Re: New User

[Derek Zhou]

On 2021-07-10 13:55:02Z, joseph turco wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> im a new programmer and new to smalltalk. i decided on using GNU-Smalltalk
> to learn the language. i hope you don't mind asking this question, but is
> this version of smalltalk the best to use? i see alot of people talk about
> having the IDE making what smalltalk is, and using the command line/emacs
> is not the way to do it.

Welcome. Like many questions in life, the answer is "it depends". I myself use 
GNU smalltalk precisely because I don't want to behold to an IDE. 

>  ill be following "computer programming with
> gnu-smalltalk" by canol gokel. is this the right way? many thanks in
> advance.
> 

The book is good;  it aims at the audience with no prior programming 
experience. You are on the right track.

Derek