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IBM's VisualAge for Smalltalk is a complete system for developing powerful client applications. This book shows developers how to succeed with versions 3.0 and 4.0 of VisualAge. It covers helpful background information on the Smalltalk language, the common graphics subsystem, the common widget subsystems, and visual programming in VisualAge. It serves both as an introduction to the Smalltalk language and to the base classes of IBM Smalltalk. Programmers with and without previous Smalltalk programming experience will find it useful. Code examples illustrate VisualAge, Smalltalk, and the use of graphics widgets and reusable parts on VisualAge. The book includes a disk that contains Smalltalk expressions and statements, source code segments from examples, Smalltalk classes, and descriptions of examples of visual and nonvisual parts. It provides a 90-day introductory test of IBM Smalltalk 4.0 on CD-ROM. ... Read more

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Badly editied and organized, but is a must-have
This is one of the very few, if not the only book on IBM's VisualAgeSmalltalk. It covers much of the v4 product, but is badly edited witherrors in both the text and in the code. Its organization is alsoconfusing, forcing the reader to swap back and forth among the chapters.Still, being about the only source of information on this fine Smalltalksystem, this book deserves a place in the bookshelf of every developerusing VisualAge Smalltalk. If it just were better written and organized, itwould have earned four stars. ... Read more

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Provides a hands-on guide to building complete applications with Dolphin Smalltalk. Softcover. CD-ROM included. ... Read more

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Good introduction the Dolphin Smalltalk dialect
This book doesn't only give a general introduction into the Smalltalk language and some of the classes that are common between the various Smalltalk dialects, it also introduces the reader to some of the specifics of Dolphin Smalltalk, which is a Smalltalk development system available for Windows.
The author uses a "car race" scenario to develop an application managing races and as the application evolves, he explains the various problems and how to solve them in Dolphin Smalltalk. This approach is good for a Smalltalk beginner, but somewhat less so, if you're already familiar with Smalltalk and just wants to learn the specifics about the Dolphin Smalltalk system, because you can't really skip any of the examples.
The book comes with a CD that contains version 4.0 of the Dolphin Smalltalk Value Edition. If you are using a later version of Dolphin, please be aware that there are a few changes in the UI class library.
All in all I can recommend this book as a good introduction into the Dolphin Smalltalk development system.

ever wondered how to write a 'real' app in smalltalk???
great book! only 1/3 of the way through and i cannot put it down (except to write this review of course). I have many, many computer books of various languages and technologies and this is the only one where i have felt motivated, no compelled to turn each page and complete every task as written.

Excellent Introduction to Objects, Dolphin and Smalltalk
As a long time Smalltalker, I enjoy reading introductions to Smalltalk and Smalltalk programming environments to learn new techniques and approaches.What I found in Ted's book was an excellent introduction to objects, programming, and Smalltalk, as well as how to implement these ideas in the Dolphin Smalltalk environment.

Dolphin is a relatively new Smalltalk environment for me, so I learned several techniques that sped up my application development.Ted develops an application from start to finish in the book, so it is loaded with practical advice and code.

This book is ideal for anyone curious about objects, how Smalltalk works, or learning the Dolphin environment for the first time.It includes the Value Edition of the Dolphin Smalltalk Environment, so you are ready to go when the book arrives.This makes the book an exceptional value.

Next, I plan to use it to introduce software development to my 13 year old son! ... Read more

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Budd's introduction to Smalltalk programming and the Little Smalltalk interpreter focuses on elementary, rather than advanced topics of object-oriented programming. The Little Smalltalk system runs under the UNIX operating system and can be executed on conventional terminals. ... Read more

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This belongs on every programmer's bookshelf
This is a wonderfull little book that not only introduces the reader to object-oriented programming, but also describes the implementaion of a SmallTalk-like language.The book does not cover the more advanced topics of OO programming, but is an excelent tutorial and introduction to OO concepts.The section that covers the implementation of the language provides hard to find insights to how OO languages work at a very low level.Just as learning another spoken language will aid you in understanding the one you speak, reading "A Little Smalltalk" will help in your understanding of OO languages.

