Code Shopping Support in Squeak

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Sun Mar 18 16:23:50 UTC 2001


Of course!  I'll add a mention of Mark's book to the page.  Naturally,
by the time you go to check, the Swiki will probably be down again, and
you'll decide both the page *and* the mention of Mark's book are
imaginary.  :)

-Lex


Dan Shafer <dshafer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Minnow's down again, so you couldn't prove it by me!
> 
> There's a good discussion of some of these techniques in Mark's book, too.
> 
> I think a better title is needed. I'll noodle.
> 
> --- Lex Spoon <lex at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> > Hmm, it's page number *4* on the swiki :)
> > 
> > 	http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/4
> > 
> > It's called "Programming with Squeak's User Interface".  Perhaps it
> > could use a better title...
> > 
> > -Lex
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Dan Shafer <dshafer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Back when Parc Place was a new company, I interviewed Adele Goldberg for a
> > > profile. I remember asking her what the programming process in Smalltalk
> > felt
> > > like. She paused for a few moments and then said something like, "I spend a
> > > significant part of my programming time doing code-shopping, looking for
> > > existing methods that do a particular thing I need to do." When I asked how
> > she
> > > did that, she gave me a couple of tips about searching for methods, then
> > said,
> > > "Most of the time, I open my door and yell down the hallway, 'Hey! Anybody
> > got
> > > a method that does this?'"
> > > 
> > > I am at least vaguely aware that Squeak has implemented some coolness that
> > > allows us to find methods a tad more effectively than in the past. It would
> > be
> > > a great boon to the community if someone would point them out. I'd be happy
> > to
> > > return the favor by following up and writing something on the topic for the
> > Swiki.
> > > 
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