Discovering Smalltalk (The Benjamin/Cummings Series in Object-Oriented Software Engineering)

By Wilf R. LaLonde

Book Overview

An expert in Smalltalk, Lalonde provides an up-to-date introduction to this language in this comprehensive new book. Readers learn Smalltalk's syntax, library, and environment as well as fundamental programming and object-oriented development concepts. The author takes an experimental approach that encourages creative thinking and the use of different problem-solving techniques. This approach helps readers develop the skills and the confidence necessary for complex programming as they complete various programming exercises and analyze their results. Professor LaLonde enhances learning by including numerous screen captures throughout the book to show the results of each of the programming experiments. Additionally, a series of case studies demonstrate real-world applications of Smalltalk. Discovering Smalltalk is ideal both for those who have never programmed before and for experienced programmers who want to learn this powerful object-oriented language. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805327207
• ISBN13: 9780805327205
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 580 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.7" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent in the Basics

A good book for those wanting to get their "feet wet" in Smalltalk. Doesn't go over advanced topics. Overall, a good book.

Excellent!

The book is exceptionally well written and is ideal for Smalltalk beginners. It might also be suited for Smalltalk literates who want to see how CRC design and Smalltalk fit together (Chapter 8). The book takes you step by step through problems and takes you to a real discovery because it is honest enough to admit that first attempts turn out to be insufficient in later stages. It, therefore, spares you to wonder how an...