On 26 June 2018 at 06:17, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote: > Hi everyone - at tonights month UK Smalltalk Meetup, we got some nice > compliments on the state of Pharo (the participants - all ex small talkers > - although ex in so much as they fondly remembered it and wanted to use it > for something relevant now because they enjoyed it in the past). > > Anyway, one interesting comment stuck out - he had downloaded Pharo > (having used Visual Age 15+ years ago) and was a bit overwhelmed with what > laugher presented to him. He didn’t hate it - but was initially a bit lost > as to what it all meant and how to start… he figured it out, but I thought > the feedback was interesting and made me think that maybe we need some form > of intro wizard to get people off to a quick start but leave them confident > enough that they might come back and try a Pharo 7 or Moose etc. > > I encouraged him to post something on here, but thoughtI would note it (as > it seems quite easy to fix) as an idea while it was fresh in my mind. > > A welcome tutorial is a good idea. And btw, the sort of idea that only comes from broader use of PharoLauncher.
cheers -ben
