Re: [Pharo-users] Writing an IRC bot

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Sergi Reyner wrote: I´ve been writing a bot for a while now, with the purpose of learning proper Smalltalk and OOP idioms/techniques (I´ve been using C-ish languages for a long time now, and I´m trying to cure myself :D). I must say that the process has been quite enlightening so far, I never really understood OOP until now. So far I have a bot that works fine for my needs, but I´d like to contribute back, so I´ll just list some thoughts and you can comment on them. All constructive criticism and pointers on how to do them are welcome! I´m writing in on Pharo 3. I want to split the code I currently have in 3 parts: - part 1: a couple of classes IRCClient/ZdcSecureIRCClient mirroring POP3Client/ZdcSecurePOP3Client, with the intention of contributing them back to Pharo - part 2: an IRCBot framework, which I´ll likely name 'Chromia', to be released under MIT license too - part 3: my own bot using that framework, which would add all the extras like games Does that sound reasonable? At this point my code is quite messy, so I´m deciding whether to put it on SThub or not yet. I´m depending on http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~PharoExtras/JSON for reading some JSON file from a website. Though it´s not high on my priority list, I wouldn´t mind making it as portable to other dialects as possible, too. Cheers, Sergi Hi Sergi.  Sounds like a great project.  I agree with others. Don't worry if its messy.You can learn a lot from interested parties who might comment / correct come of the mess.  I would say just ensure that it is packaged to load cleanly on a fresh image. Now not that I follow my own advice, but Release Early, Release Often [1] can be good advice. . [1] http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/homesteading/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s04.html cheers -ben