On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Tim Retz <human.shield.117@gmail.com> wrote:
I seem to be having a hard time finding any sort of smalltalk tutorial that
doesn't assume I'm already a master programmer in some other language.

...That's not to say I haven't read, and executed examples from, a few of
them. I've followed along with the laser game development guide by Stephan B
Wessels (I can find a link if anyone wants it), I've read most of Squeak By
Example and a few others, so I have explored enough for a basic
understanding. My problem is that smalltalk is my first programing language,
So I need to figure out how to break a problem down to something I can code
out (I need to learn to "scratch-code" in a workspace).

Does anyone know where I can find such a guide, or even outline one for me
to build as I learn?


Have you looked at
http://www.pharocasts.com/ , more specifically http://www.pharocasts.com/search/label/getting%20started
http://squeakbyexample.org/
http://pharobyexample.org/

Try to describe the problem you want to solve, so we could help.

Laurent Laffont - @lolgzs

Pharo Smalltalk Screencasts: http://www.pharocasts.com/
Blog: http://magaloma.blogspot.com/
Developer group: http://cara74.seasidehosting.st



 

On another note, I have tried to learn the "basics" of programing in other
languages (most recently C++), but now that I've been exposed to smalltalk,
it all seems cumbersome and scattered. I end up getting too frustrated with
the need to reference some other part of the book so often, as well as the
edit-compile-debug cycle.

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