Gerry Weaver wrote:
Hello All,
I'm new to Pharo and SmallTalk. I am trying to follow "Pharo by Example", but
my Pharo browser is not the same. I tried to follow the FAQ about how to fix that, but
the drop down menu doesn't look the same either. Should I be using a different version of
Pharo? I'm using 1.3.
Thanks,
Gerry
Gerry,
One of my first experiences learning Squeak/Pharo (Pharo is a fork of
Squeak) was doing the "Laser Game - A Development Example for Squeak
3.9" tutorial [1]. I found it really great seeing the start-to-end
building of an application and I think you would find it most useful.
> I come from the other end of the world in terms of software
development (kernel, C, command line, etc.)Sounds like
It sounds like you may also be new to object oriented programming. In
that case I suggest that Smalltalk what you need right now. Even though
other language have object-oriented features, many are "hybrid"
languages and it is hard to unlearn your previous non-object-oriented
habits. Smalltalk helps you THINK object oriented and will be a great
benefit even if you end up with another language.
Try these steps...
1. Depending on your platform, download file [2] for Windows, [3] for
Mac or [4] for Linux. ( Note, I have only used the Windows one)
2. Unzip and run the Squeak executable.
3. Do the tutorial [1]
[1] http://squeak.preeminent.org/tut2007/html/index.html
[2] http://ftp.squeak.org/3.9/win/Squeak3.9-win32.zip
[3] http://ftp.squeak.org/3.9/mac/Squeak3.9-7067mac.zip
[4] http://ftp.squeak.org/3.9/unix-linux/Squeak3.9-final-7067.zip
cheers, Ben
