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Nmingott: initial version, missing links

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* Since then end of 2021 Cuis has its own Web site . Keep an eye on that.
* Since 2022 Cuis has monthly meetings which are also recorded. The man who made this possible is ''Hilaire Fernandes''. Meeting are open to beginners. We

What follow is not just a list of books and media, it is what I personally used and in some case I am still using to learn ''Smalltalk'' and ''Cuis-Smalltalk'' in particular. I follow the same order in which I discovered/red/used the resource.

'''ATTENTION'''. A lot of books listed below are '''available for free''' here, a collection made by ''Stephane Ducasse'' (the founder of Pharo). I prefer to buy the printed copy anyway but having the possibility of reading the pdf in the iPad at night or before buying the printed copy is a great thing. I big ''merci'' to Stephan, there is a donate button on the page.

* '''Learn Smalltalk with ProfStef'''. You can do it online now here, when I red it was a sequence of instruction to run into a Pharo Workspace.
* '''Squeak by Example'''. Squeak is a father of all open source Smalltalk. Download the most recent release.
* '''Squeak open personal computing and multimedia''', by ''Guzdial'' & ''Rose''. Two books, really outdated but good to have an idea of what you can do (and you could do in early 2000 with Smalltalk).
* StackOverflow. There I got some questions answered when I was at the very beginning. A special thank you here goes to ''Leandro Caniglia'' who was willing to give me the very first directions when I was just trying to copy and past code chunks (wrong attitude for Smalltalk).
* The Squeak Swiki. This is kind of ''MediaWiki'' for ''Squeak''. You can find a lot of useful information there. But beware, some of it is outdated. Put more value on the concepts and explanations than on the code snippets.
* The '''Squeak mailing list'''. This is a developer list, but you may find somebody who is willing to assist you moving the first steps, in my case it was ''Hannes Hirzel''.
* The '''Cuis-Smalltalk mailing list'''. This is a developer list but again, somebody may have time to assist you moving the first steps. In my case these people were mostly: ''Juan Vuletich'' (the founder of Cuis), ''Gerald Klix'', ''Dave T. Lewis'', ''Ken Dickey''.
* Learning Cuis. A lot of useful things.
* '''Cuis Documentation directory''', see here.
* '''Smalltalk by Example''' by ''Alec Sharp''. If you are good at programming in at least another language this book is a must.
* '''Inside Smalltalk''' by ''Lalonde & Pugh''. Really good book. There are 2 volumes. I red mostly Vol.1.
* '''The Cuis Book'''. This is a book aimed at beginners and not programmers, it comes from the Cuis community. If you find it after you already red a lot of stuff it may still be an interesting reading because it talks about things specific about Cuis e.g. Packages and VectorGraphics.
* '''Byte Magazine''' August 1981 issue is fully dedicated to Smalltalk. There are several articles touching different topics. A must have, It is still referenced today.
* '''Smalltalk, an introduction to application development using VisualWorks''' by ''Hopkins'' and ''Horan''. Another excellent book comparable with "Smalltalk by Example" maybe a bit lighter.
* '''The Hitchhiker's guide to the Smalltalk Compiler''' by ''Vassili Bykov''. You can find a version in the Cuis Documentation, here.
* '''VisualWorks documentation'''. Cincom VisualWorks is a commercial Smalltalk with a long history, there is possibility to have a PUL (personal use license). I was able to install it in Linux (there are some nasty difficulties setting the GUI scaling) and I discovered the pdf documentation that comes with the software. It is really amazing, a work very well done. You may start reading from the file AppDevGuide.pdf .

=== Book that still I could not read well or very partially ===

* '''Smalltalk-80, the language and its implementation''' by ''Goldberg'' and ''Robson''. Called The Blue Book, it is considered a bible. It is not what you want to use to learn how to program in Cuis, at least at the beginning.
* ... there is a collection of little books I was told about, made at the end of the '90. At the moment i don't remember the title but they have a huge reputation.

