I used Eclipse when I was coding python a lot, never missed it . Kinda strange that Pharo (and Squeak) being so unfamiliar to me felt like home right from the start. Its not what you are used to but what you want to use ;)
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Thierry Goubier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > >
