Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns
1st Edition
Pearson Education · Print & ebook · October 3, 1996
This classic book is the definitive real-world style guide for better Smalltalk programming.
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- Who it’s for
- A practical look at how Smalltalk patterns turn hard-won programming experience into more effective code.
- Themes
- Smalltalk programming patterns, Methods, messages, state, and classes, Writing more effective code
- Genres
- Object-Oriented Programming, Systems Design, Programming Languages
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This classic book is the definitive real-world style guide for better Smalltalk programming. This author presents a set of patterns that organize all the informal experience successful Smalltalk programmers have learned the hard way. When programmers understand these patterns, they can write much more effective code. The concept of Smalltalk patterns is introduced, and the book explains why they work.
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Next, the book introduces proven patterns for working with methods, messages, state, collections, classes and formatting. Finally, the book walks through a development example utilizing patterns. For programmers, project managers, teachers and students -- both new and experienced. This book presents a set of patterns that organize all the informal experience of successful Smalltalk programmers. This book will help you understand these patterns, and empower you to write more effective code.
Patterns at Work
A practical look at how Smalltalk patterns turn hard-won programming experience into more effective code.
Come here for
- A guide to patterns for methods, messages, state, collections, classes, and formatting
- A development example that puts the patterns to work
Expect
- Clear attention to why the patterns work
- A focused Smalltalk programming reference
Where it sits
| Object-Oriented Programming | 89% |
|---|---|
| Systems Design | 47% |
| Programming Languages | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Programming Languages
- Authors
- Kent Beck
- Publisher
- Pearson Education
- Published
- October 3, 1996
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Smalltalk programming patterns · Methods, messages, state, and classes · Writing more effective code
- Reading lane
- Programming Languages