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1995-1997, The Technical Expertise Corp. Format: author name (last, first), title, publisher, year,
ISBN, cost, pages, media.
http://home.sprynet.com/~jpletzke/booklist.htm
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The Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion
By Sherman R. Alpert, Kyle Brown, Bobby Woolf; Addison-Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0201184621. Implements
the 23 patterns in Smalltalk; rework of 1994 book that changed object-oriented software
engineering, but used C++ code. [Addison-Wesley]
http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0201184621,00.html
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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns
By Kent Beck; Prentice Hall, 1997, ISBN 013476904X. Real world style guide for better programming;
gives set of patterns that organize informal experience successful Smalltalk programmers learned
the hard way. [Prentice Hall]
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,013476904X,00.html
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Smalltalk with Style
By Suzanne Skublics, Edward J. Klimas, David A. Thomas; Prentice Hall, 1996, ISBN 0131655493. For
OO programming courses; fills gap between software engineering principles and practice of
programming in OOP languages. [Prentice Hall]
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0131655493,00.html
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Discovering Smalltalk
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805327207
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Discovering Smalltalk
By Wilf R. Lalonde; Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0805327207. Comprehensive introduction to language,
detailed coverage of fundamental object-oriented programming concepts: objects, parts, methods,
classes, inheritance. [Addison-Wesley]
http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0805327207,00.html
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The Dolphin Smalltalk Companion: A Hands-on Guide to Building Complete Applications
By Ted Bracht; Addison-Wesley, 2001, ISBN 0201737930, has CD-ROM. Introduction to OO, programming,
Smalltalk, step-by-step covers creating full programs for Windows 32-bit. [Addison-Wesley]
http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0201737930,00.html
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Smalltalk-80: The Language
By Adele Goldberg, David Robson; Addison-Wesley, 1989, ISBN 0201136880. Likely the most famous,
influential Smalltalk book, and one of the first, by two of its original creators; considered a
Smalltalk bible. [Addison-Wesley]
http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0201136880,00.html
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On to Smalltalk
By Patrick Henry Winston; Addison-Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0201498278. Each easily understood section
adds new abilities to a short, representative Smalltalk program. [Addison-Wesley]
http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,0201498278,00.html
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A Little Smalltalk
By Timothy Budd; Addison-Wesley, 1987, ISBN 0201106981. Guide to line-oriented semi-subset of
Smalltalk-80 coded in C, by author; good introduction to elementary object-oriented programming.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201106981
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
By Michael A. Hiltzik; HarperBusiness, 1999, ISBN 0887309895. By author of The Soul of a New
Machine, accessible history of Xerox PARC in 1970s/80s. Purchase sources, chapter sample, author
information. [publisher website]
http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0887309895
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887308910
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Brief positive review of book. [Electronic Review of Computer Books]
http://www.ercb.com/brief/brief.0126.html
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Smalltalk Free Books
Mostly out of print, many are classics; PDF format. [online]
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/WebPages/FreeBooks.html
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The Design and Evaluation of a High Performance Smalltalk System
By David M. Ungar; dissertation sponsored by DARPA; read online or download PDF. [UC Berkeley
SUNSITE, Online]
ftp://sunsite.berkeley.edu/pub/techreps/CSD-86-287.html
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Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation
Part 4: The Implementation, Chapters 26-30; defines full reference implementation for original
16-bit Smalltalk-80 Virtual Machine needed to run image. Code is all Smalltalk, written for
clarity, not speed; optimizations left to implementors. [Online]
http://users.ipa.net/%7Edwighth/smalltalk/bluebook/bluebook_imp_toc.html
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Smalltalk: An Introduction to Application Development Using VisualWorks
By Trevor Hopkins, Bernard Horan; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0133183874. Full guide with what users
must know to start writing applications. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0133183874
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Object-Oriented Engineering: Building Engineering Systems Using Smalltalk-80
By John R. Bourne; CRC Press, 1992, ISBN 025611210X. Introduces understanding and using
object-oriented methodologies for engineering problem solving, focus on analysis and design.
[Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/025611210X
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Smalltalk-80
Addison-Wesley; 1989, ISBN 0201113716. Paperback. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201113716
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The Design and Evaluation of a High Performance Smalltalk System
By David M. Ungar; MIT Press, 1987, ISBN 026221010X. Dissertation that became a book; focus:
dynamic typing can be fast on RISC CPUs, garbage collecting need not be time-consuming.
[Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/026221010X
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Inside Smalltalk, Volume 1
By Wilf R. Lalonde, John R. Pugh; Prentice Hall, 1990, ISBN 0134684141. Introduces this
object-oriented programming language, focusing on classes, subclassing, inheritance, message
passing. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0134684141
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Inside Smalltalk, Volume 2
By Wilf R. Lalonde, John R. Pugh; Prentice Hall, 1991, ISBN 0134659643. Explores Smalltalk system
as a potent and efficient prototyping and development environment. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0134659643
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Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment
By Adele Goldberg; Addison-Wesley, 1983, ISBN 0201113724. In depth explanation of the programming
user interface. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201113724
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Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice
Edited by Glen Krasner; Addison-Wesley, 1983, ISBN 0201116693. Tells how Smalltalk was first
invented, and then how it was introduced to the world, with chapters by key participants.
[Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201116693
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A Taste of Smalltalk
By Ted Kaehler, Dave Patterson; W.W. Norton & Co., 1986, ISBN 0393955052. Uses 'Towers of
Hanoi' programming example in C, Pascal, Lisp, Smalltalk; then builds on it to teach some basics of
OO programming with Smalltalk. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393955052
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The Art and Science of Smalltalk
Description with table of contents. [hp books]
http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/prentice/ptr_0133713458.html
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The Art and Science of Smalltalk
By Simon Lewis; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0133713458. Introduces programming in Smalltalk, covering
technical background for programmers, managers; introduces some basic philosophy of language.
[Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0133713458
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The Art and Science of Smalltalk
Review of book, very positive; book introduces programming in Smalltalk, explains optimal ways to
think about and work with the system.
http://wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/VisualWorks/The+Art+and+Science+of+Smalltalk
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On to Smalltalk
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201498278
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Smalltalk, Objects, and Design
By Chamond Liu; iUniverse.com, 2000, ISBN 1583484906. Programmer's guide integrates language with
object-oriented design solutions; focus: practical alternatives, trade-offs. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1583484906
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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013476904X
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The Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201184621
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The Dolphin Smalltalk Companion: A Hands-on Guide to Building Complete Applications
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201737930
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The Smalltalk Developers Guide to VisualWorks
By Timothy Howard; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 013442526X, has CD-ROM. Describes ParcPlace
environment in terms of basic Smalltalk ideas, shows how to solve problems, develop applications.
[Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013442526X
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Smalltalk-80: The Language
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201136880
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Smalltalk with Style
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131655493
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Smalltalk Online
Torsten Bergmann's Online Books, each on one implementation: Dolphin Smalltalk, IBM Smalltalk,
Object Studio, Pocket Smalltalk, Smalltalk Agents, Smalltalk Express, Smalltalk/MT,
Smalltalk/Win95, Smalltalk/X, Squeak, VisualWave, VisualWorks.
http://www.phaidros.com/DIGITALIS/
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