Archive for February, 2007
VisualWorks SmallTalk Screencasts
I have recently been watching some introductory screencasts from Cincom’s SmallTalk site. These are short little videos that introduce some feature of the SmallTalk language or the VisualWorks environment. The very first one is in .wmv format. All others are Flash videos.
This limits where I can view them–I avoid Flash on most of my computers, [...]
Lost It, Starting Over
During preparation for an upgrade from Fedora Core 5 to Fedora Core 6, I lost all of my data on the older Dell laptop where I do much of my work. That includes Squeak, REBOL, REXX, and the progression through a couple of tutorials for each language. After two days of work, the laptop is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Squeak With Robots
Squeak: Programming With Robots is a children's introduction to programming, similar to the 1980s LOGO phenomenon. Where LOGO has turtles, Squeak with the "Ready" image used in this book uses robots. I am using this book with my nephews. This article will not really get into it yet, but future articles will. If you don’t [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )REBOL Quick Start, Part Two
The second part of the Quick Start tutorial, found on the REBOL Technologies site. Begin by going there.
It starts out with a REBOL script, the same one used in Quick Start part 1. We remove some of the program code, the function that resizes the clock when you click and drag a [...]
REBOL Tutorial, Part 2
Let’s start by opening up the tutorial in another browser tab or window.
At the beginning, Nick Antonaccio gives several demonstrations of simple REBOL programs that perform tasks that could be useful. Of course, for each of these, in real life, one might want to improve them. But they serve their purpose. In [...]
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