by the way I forgot to add that I am active at #pharo irc channel at freenode if you want to chat about pharo and ask questions and also you can ask your questions at stackoverflow adding the tag pharo , the pharo community is so active in stackoverflow that I have never seen an unanswered question.
here is the tag http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/pharo On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Mayuresh Kathe <mayur...@kathe.in> wrote: > Cool, thanks for the information. > Also, your "riding a bike" analogy is quite good. :) > Let's see how it goes for me. > > Best, > > ~Mayuresh > > > On 2014-09-05 22:50, kilon alios wrote: > >> I have posted a series of video tutorial for Pharo and in some of them >> I explain the basics of OO with practical examples >> >> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqbtQ7OkSta0ULYAd7Qdxof851ybh-_m_ >> [4] >> >> if you throw also PBE I think you pretty much covered. >> >> OO is not really a difficult concept, an object is just a collection >> of variables and methods and then it builds complexity from there. But >> if you already so familiar with Squeak that should come as riding a >> bike, you cant forget these things. So I am sure you will remember it >> quickly when you try your your own experiments. >> >> By the way welcome to Pharo and keep us posted with your progress . >> >> Peronally I love Squeak is hands down the most elegant GUI system I >> have used, but I use Pharo because its more actively developed and >> better in the things that interest me. >> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:09 PM, S Krish >> <krishnamachari.sudha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Welcome to the Smalltalk world.. >>> >>> You would have already seen: >>> >>> http://pharo.org/documentation [1] in particular: >>> http://pharobyexample.org/ [2] >>> >>> In Pharo Start with the Pharo Tutorials through ( Left Click on the >>> World, Help >> Pharo Tutorials ) >>> >>> Watch the screencasts.. in the documentation page.. >>> >>> Probably relevant will be Web application development with Seaside >>> framework in Pharo Smalltalk: >>> >>> http://book.seaside.st/book [3] >>> >>> >>> Rest will fall into place once you sink yourself in, and ask >>> questions relevant to where you are wanting to head to.. >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Mayuresh Kathe <mayur...@kathe.in> >>> wrote: >>> >>> A hello to Pharo-Users list members. >>>> >>>> I am Mayuresh Kathe from Mumbai, India. >>>> >>>> I used to work with Squeak a while (14 years) back, but ever >>>> since I had to move over to non-OOP environments, and never did >>>> get to work with Smalltalk or alike systems ever since. >>>> >>>> To add to that, I haven't been programming for over 7 years due >>>> to being pushed into the management track. >>>> I have quit the management world, and along with it a regular >>>> job. >>>> >>>> Am now a consultant, mostly to Web startups which leaves me with >>>> a lot of spare time to tinker around with what I would really like >>>> to. >>>> >>>> After a lot of searching and experimenting, I finally landed in >>>> Pharo land, and things look good. :) >>>> >>>> Given the fact that I haven't written a single fully functional >>>> program in 7 years, I feel like I've lost the ability to code, >>>> sort-a rusty. >>>> >>>> Would the list members be kind enough to suggest a book I could >>>> work through to warm myself up to OOP? >>>> I stumbled upon "The Object Oriented Thought Process" by Matt >>>> Weisfeld, looks good, but if there's anything better suited to >>>> Pharo, would be nice to know. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> ~Mayuresh >>>> >>> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://pharo.org/documentation >> [2] http://pharobyexample.org/ >> [3] http://book.seaside.st/book >> [4] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqbtQ7OkSta0ULYAd7Qdxof851ybh >> -_m_ >> > >
