Kent Beck's Guide to Better Smalltalk: A Sorted Collection

SIGS Reference Library

by Kent Beck

In this book, Smalltalk pioneer and guru, Kent Beck, weaves together a collection of his "landmark" articles from leading IT trade journals--The Smalltalk Report, JOOP, and Object Magazine. Written for Smalltalk programmers, this book is designed to help readers become more effective Smalltalk developers and object technology users. It is filled with insider tips, advanced techniques, and proven strategies on getting the most out of the Smalltalk language. Some specific topics covered are patterns, garbage collection, the use of CRC cards, and much more.

428 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Noah Stetz]

Better Small Talk (Version: Other)

[Piers]

Lots of wisdom here, though there's the occasional "flavour of the month" article, which isn't all that surprising in a collection of magazine articles. Kent's thoughts on each article written as he assembled the book are worth reading too.

[Jano Suchal]

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