Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020)

Re:Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020) by DeathArrow on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @06:22AM (#35166072)

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

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020) by Qem on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @07:42AM (#35166711)

Did you try the Pharo MOOC? It's a good starting place: https://mooc.pharo.org/

About information and documentation, lots of free books are available at https://books.pharo.org/

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020) by DeathArrow on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @03:55PM (#35173843)

Thank you for the links!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020) by agumonkey on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @04:55PM (#35174583)

seconded, very good introduction to the smalltalk world, didn't regret a single second of it

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020) by sebastianconcpt on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @12:08PM (#35170474)

In 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

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020) by pdxpatzer on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @10:09PM (#35177325)

Pharo can be daunting for a complete novice. Look into Cuis Smalltalk https://cuis.st/ and The Cuis Book https://cuis-smalltalk.github.io/TheCuisBook/

[ Parent | on HN ]