[squeak-dev] [ANN] Fundamentals volume 1

Andres Valloud avalloud at smalltalk.comcastbiz.net
Sun Aug 16 08:35:31 UTC 2009


Thank you for your comments :).  So far, I have not found a way to 
publish my books electronically in a satisfactory manner (including 
Lulu's option).

Andres.


Ronald Spengler wrote:
> Neato! I don't see an option to download the book and print it myself. I don't mind at all paying the $45 (of course.) I know that lulu will let you publish as an e-book, is that something you could be persuaded to do?
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> It's cool to see a new book on Smalltalk.
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>   - Ron
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> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Andres Valloud <avalloud at smalltalk.comcastbiz.net<mailto:avalloud at smalltalk.comcastbiz.net>> wrote:
> Hello,
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> I just published the 400 page book Fundamentals of Smalltalk Programming Technique, volume 1. To some extent it's fitting that I am publishing another book this time of the year. I started writing the Mentoring Course book (of which the Hash book was chapter 7) almost 4 years ago. The three books total about 1200 pages.
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> Something I realized with the Mentoring Course book is that I could take advantage of mentoring myself because I had already sharpened several Smalltalk skills. The Fundamentals book talks about these abilities. As with the Mentoring Course book, there is too much material for a single book. Thus, the first volume just published talks about the controlled manipulation of boolean expressions, inheritance, and polymorphism. In fact, there is a continuum of points of view on the subjects, ranging from the goal of producing very little yet highly maintainable code, to the architecture of highly optimized implementations, as well as valuable compromises in between. In fact, at times, it is possible to avoid sacrificing flexibility for speed, or viceversa.
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> The second volume will talk about enumeration, recursion, weakness, and optimization. I am sure it will be a fun book to write. In the mean time, enjoy volume 1!
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> http://www.lulu.com/content/7451511
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> http://www.lulu.com/avSmalltalkBooks
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> Andres.
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