On 8 December 2017 at 03:38, horrido <horrido.hobbies@gmail.com> wrote:

I've completed the first draft of my�� Pharo Quick Start guide
<https://medium.com/@richardeng/pharo-quick-start-5bab70944ce2>�� . I decided
to forge ahead anyway.

Feedback welcome.

Note that I chose wget instead of curl because many Linux distros do not
have curl installed.

I've tested the guide for various Linux distros including Mint 18.3
(Ubuntu-based), Debian 9.2.1, Manjaro 17.0.6 (Arch-based), Solus 3, and
Fedora 27. So it should be good for all the popular distros (Top 10).

Good work. Really nice and succulent. Some random feedback...

>��due to a known macOS bug, the Pharo application will crash the first time

due to a known macOS bug >>> being investigated <<<,
the Pharo application >>>>may<<< crash the first time

(I presume it is)

>��To open the System Browser, click on...

To open the System Browser, left-click on...

*Most* newcomers will assume getting a menu is a right-click (btw like every other menu in Pharo)

but Pharo is different here.�� I do believe we should change it to right-click to lower friction,��

or even both left-click and right-click to keep newcomers and stalwarts happy.

How often does anyone right-click on the World?�� Could it be moved to a modifier key?

>��Now we need to create a method or function for our Greeter class. The standard first method is ��initialize�� which is invoked when the Greeter class is instantiated (this is OOP parlance). For simplicity, we shall skip this.

For simplicity, just leave it out.

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Now that sparks an idea for a follow-on article "Pharo - the next ten minutes"��

* show how easy GUI text output is easy (its another equivalent to the printf��debugging paradigm every knows)

�� Greeter >> screamIt

�� self inform: 'HELLO WORLD!'

* show nice process management and DSLish language

�� Greeter >> counter

�� | count |

�� count := 0.

�� [�� count := count + 1.��

�� self inform: count printString.

�� 2 seconds wait.

�� ] forkNamed: 'Count de Money'�� "see..[1]"

�� then World > Tools > Process Browser to Suspend,Resume, Terminate.

* show unique feature with continuation of state across sessions...
�� run "Greeter new counter"

�� the get them to close the image and reopen it.

cheers -ben

P.S.�� side humor...

[1]��https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sztf4hcGrB4