Yes this book is interesting. Now this is several time I contacted steven wessels to know if he is interested about a port to pharo and about the license but he never replied to me (while I tried to help him finding for jobs in the past). So I cannot interact with people not even replying to mails. too bad
Stef On Jun 12, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Bernat Romagosa <tibabenfortlapala...@gmail.com> wrote: > I remember learning a lot and having a lot of fun with the Laser Game > tutorial. I'm not sure it'll still work in newer Pharo/Squeak images > though... In Squeak, maybe. In Pharo, I seriously doubt it :) > > > 2013/6/12 basilmir <mir...@unom.ro> > Are there any good books or resources focused on *mainly* Learning > Programming. (with Smalltalk would be a great bonus) > > I'm not looking for yet another class, syntax, other language compare etc... > Just one of those books that's filled with real exercises and medium sized > programs that you get to actually get to complete and experiment with. > > *I found these to be of great clarity:* > > *Smalltalk, Objects and Design by Chamond Liu* (I wish the account example > were a little more detailed, and the initial slow pace would extend > throughout the book, it tends to accelerate to fast) > > *Just ordered Discovering Smalltalk by Wilf LaLonde* (I have a feeling it > would be on the same level) > > It would be great if you could recommend such a book, resource. > > PS. I feel i read a great deal on the subject but never actually completed a > piece of software that's even remotely complete, the pieces just don't fit. > There is a great deal of "wow" around how you're not supposed to know how > the insides of an object works (encapsulation) but without extensive > knowledge of the framework how could one create anything of use?! > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Topic-search-Learn-programming-with-Smalltalk-tp4692951.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > -- > Bernat Romagosa.
