Beginners July 2009

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27 discussions

Intro
by richard snow 27 Jul '09

27 Jul '09

Hi. Just joined the list. I've read the Squeak by Example book, and played around with Squeak a bit (on 64 bit Ubuntu 9). My prior programming experience is mostly with C, though I've read about Java and C++ but never developed any significant programs with them. I've a degree in Computer Science/Business BS in 1987, later got an associates in Networking/Maintenance. I'm not working, I'm a disabled veteran and its been tough to get a job. The VA considered me unemployable. -- http://mypals.info

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Smalltalk Data Structures and Algorithms
by Frank Church 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

Are there any books that cover this area for Smalltalk? -- Frank Church

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User account for squeak wiki.squeak.org
by Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

I am trying to edit a page but I can't find the place to create a user account. When I click the edit button in some page from the wiki, Iceweasel (Debian's unbranded Firefox) ask for a username and a password. When I click the history button, I get a list of changes and in the user column I see strings like: ACCF7AF4.ipt.aol.com so this makes me think that the edition of pages it is open and your IP address is used as your username. But, the problem is, I can't pass the user/password request. The user/password dialog says: http://wiki.squeak.org solicita un usuario y contraseña. El sitio dice: "/squeak/*" Something like: http://wiki.squeak.org needs a username and password. The site says: "/squeak/*" And if I click the cancel button it responds with: Unauthorized for: /squeak/* Can you please tell me what is the process to edit a page in the wiki.squeak.org? Thanks, Miguel Cobá

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Stephane Ducasse's 'Learning to Programing with Robots'
by Max Norman 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

I'm a novice programmer, who, at the suggestion of several more experienced developers, is attempting to get familiar with Smalltalk before moving on to Ruby, to more thoroughly learn and understand the concepts of object-oriented programming. First off, is this worth doing? Second, does anyone have any experience with Stephane Ducasse's 'Learning to Programing with Robots'? The book appears to be aimed at absolute beginners, like myself, who need to cover the conceptual aspects of programming before moving on to different languages. Is it worth buying and studying? 'Squeak by Example' appears to be for more experienced programmers, who are approaching Squeak/Smalltalk from a linguistic perspective.

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jpg woes
by Brian Mason 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Greetings, I am trying to take an image off the new and save it to a file. This is what I have so far: (FileStream newFileNamed: 'test.jpg') nextPutAll: ('http://freetalklive.com/images/amondson.jpg' asUrl retrieveContents) getContentFromStream; close The image exists, is found, and the file is written. There is something wrong with the format of the local jpg. I would appreciate some guidance.

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Will this eventually stop "Post by non-member to a members-only list"
by vmars 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Every time I post I get this msg: "Your mail to 'Beginners' with the subject [Newbies] But where is the VM file? Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. The reason it is being held: Post by non-member to a members-only list" Will this eventually go away? Thanks..vm -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Will-this-eventually-stop-%22Post-by-non-member-to-a-… Sent from the Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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But where is the VM file?
by vmars 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

winVista: Reading SqueakByExample: ON my system, I can see the image, changes, sources files. But where is the VM file? Thanks!..vm -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/But-where-is-the-VM-file--tp24527681p24527681.html Sent from the Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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How would I save an object to disk separately and load it when needed?
by Frank Church 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

I am practicing the seaside.gemstone.com tutorial and I want to know how to save just the object definitions and their data to a seperate file, then load it again, or even into a different image and run the website again. It sounds like very newbie question, but I would be very much obliged. /vfclists

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Where to ask questions - Squeak Beginners and Squeak Dev?
by Frank Church 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

What sort of questions are appropriate to each group (really means which questions should you not ask on Squeak Developers)? As I understand it Squeak is a variant of Smalltalk, so is Squeak beginners the proper place to ask about Smalltalk Proper and the IDE, with Squeak developers the place to ask questions about libraries and the implementation? The developers list has a lot more activity and it makes me wonder if most questions are better asked there even if a newbie. I would assume newbie means people new to programming rather than Smalltalk or its environments and libraries in general. -- Frank Church ======================= devblog.brahmancreations.com

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Terse guide to Squeak
by Ken G. Brown 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Just came across this again and thought maybe the link would be useful to post. <http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5699> Ken G. Brown

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