Code Shopping Support in Squeak

Dan Shafer dshafer at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 15 03:22:33 UTC 2001


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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