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On to Smalltalk

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ISBN-10: 0201498278

ISBN-13: 9780201498271

Edition: 1998

Authors: Patrick H. Winston

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This book is written in the same clear and concise style that has made Winston's Java, C++, C, and LISP books popular among students and programmers who want to add new languages to their repertoires. Following the unique and well-received approach developed in his other books, the author here gets readers up and running quickly and effectively in Smalltalk. Each easily digested section of the book adds new capabilities to a short, yet representative Smalltalk program, and natural questions that arise in learning a new language are effectively answered in a natural order. Much of the book applies to all versions of Smalltalk; where a specific interface is needed, the examples refer to…    
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Book details

List price: $68.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Publication date: 9/3/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Acknowledgments
How This Book Teaches You the Language
How to Experiment Using the Workspace
How to Write Arithmetic Expressions
How to Define Simple Methods
How to Define Methods with Parameters
How to Perform Tests Using Predicates
How to Write Conditional Expressions
How to Combine Boolean Expressions
How to Introduce Local Variables
How to Benefit from Procedure Abstraction
How to Create Classes and Instances
How to Define Classes that Inherit Instance Variables and Methods
How to Define Instance-Creation Methods
How to Benefit from Data Abstraction
How to Design Classes and Class Hierarchies
How to Write Iteration Statements
How to Write Recursive Methods
How to Store Values in Class Variables
How to Store Values in Dictionaries
How to Work with Arrays
How to Work with Ordered Collections and Sorted Collections
How to Create File Streams for Input and Output
How to Work with Characters and Strings
How to Produce Formatted Text
How to Use Sorted Collections in Simulations
How to Work with Dates and Times
How to Define Binary Methods
How to Use Debugging Tools
How to Program Defensively
How to Exchange Software
How to Create Points and Rectangles
How to Draw Lines and Display Text in Windows
How to Use the Graphics Context to Alter Appearance
How to Use List Boxes to Select Instances
How to Connect Together Display Elements
How to Display Menus and File Dialog Windows
How to Develop a GUI Using a GUI Builder
How to Work with a Commercial Smalltalk
How to Work with the Model-Viewer-Controller Paradigm
How to Use VisualWork's Value Holders and Aspect Adapters
How to Use VisualWorks to Build Applications
How to Use VisualWorks to Build Viewers and Controllers
The Calorie Application
Packaging Applications for Users
The VisualWorks GUI Builder
The VisualWorks Drawing Methods
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