Re: Thank you for all your training/learning thoughts

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 07:36, andy.burnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I think what I really need to do is to get over the initial 'hump' of
> building squeak applications. I need to go beyond the normal 'bank
> account' example so that I can see how to put together something more
> complex.  I will try the books.
>
> What about taking a training course in another dialect e.g Cincom
> Smalltalk.  How transferable would that be?
I found the documentation which came with Cincom Smalltalk to be invaluable in 
getting over the 'hump'. In particular the daily 'screencasts' by James 
Robertson. Like much information about software written by seasoned experts 
there are a number of places where he forgets that what comes naturally and 
without any conscious thought to him is, for a brand new learner, a vital 
fact. But that is a fact of life when trying to learn any complex software 
system.

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/cincom/blogView?content=smalltalk_daily

I don't know if anything similar based around squeak even exists.

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