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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Introduction to Objects, Dolphin and Smalltalk, January 31, 2002
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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ever wondered how to write a 'real' app in smalltalk???, November 13, 2002
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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good introduction the Dolphin Smalltalk dialect, January 22, 2005
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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