I understand the difficulties. Indeed I've created Pharocasts to learn ;) You learn better when you do something, for me a way is to record screencasts. I've created this application a year ago to get some overview http://magaloma.seasidehosting.st/ I still use it sometimes. Feel free to ask on the mailing-list, there are helpful people (cool !). And one great way to contribute is to write comments on what you have understood and submit your package to PharoInbox Laurent. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Helene Bilbo < thereluctantprogrammer@fastmail.fm> wrote:
Hi, i donât want to see a specific package explained - i would rather like to watch, how someone will make sense of a package she/he doesnât know (and that does not have much comments..) and tries to read and understand it.
I just sit here and try to understand SpectrumAnalyzerMorph - but perhaps this is a bad example, because it is included in Pharo 1.1.1 but doesnât work there. This would be more a debugging show..
What kind of âstrategyâ or âpatternâ do you use to understand a class/package? Where do i start reading in the first place? Do i search messages / try to âfollowâ them using method finder? I tried to file out classes and print them on paper - which was a bad idea.. Do you take notes? Make drawings? Just read along in the SystemBrowser?
Can you imagine a bit, what i mean? It is really very basic.. Best regards, Helene.
laurent laffont wrote:
Hi,
indeed I don't really see how to do this sort of screencast .....
Which packages would you like to see explained ?
Laurent
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Helene Bilbo < thereluctantprogrammer@fastmail.fm> wrote:
Hi, i have a proposition for a Pharo-Screencast:
I would love to look over someoneâs shoulder while she/he is *reading* code. A possible plot would be to download something from squeaksource and
then
trying to make sense out of it - and talking while doing so. (It would also be good to see all the relevant functions of the browser in action).
Background: While i have read some books now (blue book, pharo by example, seaside by example, best practice patterns) i have never actually seen people programming. So i absolutely miss the craftsmanship side of things.
Anyway thank you for Pharocasts. Best regards, Helene. -- View this message in context:
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