Hi Christian,
I would try also a not so tight schedule for 45 minutes. At our local
hackerspace we have regular workshops/hackathons using Pharo and
Roassal. Our approach is described here:
[1]
https://pharoweekly.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/about-alternate-ways-to-teach-pharo/
So, going to the basics of the syntax and the using it to build a simple
app like the Cinemania app using OMDB is good for such short time. I
will be updating soon some screenshots for the procedure and notes taken
in a Grafoscopio notebook [2] for our ongoing Data Week seven this and
next weekends.
[2] http://mutabit.com/grafoscopio/index.en.html
Cheers,
Offray
On 30/10/16 02:39, Christian Haider wrote:
Hi all,
in two weeks, I am going to give a little talk about Smalltalk:
http://metameute.de/nook2016/ .
It is 45 min with students who probably never heard of Smalltalk.
I want to concentrate on the liveliness of the environment with the
tools: Workspace, Inspector, Browser and Debugger.
For this, I need a simple but nice example.
I will use VisualWorks 8.2 and Mirko, a new Smalltalk lover, will use
Pharo 5.
We want to have the computers connected, maybe also a Pi, to show the
platform independence of the image concept.
The first idea was a chat client. A client and a server in one image.
Then in two images on one machine, on two machines (also the Pi),
maybe in two dialects (VW, Pharo).
Possible to transfer code (blocks) across images (that should blow
their minds J).
This is cool, but I am not sure if this is not too much and
distracting with other technologies.
Another is to read a csv file or web service and parse it into
objects. With the right kind of cool data it is fun to mold these
objects for the tools.
This not so sexy, but easy to do from scratch. Unfortunately, the
different computers would not play a role.
As you see, I am a bit lost and wanted to ask you guys for ideas.
Happy hacking,
Christian
P.S. Here in Lübeck, a town in northern Germany, the attitude towards
Smalltalk is generally positive, interested and curious. Maybe it is
time for a Smalltalk renaissance?
