> On 10 Dec 2014, at 10:57, Thierry Goubier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I setup a small experiment for a group of students, when teaching them a lab > about process networks programming with Pharo and Roassal. Students were some > used to Smalltalk (VisualWorks), some with no knowledge of Smalltalk, level > is M2. > > I changed the default Browser to AltBrowser instead of PackageTreeNautilus. I > gave no explanation about how to use it. Students had a four hours lab, and > are supposed to hand out a package with a few methods containing scripts. I > showed them how to save a pre-existing package. > > - There was no question at all about the browser. And when asked, they felt > there was no need for explanations on it. > > - They are not using it the way I expected (and the way I designed it for). > They were using it like an 'eclipse' type of IDE (a single, very large window > showing both the list of examples and the place they were working on).
I don’t know why are you so surprised… eclipse is what they know, so obviously they will use it like it :P Esteban > > I'll probably try again in a different setup starting January. With > non-smalltalkers. > > Thierry > >
