Neato! I don't see an option to download the book and print it myself. I
don't mind at all paying the $45 (of course.) I know that lulu will let you
publish as an e-book, is that something you could be persuaded to do?
It's cool to see a new book on Smalltalk.

  - Ron

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Andres Valloud <
avalloud at smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just published the 400 page book Fundamentals of Smalltalk Programming
> Technique, volume 1. To some extent it's fitting that I am publishing
> another book this time of the year. I started writing the Mentoring Course
> book (of which the Hash book was chapter 7) almost 4 years ago. The three
> books total about 1200 pages.
>
> Something I realized with the Mentoring Course book is that I could take
> advantage of mentoring myself because I had already sharpened several
> Smalltalk skills. The Fundamentals book talks about these abilities. As with
> the Mentoring Course book, there is too much material for a single book.
> Thus, the first volume just published talks about the controlled
> manipulation of boolean expressions, inheritance, and polymorphism. In fact,
> there is a continuum of points of view on the subjects, ranging from the
> goal of producing very little yet highly maintainable code, to the
> architecture of highly optimized implementations, as well as valuable
> compromises in between. In fact, at times, it is possible to avoid
> sacrificing flexibility for speed, or viceversa.
>
> The second volume will talk about enumeration, recursion, weakness, and
> optimization. I am sure it will be a fun book to write. In the mean time,
> enjoy volume 1!
>
> http://www.lulu.com/content/7451511
>
> http://www.lulu.com/avSmalltalkBooks
>
> Andres.
>
>
>
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