Quite honestly, I don't know if either would be "appropriate" in the sense of giving you direction... but what do I know? So for what it's worth, I have read them both and it would seem that you are beyond the white book. The blue book is interesting reading and may provide some direction by describing (on a VERY high level) what other projects have accomplished (or begun to accomplish). If you live in the Ann Arbor area I would be glad to let you borrow either.
=jason
On Wed, 01 May 2002 13:41:21 -0500, "Jason Dufair" jase@dufair.org said:
I've seen mention of several Squeak books here on the list and on c.l.s., but I want to know which one(s) would be a good fit for me. I looked at reviews on Amazon.com and it wasn't obvious, based on my skills and current needs.
I am currently employed as a Smalltalk developer and have a decent grasp of Smalltalk, specifically the VisualWorks flavor. I've also done a lot of other programming, including Perl, PL/SQL, VB, C/C++, and others.
I want to build a multimedia PC for my home and have a Squeak-based frontend to control it. The only display will be my television and the only input will be a remote control, presumably with an arrow pad (left, right, up, down) and not a mouse or trackball. I want it to be the following: an MP3 jukebox, an answering machine, a tv tuner and PVR, a video (i.e. MPEG, DiVX, WMA) library, and an app launcher for games. I'll be making this freely available, by the way, and would be glad to have help if anyone is interested.
Can anyone recommend which Squeak book to buy? Projects that may have attempted this type of thing? Caveats about my dream system? Thanks!
-- Jason Dufair - jase@dufair.org http://www.dufair.org/ "The oldest one captains the bleak white ship of bone with palsied hands The one of middle years wears a hope like chains The youngest one cries tears of scarlet, and adjusts her latest smile" -- ToasterLeavings
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