Users: Programmers evaluating Smalltalk for future programming projects. These people have varying levels of expertise in programming, object-orientation, systems design and systems development. They have heard varying claims about Smalltalk and want to check it out for themselves.

Problem: Many people have heard of Smalltalk and its claims of enhanced productivity, and would like to take a quick look at something more detailed than marketing brochures but less detailed than Smalltalk code 14 preferably online and at varying levels of detail.

Solution: SmalltalkDoc provides a great deal of information about Smalltalk. An evaluator can begin by browsing high-level overview documents, sample the tutorial documents, and delve into Smalltalk details with component documents. Evaluators can get fast answers to questions such as: "Does Smalltalk provide support for my favorite database and security protocol?"