On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM Roelof Wobben <r.wob...@home.nl> wrote:
> Op 23-4-2020 om 20:52 schreef Richard Sargent: > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 3:32 AM Roelof Wobben via Pharo-users < > pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I like Pharo a lot but I hit a wall very often. >> With complex problems I do not see how to solve things in small steps. >> > > I would be happy to help with the Smalltalk and problem analysis aspects. > Unfortunately, I don't use Pharo much, so I cannot help with it. > > >> Is there somewhere who is willing to mentor me in how I can overcome >> that problem. >> >> Roelof >> >> >> > Pity, > > > but if you could help me to learn how to divide a complex problem in > smaller steps , then I think I can make it work in Pharo. My problem is > more that then how to do it in Pharo. > > Do you then use gemtalk a lot. > Pity that I cannot make exercism challenges on that. > And AdventOfCode do seem to difficult for a beginner. > Yes, I can help with those areas. I've been programming professionally and virtually exclusively in Smalltalk since 1991. I've been using GemStone/S since 2009 and now work for the manufacturer. I've been working with VA Smalltalk and its predecessors since 1994 and with VisualWorks since 2009. I hear you about using GemStone/S. For most of its life, the assumption was that you would use a client Smalltalk like VA Smalltalk or VisualWorks to do your development work. Although, recently we've been working on Jadeite ( https://github.com/GemTalk/Jadeite) to provide a development environment independent of GBS (which is what we used to connect VA Smalltalk and VisualWorks to GemStone/S). > Roelof > >
