David Robson

Adele Goldberg

The Smalltalk-80 system is an integrated, graphical, and interactive programming environment with capabilities for producing highly functional contact with personal computer systems. This book introduces the Smalltalk-80 approach to information representation and manipulation; it also provides an overview of the syntax of the language. This book is intended for programmers or programming language designers interested in the Smalltalk-80 language and its development environment on a particular kind of hardware system. It assumes that the reader is familiar with at least one programming language and with sequencing of instruction in a computer.

The Language

Smalltalk-80

The Interactive Programming Environment (Addison-Wesley series in computer science)

This distinctive book presents a history of an increasingly important class of computers, personal workstations. It is a history seen from the unique perspective of the people who pioneered their development.

A History of Personal Workstations

Theodore Gyle Lewis

Margaret Burnett

This book is intended as a serious introduction and reference for cutting-edge developers in the areas of visual and object-oriented programming. The first book on this topic, this guide focuses on the elements and strategies to help those who design visual object-oriented systems avoid some of the known pitfalls.

Concepts and Environments

Visual Object-oriented Programming

Introduction to the book and the system. Basic user interface components. How to use the text editor. How to use projects. Fundamentals of the Smalltalk-80 language. How to evaluate expressions. How to make pictures. Finding out about instances. Finding out about system classes. Finding out about messages and methods. Modifying existing class descriptions. Modifying existing class definitions. Creating a new class description. Improving performance. Examples of creating or changing browsers. Spelling correction. Syntax errors. Notification of an execution interrupt. Examining and debugging execution state. Kind of execution interrupts. Single-stepping through an execution. The file system. System backup, crash recovery, and cleanup. Appendixes. Indexes.

The Interactive Programming Environment

Kenneth S. Rubin

If you are a project manager, or a member of a project team incorporating object-oriented technology into a software development project, you need to read this book. Filled with advice distilled from the authors' experience in the creation and use of object-oriented technology, Succeeding with Objects is an invaluable guide to the decision processes inherent in successful software development using object-oriented technology. The focus of the book is on you - the developer, project manager, or IS executive. It assumes that you want to apply object-oriented technology to real-world problems and to integrate this technology into the software development culture of your organization successfully. Case studies of object-oriented software projects and the direct personal experience of the authors from the basis for the decision frameworks presented. Using these frameworks, you will be able to develop your own coherent and successful management plan, tailored to your organization. Succeeding with Objects provides practical advice on how to incorporate object-oriented technology in software development projects based upon experience in real-life projects; covers all aspects of process models, project planning and control, software development environments, measurement, training, and systematic reuse and introduces ten decision frameworks used to develop a project management strategy, leveraged by object-oriented technology.

Adele Goldberg

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