On 15.08.2009 04:29, Andres Valloud wrote: > Hello, > > I just published the 400 page book Fundamentals of Smalltalk Programming > Technique, volume 1. To some extent it's fitting that I am publishing another > book this time of the year. I started writing the Mentoring Course book (of > which the Hash book was chapter 7) almost 4 years ago. The three books total > about 1200 pages. > > Something I realized with the Mentoring Course book is that I could take > advantage of mentoring myself because I had already sharpened several > Smalltalk skills. The Fundamentals book talks about these abilities. As with > the Mentoring Course book, there is too much material for a single book. > Thus, the first volume just published talks about the controlled manipulation > of boolean expressions, inheritance, and polymorphism. In fact, there is a > continuum of points of view on the subjects, ranging from the goal of > producing very little yet highly maintainable code, to the architecture of > highly optimized implementations, as well as valuable compromises in between. > In fact, at times, it is possible to avoid sacrificing flexibility for speed, > or viceversa. > > The second volume will talk about enumeration, recursion, weakness, and > optimization. I am sure it will be a fun book to write. In the mean time, > enjoy volume 1! > > http://www.lulu.com/content/7451511 > > http://www.lulu.com/avSmalltalkBooks > > Andres. > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > Nice, I loved the two previous ones! Will there be paperback versions availiable at ESUG?
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