EXACTLY!, Stéphane, thank you! I will go through this tutorial today. Has anyone written any documentation or maybe a tool that would help understand what each ‘widget’ is capable of? I review all example code, read all class comments and peruse the class hierarchy, but when a widget capability doesn’t work for me, I don’t know whether I’m using it incorrectly, in the wrong place, or if it’s a bug.. I.e filter/sort, TransmitTo:, drag and drop, double-click, right-click, presenter management (modal, etc), and how to force the display to refresh, etc. Your thoughts?
I appreciate (and admire) all the work you and everyone put into the documentation and tutorials - and I am voracious in consuming them. I hope to build my skills to be able to contribute for the community. Thanks! Russ On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 5:07 AM Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> wrote: > > > On 29 Jul 2020, at 05:06, Russ Whaley <whaley.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Back on the 'Intermediate Tutorials' question... > > I would love to see intermediate tutorials on Spec2 and Seaside.... and > perhaps how to best adapt an (Sp)Application to serve both 'presenters' > with guidelines on what responsibility goes where on the > presenter/component, application, and model(s). > > > Agreed. > Now for the seaside tutorials please ask seasiders because what is killing > me is to have to deeply learning something before writing > may be one person can write some blog posts. > > For Spec2 we will but I’m waiting for esteban to write and I do a pass > after. > > What I found most useful in tutorials is specific examples. To me, generic > examples can be too easily misunderstood - making them difficult to > (re)apply. A specific example, even if silly, can really make a difference… > > > Yes! > Did you see > > > https://github.com/Ducasse/smalltodo-example/blob/master/SmallTODO-Tutorial-1.md > > > i.e. I'm never going to create a GUI based on the Class/method hierarchy > and I find it very difficult to apply those examples (although they are > slick) to my application needs. > > I love looking at how other people approach problems, identify solutions > (I can't wait to dig into the logic-puzzle code). This mailing list is > great, but more - and more advanced - tutorials would be very much > appreciated! > > Thanks! > Russ > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:45 PM tbrunz <wild.id...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So I decided to write an application to solve the Zebra Puzzle, by solving >> this type of problem in general. In Pharo, of course. >> >> I worked out a few basic algorithms for making deductions and inferences, >> and coded them, along with tests, in Pharo 8. Now I've reached the point >> of >> having a working "proof of concept" or prototype. It can't (yet) solve >> the >> Zebra Puzzle without some "human assistance", but it does keep track of >> the >> solution state as it progresses, it handles the bookkeeping, makes the >> basic >> deductions/inferences, and produces reports. >> >> And I've used it to quickly solve the Zebra Puzzle. I coded the solution >> as >> a separate class/method, with extra rules inserted that I was able to >> infer >> by iterating to partial solutions, so that it solves the entire thing. It >> will interesting to develop the remaining algorithms, and it would be nice >> to eventually create a nice, interactive user interface for it as well. >> >> Since I want to fashion this into an intermediate-level tutorial, I need >> feedback on what I have so far. I don't want my inexperience to lead to >> me >> teaching the wrong techniques, etc. to other developers who are learning >> Pharo. What I have can no doubt be improved, but I need to hear from the >> master craftsman in this community what parts are compromised and how (and >> why) it can be made a better example of "how to program in Pharo" >> properly. >> >> If anyone has the time and is willing to help, the code (complete with >> class >> & method comments, test classes/methods, and the Zebra Puzzle example) is >> here: >> https://github.com/tbrunz/logic-puzzle and I'm available to answer >> questions >> about it, of course. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> >> > > -- > Russ Whaley > whaley.r...@gmail.com > > > -------------------------------------------- > Stéphane Ducasse > http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org > 03 59 35 87 52 > Assistant: Aurore Dalle > FAX 03 59 57 78 50 > TEL 03 59 35 86 16 > S. Ducasse - Inria > 40, avenue Halley > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/40,+avenue+Halley?entry=gmail&source=g> > , > Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza > Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 > France > > -- Russ Whaley whaley.r...@gmail.com
