Step-by-step tutorial on how to build an application using Dolphin Smalltalk. * only book on this topic * tutorial style, easy to follow example This book is a tutorial on how to build applications using the Dolphin Smalltalk development environment. It takes a tutorial/cookbook approach, taking the reader through step- by- step to build a complete application. Each chapter explains what components need to be used in the process and gradually builds these up into the complete application, as well as showing how to apply these in different situations, so the reader can apply the principles learnt in developing different applications. *uses a formula one results tracking and score-keeping example running throughout the book, an easy-to-understand application that requires a number of different things: a framework in which the whole application works, static data, and dynamic data. The reader also learns to build Web applets, manage web data and use Active X components. *written as essentially version-independent, the core features are the same and only the add-ons vary from release to release; however, it is compatible with the accompanying version on the CD, and will have updates on the features of the latest commercial release version 4.0. *CD containing the latest non-commercial release of the Dolphin Smalltalk environment, version 3.0 plus source code and test code for the application. *also includes:- roadmap of reading routes - an intro chapter on the Smalltalk language as well as the introduction to Dolphin - an appendix that provides basics on OO and modeling as a reference - detailed coverage of testing topics and team management AUDIENCE Beginner and intermediate Smalltalk programmers, with some existing programming experience.
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The first book to cover the creation of a complete application with Dolphin Smalltalk!
Dolphin Smalltalk is a pure object-oriented programming language that enables you to build applications that are fully featured and easy to maintain. If you have no previous programming experience or want to build on your knowledge of Smalltalk, this book is for you. It will show you, step-by-step, how to design and build a complete application in Dolphin Smalltalk.
You will learn:
- How to split an application into components
- How to build these components using object-oriented techniques
- How to apply principles learned in developing different applications
Features:
- A running example throughout the text, using Formula One results tracking and score-keeping to illustrate the framework in which the whole application works
- CD ROM containing Dolphin Smalltalk 4.0, plus source code for all the chapters
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About the Author
Ted Bracht is a software architect for a company that builds world-class accounting software for medium to large companies. He uses Dolphin Smalltalk on a daily basis to build prototypes and proofs of concept.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent Introduction to Objects, Dolphin and Smalltalk,
By Jeffrey Odell (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dolphin Smalltalk Companion (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
As a long time Smalltalker, I enjoy reading introductions to Smalltalk and Smalltalk programming environments to learn new techniques and approaches. What I found in Ted's book was an excellent introduction to objects, programming, and Smalltalk, as well as how to implement these ideas in the Dolphin Smalltalk environment.Dolphin is a relatively new Smalltalk environment for me, so I learned several techniques that sped up my application development. Ted develops an application from start to finish in the book, so it is loaded with practical advice and code. This book is ideal for anyone curious about objects, how Smalltalk works, or learning the Dolphin environment for the first time. It includes the Value Edition of the Dolphin Smalltalk Environment, so you are ready to go when the book arrives. This makes the book an exceptional value. Next, I plan to use it to introduce software development to my 13 year old son!
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ever wondered how to write a 'real' app in smalltalk???,
By "anduguid" (Vancouver, BC Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dolphin Smalltalk Companion (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
great book! only 1/3 of the way through and i cannot put it down (except to write this review of course). I have many, many computer books of various languages and technologies and this is the only one where i have felt motivated, no compelled to turn each page and complete every task as written.
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Good introduction the Dolphin Smalltalk dialect,
By tangofan (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dolphin Smalltalk Companion (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
This book doesn't only give a general introduction into the Smalltalk language and some of the classes that are common between the various Smalltalk dialects, it also introduces the reader to some of the specifics of Dolphin Smalltalk, which is a Smalltalk development system available for Windows.
The author uses a "car race" scenario to develop an application managing races and as the application evolves, he explains the various problems and how to solve them in Dolphin Smalltalk. This approach is good for a Smalltalk beginner, but somewhat less so, if you're already familiar with Smalltalk and just wants to learn the specifics about the Dolphin Smalltalk system, because you can't really skip any of the examples. The book comes with a CD that contains version 4.0 of the Dolphin Smalltalk Value Edition. If you are using a later version of Dolphin, please be aware that there are a few changes in the UI class library. All in all I can recommend this book as a good introduction into the Dolphin Smalltalk development system.
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