Hi Ben, I appreciate your suggestions. I'm actually doing okay now. I was just having some issues understanding the IDE. It's very different than anything I've ever used before. I do have some experience with C++, Objective-c, and Object Pascal though.
Thanks, Gerry -----Original Message----- > From: "Ben Coman" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 01/05/12 07:46 > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo by Example > > 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
