Torsten Sadowski wrote:

>I would also strongly suggest Kent Beck, Smalltalk best practice patterns.
>
>This book starts where introductions stop. It helped me to understand a
>lot of talk on this list (and gives hints to writing good programs).
>
>Cheers, Torsten
>
>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 goran.krampe at bluefish.se wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Tim Will <tyguy11 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Question: If one was to teach themselves programming using squeak, what
>>>books would they use other than the ones I mentioned above? I am
>>>particularly interested in anything related to algorithms. These books
>>>don't have to necessarily pertain only to squeak or smalltalk.
>>>
>>>Thanks, Tim
>>>      
>>>
>>Make sure you don't miss all the free books here:
>>	http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/WebPages/FreeBooks.html
>>
>>There is enough Smalltalk there to read for a loooong time. :-) And
>>remember - every book covering Smalltalk in general should be applicable
>>to Squeak.
>>
>>regards, Göran
>>
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>
>
>  
>
Is there a favorite book on algorithms that can be recommended or is the 
best advice on learning algorithms to simply read as much code as 
possible such as the various sort methods for example and plug away on 
trying to understand what you have just read? Is this the model for 
learning to program in squeak?

thanks, Tim