I certainly can understand this sentiment - problem is I am not exactly a Smalltalk newbie ;-), but certainly a Pharo newbie, and I was already compiling a few remarks about quirks I encountered like not being able to deselect a list element or getting a halo to appear (in the latest image that is, not the book image). using a Mac btw) My approach was motivated because I needed to work through the book myself before letting some of our trainees do it. Anyway the responses are all much appreciated!
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Norbert Hartl <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 23.02.2011, at 15:22, Rob Vens wrote: > > > I am attempting to do the Pharo by Example book, but a package browser > (which is used in the examples) is not in the 1.1.1 or 1.2 image. > > Should I still use categories? If I create a package in Monticello > browser I am not able to add classes or anything (not as far as I could > see). > > Just starting out using Pharo, so apologies if these questions are > already answered elsewhere. > > Like Miguel said you should use the image from the website. As you could > see on the website a second edition of the book is in the make. I would > advize you to start with the current book. It gets you going in using > smalltalk and pharo. After that the second edition will be available. Quite > some things will have changed then but nothing fundamental regarding > smalltalk. It could be nice for you to follow the evolution if you start > from the first image and you get the feel how it gets better. You will be > one of the guys that have a fresh look on all of this. That is one thing we > all are missing because we are working quite some time with it and we are > blind to certain things. So don't hesitat to ask questions or the complain > about things you think are stupid :) > > Norbert >
