Squeak CD-ROM Index

Welcome to the Squeak CD-ROM! This disc has several kinds of material on it. Please look through this index to get an idea of what's available.


Main Folders (each of which has its own navigation page; follow the links)


README

New users are invited to look at the screen shots to get a feel of what can be done with Squeak. The tutorials are intended for those interested in learning more about Squeak. To install Squeak on your computer, go to the subdirectory of the virtual machines folder that is appropriate for your machine and copy the executable program file onto your hard disk.

Note

The HTML pages on this CD-ROM have many links to the (external) Web; though it can also be used "stand-alone."

Most of the virtual images on this CD-ROM assume a screen of at least 640 * 480 pixels and may have partially obscured windows on smaller screens. For best Squeaking, use a dual-monitor system consisting of a 1024 * 768 or larger lap-top LCD augmented by a 1600 * 1200 monitor.

The content of the Demos and Squeak_Swiki folders have been assembled from the contributions of the large, diverse open source Squeak community. As such, their accuracy and workability cannot be guaranteed: Servers go away, server structure gets reorganized, and platform peculiarities may arise. NO GUARANTEE IS OFFERED FOR THE CONTENT OF THOSE FOLDERS! Do not call Technical Support if you find errors, bad links, or other problems with the content of these folders.

Getting Started with Squeak

If you're new to Squeak, try reading the book that accompanied this CD-ROM as well as its companion volume  Squeak : Object-Oriented Design with Multimedia Applications by Mark Guzdial, Prentice Hall, 2001. There are also several on-line tutorials, and a pre-configured Getting Started virtual image here. For basic notes on giving a Squeak demonstration read this file on the web, and first-time users should also consult the special Newbie page on the Swiki. There is also a mailing list for Squeak-related questions; you can join it by visiting this web page.

How to Run Squeak

To start the Squeak run-time, you need to execute the virtual machine program that's appropriate for your hardware/operating system platform, and tell it which virtual image file to load objects from. It's easiest if you make a new folder (or directory) on your hard disk and copy the proper virtual machine (from the folder virtual machines) into that folder along with the sources files from the virtual images folder. (Note that the newest version on this CD-ROM is 3.0, but that most of the demo virtual images still use the version 2.0 sources file.) After this, you can copy virtual images files, along with their changes files for regular use.

Acknowledgments

Most of this material was culled from various sources on the Internet, or contributed by members of the Squeak community (THANK YOU ALL). The screen shots are largely taken from the German Smalltalk User's Group CD-ROM and Thorsten Bergmann's (awesome) web site. Dwight Hughes converted several of the documents included here to HTML, and Ken Brown helped put together the package list index.

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Stephen Travis Pope -- stp@create.ucsb.edu -- 2001.02.19