Beginners March 2016

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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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How to test a String if it is a valid date?
by Joseph Alotta 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Greetings, I want to test a String to see if it can be a Date using mm/dd/yyyy format. I want something that won’t cause a walkback window. Is there a String method isValidAsADate? Sincerely, Joe.

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How to access Camera in Linux?
by Kirk Fraser 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

I understand there is a Linux camera driver that covers many more cameras than Windows does. Does someone know its name, how to get it, and Smalltalk code to use it in Squeak 5 on a Raspberry Pi? Thanks.

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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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