The biggest problem with learning Smalltalk, Squeak/Pharo and Seaside, for me, has been the lack of easy-to-find, thorough (and free!) documentation. There are some good tutorials out there, but by their nature they tend to give just a limited introduction to their subject matter. (I am a PHP programmer, and have yet to find anything to equal PHP's superb on-line documentation).
However, although "Dynamic Web Development with Seaside" is broadly tutorial in format - forgive me if I'm wrong here, I'm only part way through it - it is far and away the best documentation I have read on the subject.
After reading even the first few chapters, I experienced that sensation that all programmers probably know: the sudden flash of enlightenment, "aha! now I get it! That's how it works!" ... altogether a great book, and many thanks to the authors for their efforts.
However, although "Dynamic Web Development with Seaside" is broadly tutorial in format - forgive me if I'm wrong here, I'm only part way through it - it is far and away the best documentation I have read on the subject.
After reading even the first few chapters, I experienced that sensation that all programmers probably know: the sudden flash of enlightenment, "aha! now I get it! That's how it works!" ... altogether a great book, and many thanks to the authors for their efforts.