at the Squeak 
>>Etoys, which is what the Squeakland site and this mailing list is 
>>about. If you haven't done much or any programming before, you 
>>might find a really great start by doing the etoys stuff. Get the 
>>book "Powerful ideas in the classroom" or look at the tutorials on 
>>the site and try the examples.
>>
>>If you have had some experience programming and want to learn the 
>>full blown Squeak, then the site is Squeak.org, and there are many 
>>books available about how to program both in Smalltalk in general, 
>>and in Squeak in particular.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>>
>>>Shelagh (who has decided that even if my son does not want to use 
>>>squeak I do )
>>>
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