On 04 Nov 2013, at 11:37, prova email <prova...@hotmail.it> wrote:

> 
> Hi Sven
> 
> yes, i read PBE, it's a great book, i love it. You are right, Pharo is 
> different, and i'm wrong in searching the way to do "old school" stuff. 

Well, it is not wrong, but maybe a bit too early.

The main attraction of Pharo is the incredible environment that gives you ‘live 
objects at your fingertips’. Once you get used to live debugging, workspaces, 
inspector/explorers, readable source code all the way down, etc.. it will be 
hard to go back to more primitive environments.

> Best;
> Paolo
> 
> > From: s...@stfx.eu
> > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 11:25:47 +0100
> > To: pharo-users@lists.pharo.org
> > Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Create a .exe application in Pharo 2.0
> > 
> > Hi Paolo,
> > 
> > On 04 Nov 2013, at 11:07, prova email <prova...@hotmail.it> wrote:
> > 
> > > It's quite hard to me to explain what i need. When i ask something, i've 
> > > never had the answer that i want. What do you mean for "There are some 
> > > places in the system where you can put txt file"? What are the places you 
> > > are talking about? Is it the Pharo 2.0 folder? 
> > > Can somebody tell me step-by-step how to create the .exe file? Why is it 
> > > so difficult? As i said at the beginnning of one of my first messages, 
> > > i'm a rookie in Pharo. So i need something more.
> > > 
> > > Thanks again.
> > > Paolo
> > 
> > Pharo is quite different from C, C# or Java. Building a .exe can be done or 
> > be simulated, but it is not how Pharo is normally used, so it is not a 
> > simple, one-click option. I would consider it ‘advanced'.
> > 
> > When learning something new, especially when it is very different from what 
> > you are used to, it is best, in my opinion, to first do everything the way 
> > things are meant to be done. You will ‘get it’ much sooner that way.
> > 
> > Working in an image without source files and using higher level distributed 
> > source code control feels very strange for newcomers.
> > 
> > You should start with Pharo by Example (dated, but still the best intro), 
> > after that there is Deep into Pharo, or the upcoming Pharo for the 
> > Enterprise.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Sven
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Sven Van Caekenberghe
> > http://stfx.eu
> > Smalltalk is the Red Pill
> > 
> >


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