It belongs on the self of everyone who programs in an object-oriented language. ... Read more

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From exception handling to the Internet, the first guide to advanced Smalltalk programming techniques

This powerful book/CD package is for experienced Smalltalk programmers who are ready to go on to the next level. Beginning where all the other Smalltalk programming guides leave off, this package arms you with advanced programming techniques and a wealth of insider tips on how to more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively develop applications in Smalltalk. While the focus throughout is on the five most popular versions of Smalltalk (VisualWorks, VisualSmalltalk, VisualAge/IBM Smalltalk, SmalltalkAgents, and Enfin), users of other, less widely used Smalltalk environments can benefit from the information in this book.

Advanced Smalltalk tells you what you need to know about:
* Avoiding most common Smalltalk bugs
* Using patterns and frameworks
* Supercharging your Smalltalk programs to make them run faster
* Integrating non-Smalltalk legacy code with your Smalltalk application
* Storing and retrieving information from relational and object databases
* Smalltalk on the Internet and its role in electronic commerce
* The Smalltalk ANSI Standard
* Implementing neural nets in Smalltalk
* Style for design and coding in Smalltalk
* Interview guidelines for Smalltalk programmers

JONATHAN PLETZKE is a consultant specializing in Smalltalk development and programming.

On the CD-ROM you'll find:
* An object-oriented HTTP server
* An object-oriented HTTP client
* A documentation generator
* Development and team source code management tools
* Primitive and external interface templates
* A back-propagation neural net program
* Two public domain Smalltalk development environments:

GNU Smalltalk for Unix, DOS, Windows, and Windows/NT

Little Smalltalk for Macintosh, DOS, Windows, and Unix
* Two Educational/Demonstration Smalltalk development environments:
* Smalltalk/X for Unix (Solaris and Linux)
* SmalltalkNT for Windows/NT version 4.0
* Smalltalk archives: University of Illinois Archive (st.cs.uiuc. ... Read more

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I learned a lot from this book.
I learned a lot from this book.It's not often that a technical book is also readable (some parts more than others).I agree that a different title would be better.

It represents an archive of Smalltalk circa 1996.We used the HTTP server code on our project.The book has information in it that couldn't be found anywhere else.

Not "Advanced"
There is very little "advanced" material in this book. This book contains lots of useful intro material for beginners and some moderately advanced material for those progressing out of the beginner stage. Beforewarned, however...half the book is composed of useless filler - ahierarchical dump of all of the classes in several different dialects. Thiswas obvioulsy put in to bulk the book up by a few hundred pages and acouple of pounds.

Useful
I have skimmed or read various other books covering this subject. To my surprise this book truly delivers sufficient syntax to better grasp the Smalltalk language. I would definitely recommend this book to any userinterested in a well written and well conveyed book.

Misleading title
My initial feeling was that this book would fill a market niche. There aremany introductory books on Smalltalk but one that takes you beyond theusual material seemed to be missing.

With this expectation I found thebook quite disappointing.Most of the chapters are not advanced at all. Inan attempt to cover everything with the book most individual chapters tellso little and do not hit the point (e.g., patterns & frameworks) thatthey are next to being useless.

When the opportunity to become advancedis there (e.g., comparing "is-a" vs. "subclassing" vs."subtyping") useful references are not mentioned and the subjectis not explored sufficiently. In addition, quite a number of wronginformation is contained. Occasionally, useful information is available butthe most useful part is the accompanying CD-ROM.

Overall, disappointing.A different title (e.g., "The world of Smalltalk" alluding to theversion comparisons and superficial discussion of many related topics)would probably create the right expectations. The book, however,consistently compares solutions and points out differences in fourdifferent Smalltalk products. This makes it attractive to someone trying tomake a decision for a particular product.

