Squeak or Pharo for the beginning Smalltalker?

Question

I am a Rubyist that is just starting to dabble in Smalltalk and am trying to chose an implementation to experiment with. It seems like Squeak or Pharo would be a good choice, bu

Answer 1

There are a number of interesting possible starting points:

• Seaside-one-click to do web development;
• MOOSE one-click to do software reengineering and create model browsers and visualizations;
• Pharo one-click to follow the Pharo-by-example book (more up to date than the squeak one) with a more cleaned-up library;
• Cuis for a cleaned-up graphics model (Morphic);
• EToys one-click if you're interested in educational aspects;
• Squeak-one-click for an environment with an abundance of interesting tools & toys.

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