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	* Since then end of 2021 Cuis has its own Web site . Keep an eye on that.		* Since then end of 2021 Cuis has [https://cuis.st/ its own Web site] . Keep an eye on that.
	* Since 2022 Cuis has monthly meetings which are also recorded. The man who made this possible is ''Hilaire Fernandes''. Meeting are open to beginners. We		* Since 2022 Cuis has [https://cuis.st/community monthly meetings] which are also [https://cuis.st/community#meetings-archive recorded]. The man who made this possible is ''Hilaire Fernandes''. Meeting are open to beginners. We

	What follow is not just a list of books and media, it is what I personally used and in some case I am still using to learn ''Smalltalk'' and ''Cuis-Smalltalk'' in particular. I follow the same order in which I discovered/red/used the resource.		What follow is not just a list of books and media, it is what I personally used and in some case I am still using to learn ''Smalltalk'' and ''Cuis-Smalltalk'' in particular. I follow the same order in which I discovered/red/used the resource.

	'''ATTENTION'''. A lot of books listed below are '''available for free''' here, a collection made by ''Stephane Ducasse'' (the founder of Pharo). I prefer to buy the printed copy anyway but having the possibility of reading the pdf in the iPad at night or before buying the printed copy is a great thing. I big ''merci'' to Stephan, there is a donate button on the page.		'''ATTENTION'''. A lot of books listed below are '''available for free''' [http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html here], a collection made by ''Stephane Ducasse'' (the founder of Pharo). I prefer to buy the printed copy anyway but having the possibility of reading the pdf in the iPad at night or before buying the printed copy is a great thing. I big ''merci'' to Stephan, there is a donate button on the page.

