For Serious Software Developers Only
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay @ Creative Think Seminar 1982
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Use The Object Explorer Luke*
In any Squeak environment, the Object Explorer can help you learn how things work. The following link has a step-by-step, illustrated example:
Often in Squeak, whenever there’s interaction with the UI, the most direct path to understanding starts with the morph you are clicking. You can cmd-click(Mac) or right-click (Windows) on any morph to bring up a set of icons called a halo.
* For folk not familiar with Star Wars, see the Force
Development Tutorial: Squeak Board Games
Steve Wessels has a very thorough, step-by-step example of how to develop Squeak applications.
Not Really Optional
The Squeak browser has what are called “optional buttons” which I find indispensable.
Each of these buttons saves you at least one click and most cases several. The “inheritance” button has color codings which provide information that’s very time consuming to get at. In my experiences, one almost always needs a few of these capabilities during a programming session. They do take up screen real estate but for many it’s a worthwhile trade-off.
In order to show these buttons you need to select “optional buttons” in the browsing section of preferences. If you don’t already know how to do this read the rest of this entry. Read the rest of this entry »
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