Really cute introduction to Smalltalk programming from 1983. It starts with an explanation of mice and "scroll menus" (scroll bars), then shows cross-referencing code, lints, autofixes, and inspecting instances of newly defined objects!
https://youtu.be/JLPiMl8XUKU
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I would *love* a terminal emulator that treated each command as an atomic unit, so I can efficiently scroll between them.
Line-based scrolling is annoying when you've just run a command that output 1,000 lines.
Do any such tools exist?
"Example Driven Development" using Glamorous and Pharo Smalltalk: https://medium.com/feenk/an-example-of-example-driven-development-4dea0d995920
Tests returning values and composing is a really interesting model. It establishes structure and shows which test failure is the most 'fundamental'.
Sometimes programming tools are so good that you miss them when using other languages. I see these mentioned the most frequently:
* IntelliJ (for Java)
* Slime+Emacs (for Common Lisp)
* Pharo (for Smalltalk)
I'm struck that they all have bespoke UIs.