GemStone 101 is a series of articles on some of the fundamental concepts that you should have a passing familiarity with if you are planning on working with GemStone/S. These articles aren’t intended to replace the excellent documentation, but serve as a guide to the things that you can learn from the Programming Guide(pdf), SAG(pdf), and Topaz(pdf) manuals.

1. Transparent Persistence for Seaside
2. Unlimited GemStone VMs in every Garage? ….and a Stone in every Pot
3. GemStone 101: Transactions
4. GemStone 101: Transaction Conflicts
5. GemStone 101: Avi on GemStone’s Architecture