On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:04:52 +0800 Stephen Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > First off, I am really new to smalltalk. I have tons of experience > with languages like C but have never made the move to OO type languages. > > Secondly, I've been reading up as much as I can on OO concepts and > perhaps I can say that I feel comfortable with smalltalk syntax. My > question is how does one start learning about the MVC or Morphic > interfaces in order to use smalltalk in writing programs that make use > of lots of windows with text fields etc like in traditional business > systems? I cannot seem to find complete info on these topics. Many > tutorials just spend lots of time painting pretty lines and patterns > and fall short of showing someone like me how best to use the MVC, > Graphics-* or Morphic-* class categories and their classes. I > understand Morphic is the new wave as far as Squeak is concerned and I > would be just as happy to use it. However, all the literature on the > web is really disparate and does not approach the subject in a > holistic way. I've even tried looking at the classes themselves in the > Browser but the whole thing just gets very confusing. > > I'd appreciate it if anyone can provide some pointers, direction, > literature (up to date with Squeak) etc. Hi Stephen. Welcome to the community! For traditional business programs in Squeak, I think that Morphic is the hard way to do it. I tried, made a bit of progress but then gave up in disgust. What I recommend is that you start from our documentation page - http://www.squeak.org/Documentation/. The book to read is "Squeak By Example". For business information system development, I'd recommend getting in to web development using Seaside: http://www.seaside.st/. Your applications in this environment will look a lot more professional than they would in Morphic. And do ask questions here, or join us on the IRC channel on freenode.net, #squeak. Often there are people there :-). Gulik. -- Michael van der Gulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
