Yes, I plan to take some with me :). Andres.
Henrik Sperre Johansen wrote: > 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? > > Cheers, > Henry > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > . > > _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