	* '''Learn Smalltalk with ProfStef'''. You can do it online now here, when I red it was a sequence of instruction to run into a Pharo Workspace.		* '''Learn Smalltalk with ProfStef'''. You can do it online now [https://amber-lang.net/learn.html here], when I red it was a sequence of instruction to run into a Pharo Workspace.
	* '''Squeak by Example'''. Squeak is a father of all open source Smalltalk. Download the most recent release.		* '''Squeak by Example'''. Squeak is a father of all open source Smalltalk. Download the most recent release.
	* '''Squeak open personal computing and multimedia''', by ''Guzdial'' & ''Rose''. Two books, really outdated but good to have an idea of what you can do (and you could do in early 2000 with Smalltalk).		* '''Squeak open personal computing and multimedia''', by ''Guzdial'' & ''Rose''. Two books, really outdated but good to have an idea of what you can do (and you could do in early 2000 with Smalltalk).
	* StackOverflow. There I got some questions answered when I was at the very beginning. A special thank you here goes to ''Leandro Caniglia'' who was willing to give me the very first directions when I was just trying to copy and past code chunks (wrong attitude for Smalltalk).		* [https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=smalltalk StackOverflow]. There I got some questions answered when I was at the very beginning. A special thank you here goes to ''Leandro Caniglia'' who was willing to give me the very first directions when I was just trying to copy and past code chunks (wrong attitude for Smalltalk).
	* The Squeak Swiki. This is kind of ''MediaWiki'' for ''Squeak''. You can find a lot of useful information there. But beware, some of it is outdated. Put more value on the concepts and explanations than on the code snippets.		* [https://wiki.squeak.org/squeak The Squeak Swiki]. This is kind of ''MediaWiki'' for ''Squeak''. You can find a lot of useful information there. But beware, some of it is outdated. Put more value on the concepts and explanations than on the code snippets.
	* The '''Squeak mailing list'''. This is a developer list, but you may find somebody who is willing to assist you moving the first steps, in my case it was ''Hannes Hirzel''.		* The '''Squeak mailing list'''. This is a developer list, but you may find somebody who is willing to assist you moving the first steps, in my case it was ''Hannes Hirzel''.
	* The '''Cuis-Smalltalk mailing list'''. This is a developer list but again, somebody may have time to assist you moving the first steps. In my case these people were mostly: ''Juan Vuletich'' (the founder of Cuis), ''Gerald Klix'', ''Dave T. Lewis'', ''Ken Dickey''.		* The '''Cuis-Smalltalk mailing list'''. This is a developer list but again, somebody may have time to assist you moving the first steps. In my case these people were mostly: ''Juan Vuletich'' (the founder of Cuis), ''Gerald Klix'', ''Dave T. Lewis'', ''Ken Dickey''.
	* Learning Cuis. A lot of useful things.		* [https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Learning-Cuis Learning Cuis]. A lot of useful things.
	* '''Cuis Documentation directory''', see here.		* '''Cuis Documentation directory''', see [https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/tree/master/Documentation here].
	* '''Smalltalk by Example''' by ''Alec Sharp''. If you are good at programming in at least another language this book is a must.		* '''Smalltalk by Example''' by ''Alec Sharp''. If you are good at programming in at least another language this book is a must.
	* '''Inside Smalltalk''' by ''Lalonde & Pugh''. Really good book. There are 2 volumes. I red mostly Vol.1.		* '''Inside Smalltalk''' by ''Lalonde & Pugh''. Really good book. There are 2 volumes. I red mostly Vol.1.
	* '''The Cuis Book'''. This is a book aimed at beginners and not programmers, it comes from the Cuis community. If you find it after you already red a lot of stuff it may still be an interesting reading because it talks about things specific about Cuis e.g. Packages and VectorGraphics.		* '''[https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/TheCuisBook The Cuis Book]'''. This is a book aimed at beginners and not programmers, it comes from the Cuis community. If you find it after you already red a lot of stuff it may still be an interesting reading because it talks about things specific about Cuis e.g. Packages and VectorGraphics.
	* '''Byte Magazine''' August 1981 issue is fully dedicated to Smalltalk. There are several articles touching different topics. A must have, It is still referenced today.		* '''Byte Magazine''' August 1981 issue is fully dedicated to Smalltalk. There are several articles touching different topics. A must have, It is still referenced today.
	* '''Smalltalk, an introduction to application development using VisualWorks''' by ''Hopkins'' and ''Horan''. Another excellent book comparable with "Smalltalk by Example" maybe a bit lighter.		* '''Smalltalk, an introduction to application development using VisualWorks''' by ''Hopkins'' and ''Horan''. Another excellent book comparable with "Smalltalk by Example" maybe a bit lighter.
	* '''The Hitchhiker's guide to the Smalltalk Compiler''' by ''Vassili Bykov''. You can find a version in the Cuis Documentation, here.		* '''The Hitchhiker's guide to the Smalltalk Compiler''' by ''Vassili Bykov''. You can find a version in the Cuis Documentation, [https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/blob/master/Documentation/HitchHikersCompiler.md here].
	* '''VisualWorks documentation'''. Cincom VisualWorks is a commercial Smalltalk with a long history, there is possibility to have a PUL (personal use license). I was able to install it in Linux (there are some nasty difficulties setting the GUI scaling) and I discovered the pdf documentation that comes with the software. It is really amazing, a work very well done. You may start reading from the file AppDevGuide.pdf .		* '''VisualWorks documentation'''. [https://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/products/visualworks/ Cincom VisualWorks] is a commercial Smalltalk with a long history, there is possibility to have a [https://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/community/product-portal/trying-cincom-smalltalk/personal-use-license/ PUL (personal use license)]. I was able to install it in Linux (there are some nasty difficulties setting the GUI scaling) and I discovered the pdf documentation that comes with the software. It is really amazing, a work very well done. You may start reading from the file AppDevGuide.pdf .

	=== Book that still I could not read well or very partially ===		=== Book that still I could not read well or very partially ===

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