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Op 23-4-2020 om 23:53 schreef Richard
Sargent:
Op 23-4-2020 om 23:00 schreef Richard Sargent:
Op 23-4-2020 om 21:09 schreef Richard
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Op 23-4-2020 om 20:52 schreef
Richard Sargent:
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
Oke, I have heard of it but because I could not
find a course or book about gemstone and found a
mooc about Pharo I choose that one.
Pharo is an excellent choice and the MOOC
should help.
But is there then much difference between Pharo
and Gemstone or can I make a solution to a
problem and use the same code for both.
There are many differences. Most notably,
GemStone doesn't have a GUI. However, there are
many people using what's called "Develop in Pharo,
deploy in GemStone" with Seaside.
For me programming is a hobby. In the
Netherlands most companies use c# and with 53
and no XP I do not think its wise to think I
find a job as developer.
It's a good hobby. I wouldn't plan on finding a
job, if I were you, but you never know.
Opportunities come along, especially if you are
ready for one.
Roelof
Oke,
if you still wanted , it is fine with me that you mentor
me.
But I think we need to find a way to make it work and I
do not know if posting on the pharo ml is a good way to
make it work because then we pollute the ML and other
people can interfer.
Do you have any ideas ?
For me its fine that you send emails to my personal email.
Either way works for me, but I think discussing the
issues on list will be beneficial. There are a lot of other
people out there who will have ideas and different
perspectives. And some of them might be able to answer your
questions more quickly than I could get to them.
Roelof
That is also true but I also think that the maintainers of the pharo
track are not happy when solutions of their challenges could be find
on a ML.
Roelof
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