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I'm intrigued. Can you point to a book or guide that expands this further, is beginner friendly and not 300 pages? Thanks!

david-given 11y ago
Amber has a really nice interactive tutorial: http://amber-lang.net/learn.html http://amber-lang.net/learn.html It's actually running in your browser, and the whole thing is a live coding environment in disguise. Well worth a play.
- rufugee 11y ago
  First thing I get when clicking "DoIt" in Chrome or Firefox is "Parse error on line 1 column 47 : Unexpected character null". Edit: turns out, I should've looked more closely. You're supposed to select particular text before pressing the button. If you do this it works. Still, they might want to consider a more friendly error message ;)
  - david-given 11y ago
    I think what it's trying to tell you is that you haven't selected any text inside the edit window. (I agree it's a terrible error message.)
    - dragonwriter 11y ago
      Almost as terrible is the fact that the listed keyboard shortcut alternative to clicking DoIt (CTRL d) actually deletes, rather than executes, the selected text.
      - aiiane 11y ago
        In Chrome, at least, Ctrl+Shift+D works. So might be an implementation detail.
- sebastianconcpt 11y ago
  You can also try SqueakJS https://bertfreudenberg.github.io/SqueakJS/ https://bertfreudenberg.github.io/SqueakJS/ It implemented Smalltalk primitives in JavaScript so it can run a real, bit identical, Squeak image.
xrange 11y ago
Maybe start with "Smalltalk 80: The Language", and just read the first three chapters: http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/BlueBook/Bluebook.pdf http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/BlueBook/Bluebook.... Also available for $1.89 (plus shipping) used from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Smalltalk-80-Language-Adele-Goldberg/dp/0201136880/ref=sr_1_1/176-5425998-4958107?ie=UTF8&qid=1440187645&sr=8-1&keywords=smalltalk http://www.amazon.com/Smalltalk-80-Language-Adele-Goldberg/d...
- igouy 11y ago
  Those are very dated and not really beginner friendly.
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igouy 11y ago
Perhaps "I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can’t Read Smalltalk" pdf 10 pages http://www.eli.sdsu.edu/courses/spring01/cs635/readingSmalltalk.pdf http://www.eli.sdsu.edu/courses/spring01/cs635/readingSmallt...
- ljw1001 11y ago
  In the time it takes to write a 10 page document, any reasonable person could learn to read smalltalk.
  - igouy 11y ago
    No one is being asked to write a 10 page document.

david-given 11y ago

Amber has a really nice interactive tutorial: http://amber-lang.net/learn.html http://amber-lang.net/learn.html It's actually running in your browser, and the whole thing is a live coding environment in disguise. Well worth a play.

rufugee 11y ago
First thing I get when clicking "DoIt" in Chrome or Firefox is "Parse error on line 1 column 47 : Unexpected character null". Edit: turns out, I should've looked more closely. You're supposed to select particular text before pressing the button. If you do this it works. Still, they might want to consider a more friendly error message ;)
- david-given 11y ago
  I think what it's trying to tell you is that you haven't selected any text inside the edit window. (I agree it's a terrible error message.)
  - dragonwriter 11y ago
    Almost as terrible is the fact that the listed keyboard shortcut alternative to clicking DoIt (CTRL d) actually deletes, rather than executes, the selected text.
    - aiiane 11y ago
      In Chrome, at least, Ctrl+Shift+D works. So might be an implementation detail.
sebastianconcpt 11y ago
You can also try SqueakJS https://bertfreudenberg.github.io/SqueakJS/ https://bertfreudenberg.github.io/SqueakJS/ It implemented Smalltalk primitives in JavaScript so it can run a real, bit identical, Squeak image.

xrange 11y ago

Maybe start with "Smalltalk 80: The Language", and just read the first three chapters: http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/BlueBook/Bluebook.pdf http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/BlueBook/Bluebook.... Also available for $1.89 (plus shipping) used from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Smalltalk-80-Language-Adele-Goldberg/dp/0201136880/ref=sr_1_1/176-5425998-4958107?ie=UTF8&qid=1440187645&sr=8-1&keywords=smalltalk http://www.amazon.com/Smalltalk-80-Language-Adele-Goldberg/d...

igouy 11y ago
Those are very dated and not really beginner friendly.

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igouy 11y ago

Perhaps "I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can’t Read Smalltalk" pdf 10 pages http://www.eli.sdsu.edu/courses/spring01/cs635/readingSmalltalk.pdf http://www.eli.sdsu.edu/courses/spring01/cs635/readingSmallt...

ljw1001 11y ago
In the time it takes to write a 10 page document, any reasonable person could learn to read smalltalk.
- igouy 11y ago
  No one is being asked to write a 10 page document.