--On Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:12 PM +0200 Frantisek Fuka 
<fuxoft at terminal.cz> wrote:

> I'm beginner in Squeak. Can I order this book without reading the first
> one?

Yes. There's even a chapter "Squeak for non-native speakers". There's also 
an intro to morphic. Indeed, all the chapters in the first section are 
fairly well targeted to newbies (well, mine, "Networking Squeak" bounces up 
and down...i.e., there are intro bits and advanced bits).

What's lacking in the book is any discussion of OOP or OOD (design) *per 
se*...as it should lack. If you want some of that, then the textbook is the 
way to go.

> Or should I order both?

Can't hurt :) But I don't think there's a "prerequisite" relationship twixt 
the two, they each stand alone, but they work well together, too.

The textbook goes more in depth on some topics (and doesn't touch at all on 
many in the anth) and tends more to step by step walkthroughs and the like.

Get both. Enjoy both.

Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.