Hi Nathan, and welcome to this marvelous world.
Once you learn Smalltalk, there aren't other language where you will be develop better :D I don't want to speak about all the virtues of Smalltalk, I know you will discover it step by step. Only, give it time.
Exists one excelent tutorial from Steve Wesses. This tutorial, aid you to develop a little game using all aspects and features of Squeak. From creating a class, to sharing this code with Monticello and so on.
This tutorial is on: http://squeak.preeminent.org/tut2007/html/index.html
Good luck, and fun ;)
And remember, Squeak community is not so big, but is very active :)
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