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I wanted to try Smalltalk, but information, documentation and examples are scarce. I am mostly interested in backend development. Most online resources I've see
by DeathArrow 4y ago
I wanted to try Smalltalk, but information, documentation and examples are scarce. I am mostly interested in backend development. Most online resources I've seen are YouTube videos about Allan Kay and Xerox in the '70s.
These seems to be advantages of Smalltalk:
-very easy to learn
-very productive
-live coding
- Qem 4y agoDid you try the Pharo MOOC? It's a good starting place: https://mooc.pharo.org/ https://mooc.pharo.org/ About information and documentation, lots of free books are available at https://books.pharo.org/ https://books.pharo.org/
- DeathArrow 4y agoThank you for the links!
- agumonkey 4y agoseconded, very good introduction to the smalltalk world, didn't regret a single second of it
- sebastianconcpt 4y agoIn the backend feels great. As the powerful monolith microservice that absorbs easily all the complexity you throw at it and allows you to adapt naturally. I've blogged how to monitor them in production recently here https://blog.sebastiansastre.co/article/pharometer-on-tlig https://blog.sebastiansastre.co/article/pharometer-on-tlig
- pdxpatzer 4y agoPharo can be daunting for a complete novice. Look into Cuis Smalltalk https://cuis.st/ https://cuis.st/ and The Cuis Book https://cuis-smalltalk.github.io/TheCuisBook/ https://cuis-smalltalk.github.io/TheCuisBook/