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.
>>
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> Nice, I loved the two previous ones!
> Will there be paperback versions availiable at ESUG?
>
> Cheers,
> Henry
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