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Learn Smalltalk

Last updated at 1:32 pm UTC on 17 April 2008

mergeMe into Introductions to Squeak

On-line learning resources, Squeak specific:

Squeak by Example is an excellent introduction to Smalltalk and Squeak in particular that you shouldn't miss
Basic Squeak Development Tools
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Teaching/Smalltalk/index.html. Dynamic Object-Oriented Programming with Smalltalk (very good ppt lecture notes)
selfStudy Wonderful!
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/mark.guzdial/squeak/index.html
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~wolfgang/cosc205/smalltalk1.html
http://www.2share.com/squeak/Tutorial-MVC-Top.st. This is a small MVC tutorial posted on the Squeak Mailing Lists by ReinierVanLoon

Tutorials for other Smalltalks that may be useful:

http://www.astares.de/DIGITALIS/index.htm DIGITALIS Smalltalk Online Books - broken link
ftp://ftp.create.ucsb.edu/pub/Smalltalk/Squeak/docs/VW/VWTableOfContents.html - broken link
http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/ece480_info/project/spring96/proj63/www - broken link
http://chip.cs.uiuc.edu/ftp/pub/Smalltalk/books/Adv_VW.tar.gz - broken link
http://www.mk.dmu.ac.uk/~gperkins/Smalltalk - broken link
http://learningworks.neometron.com - broken link
http://www.open.ac.uk/OU/CourseDetails/m206.html - broken link

Sites with links for learning Smalltalk:

Smalltalk Industry Council: http://www.stic.st

Books on Smalltalk abound. All describe dialects that vary somehow from Squeak. The oldest books may be best since they describe the roots from which Squeak grows.
note - all of these are already in Introductions to Squeak>Smalltalk books

Blue Book The original reference
Green Book Advice from early implementers
Red Book Explains the development environment
Inside Smalltalk Volume II explains MVC

The only way to learn Smalltalk is to program in it. Sometimes you know what you want to program. If you don't, it helps to have some excercises

Ralph Johnsons Exercises - in Introductions to Squeak
Squeak bons mots
Model View Controller Exercises - in Introductions to Squeak
Forms, Views, and Windows
Method for making Morphs

Websites for classes using Squeak. Examples: assignments, tutorials, cases, etc.
ullihttp://pbl.cc.gatech.edu/cs2390/1.html – the main class website. Lots of stuff here – over 75 fully worked out and documented Squeak programs. -sorry dead link-

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs2390_98_winter – one of the class websites__Some Notes on Type_refactorMe