On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Ricardo Moran <richi.moran at gmail.com> wrote:

> You should add Diego Gomez Deck book "Programando con Smalltalk<http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/Programando/ProgramandoConSmalltalk-BORRADORFINAL07-Febrero-2006.pdf>".
> It's in spanish so it may not be the most popular but I believe it's a very
> nice book (although somewhat old now).
>
> It was the first smalltalk book I read and I learned the basics with it, so
> I'm very fond of this book :)
>
> Regarding the book translations discussion I think translating books is
> very important. Even though you still need to understand english to code
> smalltalk I still like to read books in my language. If you get the
> infrastructure right I'm willing to help translating stuff to spanish in my
> free time.
>
>
Yes, It is!!!  And the chapter I am translating of Pharo By Example, is at
50% since the last 5 months.....so if you want to help, you are more than
welcome. We are 10 persons translating it.

Cheers

Mariano


> Cheers
> Richo
>
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> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. <jecel at merlintec.com>wrote:
>
>> Bert Freudenberg wrote on Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:50:22 +0200
>> > I for one am happy that there were enough books written about Smalltalk
>> > that we can have a competition.
>> >
>> > Thank you for organizing the contest, ESUG.
>>
>> I would also like to thank both ESUG for holding the contest and the
>> authors for their very valuable contribution to the community. While
>> Andreas does have a point about conflict of interest, it is unavoidable
>> due to the small size of our community (we had quite a bit of conflict
>> over this on squeak-dev last year, for example). It is like the small
>> town where the same guy is the sheriff, the auto repairman, the judge,
>> the fireman and so on.
>>
>> About the list itself, I did a quick search on Amazon for "smalltalk"
>> and found these others:
>>
>> Discovering Smalltalk (The Benjamin/Cummings Series in Object-Oriented
>> Software Engineering)
>> by Wilf Lalonde
>> (Paperback - Jan 17, 2008) - it seems to use Digitalk Smalltalk V, so
>> this is probably a new edition of an old book
>>
>> Advances in Smalltalk: 14th International Smaltalk Conference, ISC 2006,
>> Prague, Czech Republic, September 4-8, 2006, Revised Selected Papers
>> (Lecture ... / Programming and Software Engineering)
>> by Wolfgang De Meuter
>> (Paperback - May 18, 2007)
>>
>> Grundkurs Smalltalk - Objektorientierung von Anfang an
>> by Johannes Brauer
>> (Perfect Paperback - 2008) - in German
>>
>> Einsamkeit überwinden mit der TALISUND Strategie. Neue Menschen kennen
>> lernen - ohne Smalltalk.
>> by einsamkeit-ueberwinden.org
>> (Paperback - Mar 30, 2010) - in German
>>
>> The SICS Java Port Project: Automatic Translation of a Large Object
>> Oriented System from Smalltalk to Java
>> by Skarsaune Martin
>> (Paperback - Sep 15, 2008) - I would expect zero votes for this one :-)
>>
>> Self-Sustaining Systems: First Workshop, S3 2008 Potsdam, Germany, May
>> 15-16, 2008, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science /
>> Programming and Software Engineering)
>>
>> by Robert Hirschfeld and Kim Rose
>> (Paperback - Nov 21, 2008)
>>
>> Smalltalk Programming Language Family: Smalltalk, Squeak, Seaside, Ibm
>> Visualage, Scratch, Gnu Smalltalk, Visual Smalltalk Enterprise, Aida|web
>> by Books LLC
>> (Paperback - May 6, 2010)
>>
>> Dialecte Smalltalk: Squeak, Pharo, Gnu Smalltalk, Scratch, Bistro,
>> Visualworks
>> by Livres Groupe
>> (Paperback - Aug 1, 2010) - in French
>>
>> Class-Based Programming Languages: Java, C++, Python, Eiffel, Smalltalk,
>> Ruby, Simula, Common Lisp, Oberon, Clu, Objective-C, Squeak, Sather
>> by Books LLC
>> (Paperback - May 24, 2010)
>>
>> Dynamically-Typed Programming Languages: Lisp, Perl, Python, Mumps,
>> Smalltalk, Ruby, Logo, Tcl, Self, Common Lisp, Objective-C, Rebol,
>> Squeak
>> by Books LLC
>> (Paperback - May 26, 2010)
>>
>> Objektorientierte Programmiersprache: Php, Smalltalk-80, Embarcadero
>> Delphi, Oberon, Eiffel, Cluster, Haxe, Common Lisp, Pow!, Scratch, Lpc
>> by Bücher Gruppe
>> (Paperback - Jul 22, 2010) - in German
>>
>> Langage Orienté Objet: Java, C++, Ada, Javascript, Ruby, Python,
>> Codegear Delphi, Smalltalk, Kylix, Objective-C, Eiffel, Perl 6, Visual T
>> Sharp
>> by Livres Groupe
>> (Paperback - Jul 29, 2010) - in French
>>
>> Object-Oriented Programming Languages: Cobol, Java, C++, Perl, Fortran,
>> Python, Php, Eiffel, Smalltalk, Ruby, Blitz Basic, Turbo Pascal
>> by Books LLC
>> (Paperback - May 21, 2010)
>>
>> Ruby (Programming Language): Reflection (computer science), Dynamic
>> programming language, Object-oriented programming language, Perl,
>> Smalltalk, Yukihiro ... language), Ada (programming language)
>> by Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster
>> (Paperback - Oct 12, 2009)
>>
>> I would say that the list is very reasonable without any of the above
>> books. Since I haven't read any of these nor the ones in the survey, I
>> won't be able to participate. But I find it great that people are still
>> taking the time to write new books.
>>
>> -- Jecel
>>
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