> On 16 Jan 2020, at 14:18, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 17:41, ESTEBAN VILLALOBOS DIAZ via Pharo-users > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone! >> >> My name is Esteban and I will be working on the Pharo Quality Rules for the >> next few months. The goal is to create different profiles for the rules >> according to the programming experience of the user. For example, for the >> beginner profile we would like to check for common mistakes made by people >> who are just starting with Pharo like: >> >> Sending self as a message (probably because they forgot a . ) >> Using False instead of false >> etc.. >> >> I would appreciate it if you could share with me other common mistakes that >> you have seen beginners do, or maybe tell me a bit of your own experience >> when you started using Pharo :) > > - Getting confused between instance-side and class-side, mixing up > which side methods are on. > When getting a DNU maybe check if that message is known on the class-side. > > - leaving out the end of statement trailing dot. > An error message like "Blah doesn't understand self" is a bit complex > for a beginner to decipher.
Yes this one is on our list :) > > cheers -ben > -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France
