[Cuis] New Introductory Tutorial

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi EuanM,

This is a great initiative. Thanks for including Cuis in the bunch!

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

On 14/11/2015 02:02 a.m., EuanM wrote:
> I've created Yet Another Smalltalk First
> Steps tutorial.
>
> This is intended as one of a series.
>
> It is designed to be cross-platform across
>
>      Squeak 5
>      Pharo 4
>      Seaside 3.1
>      Cuis
>      Dolphin 6
>
> If you have experience running any of these systems on Windows, Linux
> or MacOS, please check to see if I have the instructions correct for
> your chosen pairing of Smalltalk and OS platform.
>
> (As you'll see when you look, I do not have detailed instructions for
> aspects of MacOS).
>
> The document is at:
> http://smalltalkinsmallsteps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/get-smalltalk-up-and-running.html
>
> (It's intended to move to a different blog after this review process).
>
> I feel the need to do this as cross-Smalltalks tutorial because of
> findings and 4 charts  I've placed at:
> http://smalltalkinsmallsteps.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/mindshare-of-smalltalk-in-development.html
>
> Essentially, Smalltalk mindshare and use is incredibly tiny, compared
> to other languages in the same space.  (We all know this, but seeing
> it represented graphically has a more visceral effect, IMO)
>
> Aggregating interest in all the Smalltalks still does not bring more
> than a tiny proportion of the interest in, and use of, Ruby.
>
> In turn, Ruby is (quite understandably) small in comparison to JavaScript.
>
> Comparing interest in any specific Smalltalk is, predictably, smaller
> than the aggregate interest in Smalltalk.
>
> Our community seems determined to split itself into smaller and
> smaller sub-communities.  I think we do ourselves a disservice this
> way.
>
> My initial contribution will be to try to provide some explicitly
> pan-Smalltalk beginners' tutorials, like this one.
>
> Cheers, and happy Smalltalking,
>       EuanM
>
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