Dissapointing
The book promises so much and its list of topis is very good. But all its chapters are short and there is a general lack of insightful views. For advanced techniques, get Alec Sharp's book. For a strong design foundation, get Lui's book. This one will frustate you mostly. It has a good coverage of the difference among the different Smalltalk dialects, but this is far behind what the author could have done. ... Read more

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As Smalltalk is embraced by a growing number of corporate information systems departments, career prospects for programmers with Smalltalk development skills have never been better. This practical guide takes programmers beyond the basics, teaching them how to develop enteprise-class applications that provide real world solutions. ... Read more

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Nice Explanations of Difficult concepts
I find computer programmers are obscure writers. They don't seem able to express what they mean well. But this is not so for Mr Sharp. I've read online articles on OOP and other books on topics such as encapsulation, polymorphism, and messages and methods, and somehow the ideas just didn't gel. But with Mr Sharp's lovely concrete examples, I finally saw the light. Even if you want to programme in another OOP language I would recommend reading the early parts of this book to understand these concepts clearly.

Excellent
This is the one Smalltalk book that I carry with my laptop. If there's a Smalltalk feature that I haven't dealt with in some time then I'll take a peek at it here before I do anything else. It's great for Smalltalkers whoare just about to ascend the steep portion of the language's learning curve- this book will drag you right up to the top!

Relatively very good.
This book very readable and informative if you are working with the VisualWorks SmallTalk interpreter. Most books on Smalltalk are quite useless. Maybe because there are various SmallTalk interpreters with theirown basic class structures. I'm still looking for a book like this buttwice the size, so that it includes comprehensive GUI analysis, garbagecollection, IO handling, etc. However, for what this book sets out to do,it does it very well.

One of the best books on Smalltalk
This book is fun to read and to learn from. It teaches so many advanced Smalltalk programming techniques. Those that make the difference between an expert and a beginner. It is a quantum jump for the reader. Wisdom and pleasure in doing it better awaits you here. Unique, motivating appreciation for the beauty of this language. ... Read more

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Rapid Software Development with Smalltalk is designed to help the professional software developer write Smalltalk code faster without sacrificing software quality. The book covers the spectrum of OO analysis, design, and implementation techniques and provides a proven process for architecting large software systems. By using detailed examples of an extended Responsibility-Driven Design (RDD) methodology and Smalltalk, readers will find techniques derived from real OO projects that are directly applicable to ongoing projects of any size. By providing proven techniques and tips derived from years of hands-on implementation experience on projects large and small from around the world, the author is able to give readers specific guidelines that could dramatically cut costs and keep projects on schedule. Specifically, the author provides readers with project patterns that work, illustrations of design patterns, OO metrics with example code to test design quality, and, of course, numerous Smalltalk code examples. ... Read more

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simple and fast way to be productive
Having read the UML books, full of special notations and characters to cover all the possible modeling combinations, it is refreshing to find in this smallish book a simple and yet productive right-to-the-matter guidanceto start analyzing a business process to model in a software application. ... Read more

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Pugh and LaLonde are frequent contributors to the Journal of Object-Oriented Programming. Smalltalk V is based on their columns and details applications of Smalltalk. ... Read more

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Smalltalk has come of age as a distributed computing environment. The Distributed Smalltalk Survival Guide discusses the commercial, off the shelf choices available to developers for building distributed Smalltalk systems. It focuses on all flavors of Smalltalk and their integration with CORBA and the Web. ... Read more

