On 17.06.2009, at 17:00, Frank Church wrote:
What sort of questions are appropriate to each group (really means which questions should you not ask on Squeak Developers)?
You should not ask annoyingly simple questions on squeak-dev. Here on the beginner's list you are invited to ask about anything related to Squeak, however simple it may seem.
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?
No, that's not the separation. The primary purpose of squeak-dev is to advance Squeak itself, rather than asking questions how to develop using Squeak.
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.
No, it's for people not familiar with Squeak yet, which includes absolute beginners as well as "switchers" from other environments. It's a good idea to read both lists but only ask on the beginner's list for at least a couple of months. Then you will get a feel for what topic to bring up on which list.
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