i have the book "Squeak by Example" and i'm reading about that right now!<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Carlos Lenz</b> <<a href="mailto:carlos.lenz@gmail.com">carlos.lenz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi David<br><br>Since this is your first Smalltalk project, understanding the roles of<br>messages, objects and classes from the POV of ST will help you.
<br><br>There are pretty good introductions to ST and/or OO concepts, like this one:<br><br><a href="http://www.chronos-st.org/Smalltalk-Getting-the-Message.html">http://www.chronos-st.org/Smalltalk-Getting-the-Message.html
</a><br><br><br>Cheers<br><br>Carlos<br><br>On Jan 3, 2008 1:22 PM, David Zmick <<a href="mailto:dz0004455@gmail.com">dz0004455@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ok, Thanks! that clears it up a lot!!<br>> happy coding!
<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On 1/3/08, Herbert König <<a href="mailto:herbertkoenig@gmx.net">herbertkoenig@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<br>> > Hello David,<br>> ><br>> > DZ> One more question...How do I know when i need to use a class
<br>> > DZ> method instead of an instance method?<br>> ><br>> > the obvious reply is: If you want to talk to the class you need a<br>> > message implemented as a class side method. Examples:<br>
> ><br>> > a := Float pi<br>> > asks the class Float to return an instance of Float with the value of<br>> > pi. So you'll find the method pi implemented on the class side of<br>> > float.
<br>> ><br>> > then a:= a + 3.0 talks to an instance of Float so you'll find +<br>> > implemented on the instance side of Float (or on of its superclasses).<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Cheers,
<br>> > Herbert mailto:<a href="mailto:herbertkoenig@gmx.net">herbertkoenig@gmx.net</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br><br></blockquote></div>
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