Hi ubuntourist, Its probably more helpful to think of it like learning to drive a car. Yes we may want to learn and be taught in the family's brand new car but you can get the hang of things equally well in the 7 yr old sedan. The differences between not knowing how to drive and knowing how to drive are smaller than the differences between the cars.
Other than the BouncingAtomsMorph the things you mention as missing are in the new image but look and act a little differently. Start with the old stuff to get the concepts. When you move to the new stuff it'll be like learning to drive a stick shift after getting your license in an automatic. Ask questions plenty of questions. Good luck Paul On 06/27/2013 02:21 PM, ubuntourist wrote: > I am just starting with Pharo and would like to learn what is being offered > at www.pharo-project.org. (I'm also partial to Ubuntu packages, for which > the Pharo Project site helpfully provides instructions.) However, all > tutorial documentation seems to point to a VM and image that are four years > old. > > Is there any attempt at providing a PBE image that works with a current VM > or documentation that matches the VM and image offered? > > Since the examples (BouncingAtomsMorph, package browser, class browser, > button / menu settings) don't appear to be there for the newer VM and image > -- at least not in ways that are obvious to a newcomer, is there a point to > learning something that is obsolete? (Or, alternatively, is there a point > in learning the new Pharo?) I'd rather not learn something and then have to > immediately unlearn / forget it. > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Package-browser-tp3321070p4695809.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
