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Smalltalk and Object Orientation

An Introduction

  • Textbook
  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. John Hunt

    1. Computer Science Department, The University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction to Object Orientation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction To Object Orientation

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      Pages 3-16

    3. Elements of Object Orientation

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      Pages 17-28

    4. Constructing an Object Oriented System

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      Pages 29-32

  3. The Smalltalk Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. An Introduction to Smalltalk

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      Pages 43-54

    3. A Little Smalltalk

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      Pages 55-65

    4. Smalltalk Building Blocks

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      Pages 66-75

    5. Smalltalk Constructs

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      Pages 76-85

    6. An Example Smalltalk Class

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      Pages 86-91

    7. Control and Iteration

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      Pages 92-99

    8. The Collection Classes

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      Pages 100-110

    9. Further Collection Classes

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      Pages 111-121

    10. An Object Oriented Organizer

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      Pages 122-129

    11. Streams and Files

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      Pages 130-139

    12. The Magnitude Class Hierarchy

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      Pages 140-144

    13. Some More Tools of the Trade

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      Pages 145-152

  4. Object Oriented Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Object Oriented Analysis and Design

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      Pages 155-163
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This book was originally written to support an introductory course in Object Orientation through the medium of Smalltalk (and VisualWorks in particular). However, it can be used as a book to teach the reader Smalltalk, to introduce object orientation as well as present object oriented design and analysis. It takes as its basic premise that most Computer Scientists I Software Engineers learn best by doing rather than from theoretical notes. The chapters therefore attempt to introduce concepts by getting you the reader to do things, rather than by extensive theoretical discussions. This means that these chapters take a hands-on approach to the subject and assume that the student/reader has a suitable Small talk environment available to them. The chapters are listed below and are divided into six parts. The reader is advised to work through Parts 1 and 3 thoroughly in order to gain a detailed understanding of object orientation. Part 2 then provides an introduction to the Smalltalk environment and language. Other chapters may then be dipped into as required. For example, if the reader wishes to hone their Smalltalk skills then the chapters in Part 4 would be useful. However, if at that point they wish to get on and discover the delights of graphical user interfaces in Smalltalk, then Part 5 could be read next. Part 6 presents some more advances subjects such as metaclasses and concurrency which are not required for straight forward Small talk development.

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  • Computer Science Department, The University of Wales, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales

    John Hunt

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