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Developing Visual Programming Applications Using Smalltalk uses object-oriented visual programming environments to illustrate the concepts of object-oriented software construction. It introduces blueprints as a method to record visual programming applications and includes sample applications using VisualAge, VisualSmalltalk, and VisualWorks. This is the first book to use object-oriented visual programming tools to teach principles of object-oriented programming. It introduces a new approach that allows an easy transition from pseudocode to Smalltalk statements. The author also uses CRC Cards, Responsibility Driven Design, and Use-Cases methodologies to construct one of the larger applications. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Smalltalk, Squeak, Seaside, Ibm Visualage, Scratch, Gnu Smalltalk, Visual Smalltalk Enterprise, Aida/web, Etoys, Pharo, System Image, F-Script, Newspeak, Vistasmalltalk, Strongtalk, Smalltalk Yx, Dolphin Smalltalk, Swiki, Steptalk, Bistro, Pier, Little Smalltalk, Smalltalk Mt, Visual Palmtalk, Pocket Smalltalk. Excerpt:AIDA/Web is an object-oriented , open source Smalltalk web application server using the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern . First developed in 1996 by Janko Mivsek, AIDA/Web was designed to integrate the quite distinct object and web philosophies. Viewing the web as essentially a web of objects, AIDA/Web declares that each object should have its own URI . This means that web pages can have meaningful, bookmarkable addresses, unlike some other approaches to web design. This idea anticipated a call one year later by Alan Kay at OOPSLA97 where he suggested every object should have its own URI. AIDA/Web provides a powerful mechanism for simplifying the inherent complexity found within multiple interacting objects and reduces the need for difficult and complicated HTML programming. Since Smalltalk objects maintain their own state and respond to requests, AIDA/Web uses the power of the Smalltalk language to simplify the building of web sites, providing dynamic content with persistent state management. History AIDA/Web was written in 1996. Its first commercial application was the Gas Billing System of the Slovenia national gas company in 1998 and is still in operation. In 2000 AIDA/Web was made open-source and its web server part was merged with Ken Treis's Hydrogen to form the basis of Swazoo an open-source, vendor-agnostic, Smalltalk Web Server. In 2003 BiArt/ISO Quality management system was built onto AIDA's core document management functionally (wh... ... Read more

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The Smalltalk Developer's Guide to VisualWorks provides an in-depth analysis of the popular application development tool produced by ParcPlace Systems. Designed to enhance development acumen, this book serves as a guide to using VisualWorks to its full potential. The reader can use this book as a study guide, as a series of tutorials, as a reference for items and concepts, or just as a source of valuable VisualWorks code.The book is divided into two logical parts. The first section is an in-depth analysis of VisualWorks in terms of fundamental Smalltalk concepts. The author peels away the mystique behind this powerful development tool, making it more accessible and familiar. The second section provides a greater understanding of the complexities and nuances specific to VisualWorks. By gaining a greater understanding of its unique characteristics, readers will be able to build better applications and extend and enhance the tools themselves. This section is packed with valuable tips, tricks, tutorials, and reusable code. In addition, an accompanying diskette provides source code and examples to be utilized by the reader. ... Read more

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A must for serious UI programmers
I like this book especially, because it explains in detail all this UIBuilder and Spec stuff. If you want to understand how to buildpowerful user interfaces, this book is must. It really gives you insight into themechanisms of the VisualWorks UI building. It was rather easy for me, toadd own widget specs into the framework after reading it. ... Read more

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Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über objektorientierte Strukturen und Mechanismen und zeigt deren Realisierung in Smalltalk selbst und in Anwendungen durch Smalltalk. Es betont die Umsetzung konzeptueller Objektmodelle in operable Programme und zeigt deren inkrementelle Entwicklung und gegenseitige Beeinflussung an Hand konkreter Beispiele. Es präsentiert Smalltalk als Sprache, als Entwicklungssystem und als Repositorium wiederverwendbarer und erweiterbarer Konstruktionselemente für Anwendungssoftware. Die Darstellung wird durch aufeinander aufbauende Beispiele (aus dem Bankbereich) illustriert. ... Read more

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This text provides instruction on object-oriented programming with the Smalltalk language. It is appropriate for a short course in Smalltalk or as a language supplement in a comprehensive course on object-oriented analysis and design. End-of-chapter exercises test analytical skills, and suggestions for programming projects are provided. Chapter 4 on graphical user interfaces enables students to program interesting programs quickly using Smalltalk's GUI classes. Aimed at college students who have taken the CS1-CS2 sequence but have only superficial understanding of OOP, Smalltalk in Brief offers the short essentials of object-oriented software development with Smalltalk in a short paperback text. The text assumes competence in a high-level programming, such as Pascal or C. The book will be of value to students who have studied C++, because frequently the complexities of C++'s syntax and semantics block mastery of the object-oriented paradigm. ... Read more

