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Tutorials - tasks to do
Ideas for tutorials - general and specific
Anybody is invited to put down specific requests for writing ore enhancing tutorials on Squeak.
- Translation of the nice traffic light demo from Spanish to English- http://sugarweb.com/Learning/Morphic/index.htm - Probably Leandro Caniglia has to be asked for permission. He calls Smalltalk a "virtual laboratory" in his tutorial.
- Recording a demo on writing a Morphic book - possibly using a movie capturing utility (screen and voice comments) like snagIt from http://www.techsmith.com
- Elaborate on the Morphic counter example (two versions - one doing it programmatically and the other by direct manipulation - see mails on the mailing list; add screen shots.)
- Write a tutorial on an example using the simulation framework of the purple book - for example a harbour simulation in Morphic - ships entering and leaving a harbor. The code for the simulation framework should already be on the net somewhere.
- Explanation and demonstration of the Newton laws using a Morphic book
- Introduction into language xy (for example Russian or Japanese) using a Morphic book with InterimSoundMorphs.
- Elaborated tutorial on using the Morphic construction toolkit.
- Develop a metaphor for explaining Squeak (perhaps using some ideas from http://www.mindspring.com/~juggle5/Writings/Publications.html like the city metaphor.)
- Enhance the bibliography indicating how other tutorials from other Smalltalk implementations could be used.
- Evaluate how other tutorials can be adapted for Squeak (including obtaining the permissions where necessary.)
- Develop a set of paths or "guided tours" within Squeak. Use the hyperlink feature in the Squeak class documentation. Point of depart is probably the Object class. A tour could go to the collection classes; a second to the basic GUI classes; a third to the Morphic classes; a fourth to the Swiki classes ....
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- please add further ideas
Defined tasks for tutorials
Please add here a description of a more elaborated version of an above ideas, ideally with on an new wiki page with description, questions and subtasks added.
- Develop formatting examples for tutorials - Would you Torsten Bergmann take on this job? (hh) You could for example use the Morphic counter example (and spend the counter a real model)! Or an alarm clock instead? Or a calender? There is somewhere already a calender file in.
- Develop a set of rules for communicating through this swiki; for example on how to include meta communication on the writing process. (Example: If a wiki page has a responsible assigned others are asked not to directly edit the page and put their comments in a special section of the page instead - for example at the bottom.)
- Open an inbox page for questions on Squeak
- Review existing tutorials - correspondence with the authors about further work.
Tutorial tasks in progress
Everybody working on a tutorial is kindly asked to put in a note here.
Tutorials being tested
Please fill in which documentation or tutorials you have used and write down your comments. (including questions on parts which are not clear.)
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Recently finished tutorial tasks
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Last edited: 20 Aug 99 / hh