Beginners November 2015

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New Introductory Tutorial
by EuanM 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

I've created Yet Another Smalltalk First Steps tutorial. This is intended as one of a series. It is designed to be cross-platform across Squeak 5 Pharo 4 Seaside 3.1 Cuis Dolphin 6 If you have experience running any of these systems on Windows, Linux or MacOS, please check to see if I have the instructions correct for your chosen pairing of Smalltalk and OS platform. (As you'll see when you look, I do not have detailed instructions for aspects of MacOS). The document is at: http://smalltalkinsmallsteps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/get-smalltalk-up-and-ru… (It's intended to move to a different blog after this review process). I feel the need to do this as cross-Smalltalks tutorial because of findings and 4 charts I've placed at: http://smalltalkinsmallsteps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/mindshare-of-smalltalk-… Essentially, Smalltalk mindshare and use is incredibly tiny, compared to other languages in the same space. (We all know this, but seeing it represented graphically has a more visceral effect, IMO) Aggregating interest in all the Smalltalks still does not bring more than a tiny proportion of the interest in, and use of, Ruby. In turn, Ruby is (quite understandably) small in comparison to JavaScript. Comparing interest in any specific Smalltalk is, predictably, smaller than the aggregate interest in Smalltalk. Our community seems determined to split itself into smaller and smaller sub-communities. I think we do ourselves a disservice this way. My initial contribution will be to try to provide some explicitly pan-Smalltalk beginners' tutorials, like this one. Cheers, and happy Smalltalking, EuanM

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Squeak 5 on Raspberry Pi
by EuanM 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

I've just put the latest stable Squeak 5 folder on my Raspberry Pi. (on Raspbian) Executing the squeak.sh file does nothing. What other steps should I be taking? -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Squeak-5-on-Raspberry-Pi-tp4859314.html Sent from the Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Cuis] New Introductory Tutorial
by H. Hirzel 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Hi Euan Worthwhile to refer to in your tutorial is as well the web version of the ProfStef Smalltalk tutorial implemented in Amber Smalltalk http://amber-smalltalk.github.io/trysmalltalk/ (https://github.com/amber-smalltalk/trysmalltalk) It explains the syntax, control constructs and some basic classes. It was first implemented in Pharo and then ported. --Hannes On 11/17/15, Juan Vuletich <juan(a)jvuletich.org> wrote: > Hi EuanM, > > This is a great initiative. Thanks for including Cuis in the bunch! > > Cheers, > Juan Vuletich > > On 14/11/2015 02:02 a.m., EuanM wrote: >> I've created Yet Another Smalltalk First >> Steps tutorial. >> >> This is intended as one of a series. >> >> It is designed to be cross-platform across >> >> Squeak 5 >> Pharo 4 >> Seaside 3.1 >> Cuis >> Dolphin 6 >> >> If you have experience running any of these systems on Windows, Linux >> or MacOS, please check to see if I have the instructions correct for >> your chosen pairing of Smalltalk and OS platform. >> >> (As you'll see when you look, I do not have detailed instructions for >> aspects of MacOS). >> >> The document is at: >> http://smalltalkinsmallsteps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/get-smalltalk-up-and-ru… >> >> (It's intended to move to a different blog after this review process). >> >> I feel the need to do this as cross-Smalltalks tutorial because of >> findings and 4 charts I've placed at: >> http://smalltalkinsmallsteps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/mindshare-of-smalltalk-… >> >> Essentially, Smalltalk mindshare and use is incredibly tiny, compared >> to other languages in the same space. (We all know this, but seeing >> it represented graphically has a more visceral effect, IMO) >> >> Aggregating interest in all the Smalltalks still does not bring more >> than a tiny proportion of the interest in, and use of, Ruby. >> >> In turn, Ruby is (quite understandably) small in comparison to >> JavaScript. >> >> Comparing interest in any specific Smalltalk is, predictably, smaller >> than the aggregate interest in Smalltalk. >> >> Our community seems determined to split itself into smaller and >> smaller sub-communities. I think we do ourselves a disservice this >> way. >> >> My initial contribution will be to try to provide some explicitly >> pan-Smalltalk beginners' tutorials, like this one. >> >> Cheers, and happy Smalltalking, >> EuanM >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cuis mailing list >> Cuis(a)jvuletich.org >> http://jvuletich.org/mailman/listinfo/cuis_jvuletich.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Cuis mailing list > Cuis(a)jvuletich.org > http://jvuletich.org/mailman/listinfo/cuis_jvuletich.org >

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