Squeak: A Quick Trip to ObjectLand

Dechow, Douglas R.

ISBN 10: 0201731142 / ISBN 13: 9780201731149

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 2001

Seller Inventory # 0201731142-VB

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 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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Bibliographic Details

Title: Squeak: A Quick Trip to ObjectLand
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: paperback
Condition: As New