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7 minutes of Pharo Smalltalk for Rubyists

Avdi Grimm · 36.6K views · 2015-05-11 · 7:15

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Overview

Ruby developer Avdi Grimm gives a seven-minute tour of Pharo Smalltalk's development environment, focusing on tools like search-by-example and the integrated, live coding experience.

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HN recommends it as a quick, compelling look at what Smalltalk tooling feels like, especially for Ruby programmers.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 8 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

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Programming language designTesting, debugging & developer toolsPython, Ruby & scripting languages
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What people said

throwatdem12311 · 2026-08 · Strong recommendation

As a Ruby developer this video about Pharo smalltalk made me a smalltalk believer — not surprising because Ruby was heavily inspired by smalltalk. [VIDEO]

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web3-is-a-scam · 2023-05 · Strong recommendation

As a rails developer - my introduction to Pharo started with this video: [VIDEO] If you're not a ruby/rails developer you can still see how awesome it is, but for rubyists specifically it can really be quite mind blowing.

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sebastianconcpt · 2024-01 · Recommendation

MountainWest RubyConf 2014 - But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk - [LINK] 7 minutes of Pharo Smalltalk for Rubyists - [VIDEO]

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