2014-12-10 16:17 GMT+01:00 Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]>: > > > 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 >
In hindsight, it is obvious. But I haven't used Eclipse for ages :) Never, really. It got me thinking, still. I'm not sure they understood that it behaved like one method / one file. And not a single file contains many methods and you can edit in multiple places before saving the whole. Thierry
