Code Shopping Support in Squeak
Karl Ramberg
karl.ramberg at chello.se
Fri Mar 9 06:20:08 UTC 2001
Dan Shafer 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.
>
Did you look at the MethodFinder (also called SelectorFinder ?)
Most easy accessed trough the World menu/Open.../MethodFinder
It also have have some class examples.
Karl
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