Maybe the core of the suggestion is start with the Playground and then go to the code browser, that's my workflow coming from other languages like Python and Scheme, and having the playground to emulate REPL before going to code browser has been really refreshing and also "going from scripting to object" is a well received approach in our Data Weeks.

So the Pharo Quick Start, after providing the installation instrucctions could be something like:

"""
The classical "Hello World!" program can be done in one line in Pharo, as in most dynamic languages by opening the Playground ("Cmd + Shif + o" shortcut on Mac o "Ctrl + Shift + o" on Windows) and writing "Transcript show: 'Hello World!" (see figure below), but we are going to learn also how to put this simple script into the Code Browser, a place where much of the Pharo power resides.


^ Up: The "Hello World!" example as a one-liner script ran in the Playground.

"""
and then I would add the succinct explanation you are doing about how to create the Greeter.

Cheers,

Offray

On 08/12/17 09:41, horrido wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by *PrintIt:*. If you mean type 'Hello World' in
the Playground and just *Print it*, that's not really a "program."



Sean P. DeNigris wrote

hernanmd wrote

To me the Hello World in Smalltalk was always just writing: 'Hello world'

+1. While putting it in a class shows a few more of the system's features,
it also makes it seem more complex than other languages, when that's not
really true. Why not just PrintIt: 'Hello world'? If it seems important to
show classes, maybe start with PrintIt: 'Hello world' and step-by-step
build
through `Transcript show: 'Hello world'` to the class-based solution.



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