Squeak-A Quick Trip to ObjectLand - Softcover

Korienek, Gene; Wrensch, Tom; Dechow, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201731142 ISBN 13: 9780201731149

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

With Squeak, developers have a free, complete, portable, high-performance, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation whose virtual machine is written entirely in Smalltalk, making it simple to debug, analyze, and change your code. This book's unique format and bite-size structure makes it easy to learn Squeak -- regardless of your previous experience with objects. Squeak: A Quick Trip to ObjectLand overcomes the traditional Smalltalk learning curve by presenting Squeak in the format of a running conversation between a programmer and an imaginary "Object Wizard." You'll start with the basics of object development, then learn key Squeak concepts that let you write real software almost immediately. Next, build your skills incrementally, mastering numbers, debugging and testing, the class hierarchy, collections, Booleans and blocks, conditional execution, iteration and recursion, streams and files, and more. For every developer who wishes to learn Squeak -- regardless of previous experience.

About this title

About the Author

Gene Korienek is Chief Scientist at 3 Sigma Robotics. As a Smalltalk expert, he has consulted and designed code for many Fortune 100 companies.

Tom Wrensch has been in the computer profession for twenty years and has developed, taught, and mentored in Smalltalk for multiple organizations. Tom and Gene are coauthors of A Quick Trip to ObjectLand: Object-Oriented Programming with Smalltalk/V® (Prentice-Hall, 1994).

Doug Dechow is an experienced software engineer proficient in Squeak, Smalltalk, JAVA, and C++. He is currently a doctoral student in the Computer Science Department at Oregon State University.

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From the Back Cover

The Squeak programming language, an open and portable Smalltalk-80 implementation, is gaining wide acceptance as an agile solution for high quality computation. This tutorial provides a complete introduction to Squeak and advanced topics for programmers interested in mastering the language and implementing programming solutions with it.

Both informative and conversational, this unique how-to guide follows a dialogue between programmer Jim and a Wizard from ObjectLand--allowing the reader to easily understand and implement solutions using Squeak's object-oriented paradigm. Beginning with an overview of object-oriented fundamentals, Squeak--A Quick Trip to ObjectLand then builds on the basics and progresses to more complex language concepts. Throughout the book, topics, goals, and "words of wisdom" are clearly outlined, allowing any programmer to gain a complete understanding of the Squeak programming environment at their own pace.

Topic coverage includes:

• An overview of fundamental object-oriented concepts: object, class, message, method, and more
• The basic building blocks of the Squeak programming language
• Successful strategies for debugging and testing
• Booleans and blocks
• Iteration and recursion
• Code writing: style, comment, convention
• A glimpse into the future of Squeak

With Squeak--A Quick Trip to ObjectLand, developers have the most unique learning environment available for this practical, productive, and portable programming environment.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201731142
• ISBN 13: 9780201731149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328