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This book is intended as an introduction to object-orientation for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year computer science and software engineering students or those actively involved in the software industry. John Hunt adopts a 'hands on' approach providing a thorough introduction to O-O as well as to the language itself - unlike other Smalltalk books currently available which tend to focus primarily on the language. Issues such as Smalltalk style, typical Smalltalk bugs and the way to develop a Smalltalk program are comprehensively covered, as is the testing of O-O systems. A number of chapters are devoted to design, including chapters on the Unified Modeling Language (UML), Object Modeling Technique (using the UML) and the recent Patterns work. The inclusion of such subjects is unique among language oriented books. Finally there is also a look at the future of object-orientation and Smalltalk. ... Read more

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THE one 4 smalltalk
Too bad I discovered this book only a few days before the final exams. Nevertheless it cleared up a lot of open questions.
The book gives a good overview over the language itself, it gives a lot of examples and was perfect for our course as we used VisualWorks.
Hunt also eases the way into object-oriented programming for those familiar with modular languages such as Ada or procedural ones as Pascal or C. But there is no need to be overfamiliar with these other programming concepts.
It even covered those mysterious metaclasses and explains thus the whole system which is Smalltalk.
For those who want to go further each chapter has a Further Reading section, so the book could be used as a bibliography to Smalltalk and oo design. ... Read more

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VisualWorks ist ein Software-Entwicklungssystem, das auf der Technik der objektorientierten Programmierung (OOP) und der Programmiersprache Smalltalk basiert und mittlerweile auf vielen leistungsfähigen Kleinrechnern und Workstations verfügbar ist (PC, Macintosh, SUN etc.). Ziel des Buches ist es, sowohl Programmieranfänger als auch Umsteiger von prozeduralen Programmiersprachen auf OOP in die Lage zu versetzen, selbst Smalltalk-Anwendungen zu erstellen und vorgegebene Programme zu verstehen. Der Leser wird schrittweise in die Grundkonzepte von OOP, die Sprachelemente von Smalltalk und die vielfältigen Werkzeuge und Bibliotheken von VisualWorks eingeführt, einschließlich der Programmierung von graphischen Benutzeroberflächen. Das Buch enthält viele Beispiele, Übungsaufgaben und Lösungen. ... Read more

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This book provides an introduction to the understanding and use of object-oriented methodologies for engineering problem solving with a specific emphasis on analysis and design. (Object-oriented programming is a general computer language methodology. The name comes from the focus on describing problems in terms of objects, both physical and conceptual). ... Read more

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57080-4 (include certification logo from file certn.gif and add the following text centered beneath it; logo must be positioned near the IBM logo in the top right corner of the back cover)(logo) VisualAge for C++, Object-Oriented Associate Developer Combine the flexibility of a distributed architecture with the efficiency of object-oriented programming to achieve a new level of computing power. Visual Age for Smalltalk Distributed provides guidelines for developing distributed object applications with VisualAge and its Distributed feature. Distributed objects enable parts in a VisualAge application to access other parts in remote systems. The book focuses on application development using a distributed object computing model implemented with VisualAge Smalltalk. Written by an international group of experts in object-oriented technology, the book contains more than 100 figures and tables that illustrate each theoretical concept and trace its practical application.Visual Age for Smalltalk Distributed covers:*The paradigm of distributed object computing: Client/server models, object-oriented models, and distributed object applications *Specifics of the VisualAge Distributed Feature: New terminology, the IBM Smalltalk Distribution Toolkit, installation, architecture *Developing distributed object applications: Planning and designing the project, performance analysis, configuration, optimization, testing *Case study: Converting the Foreign Currency Exchange application to a distributed object application, step-by-step in three iterations *Specifications, definitions, and sample code are included as appendixesVisual Age for Smalltalk Distributed is written for software development managers, software designers, and application developers who want to use VisualAge to develop client/server and peer-to-peer applications with distributed objects.Some knowledge of object-oriented modeling and experience with the VisualAge product are assumed. Use the sample applications, database, and code on the diskette to maser distributed object design techniques. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, ... Read more

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visual tool
Visual part makes the smalltalk easy and makes the life happy ... Read more