Advanced Smalltalk by Jonathan Pletzke (Mixed Media, 1996) for sale online

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From exception handling to the Internet, the first guide to advanced Smalltalk programming techniques This powerful book/CD package is for experienced Smalltalk programmers who are ready to go on to the next level. Beginning where all the other Smalltalk programming guides leave off, this package arms you with advanced programming techniques and a wealth of insider tips on how to more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively develop applications in Smalltalk. While the focus throughout is on the five most popular versions of Smalltalk (VisualWorks, VisualSmalltalk, VisualAge/IBM Smalltalk, SmalltalkAgents, and Enfin), users of other, less widely used Smalltalk environments can benefit from the information in this book. Advanced Smalltalk tells you what you need to know about: Avoiding most common Smalltalk bugs Using patterns and frameworks Supercharging your Smalltalk programs to make them run faster Integrating non-Smalltalk legacy code with your Smalltalk application Storing and retrieving information from relational and object databases Smalltalk on the Internet and its role in electronic commerce The Smalltalk ANSI Standard Implementing neural nets in Smalltalk Style for design and coding in Smalltalk Interview guidelines for Smalltalk programmers JONATHAN PLETZKE is a consultant specializing in Smalltalk development and programming. On the CD-ROM you'll find: An object-oriented HTTP server An object-oriented HTTP client A documentation generator Development and team source code management tools Primitive and external interface templates A back-propagation neural net program Two public domain Smalltalk development environments: GNU Smalltalk for Unix, DOS, Windows, and Windows/NT Little Smalltalk for Macintosh, DOS, Windows, and Unix Two Educational/Demonstration Smalltalk development environments: Smalltalk/X for Unix (Solaris and Linux) SmalltalkNT for Windows/NT version 4.0 Smalltalk archives: University of Illinois Archive (st.cs.uiuc.edu) Smalltalk Store Archive (www smalltalk.com)