Re: [Pharo-users] Introduction to OOP for UPBE was: Some new book chapters :)

2015-03-29 Thread stepharo
I would like the opinion of the community on this. I have discussed the addition of an introduction to OOP back when I was very actively contributing to UPBE and the response I got was very positive. The plan was similar to what I mentioned, just bare basics , making sure that the reader unde

Re: [Pharo-users] Introduction to OOP for UPBE was: Some new book chapters :)

2015-03-29 Thread kilon alios
first example is at page 5 . I don't overheat , I rarely get angry. So there is no reason to worry, all opinions are more than welcomed. If the styles of documentation that the community desires is on par with the link you provided then I know and this is not what I want to be working on. But sinc

Re: [Pharo-users] Introduction to OOP for UPBE was: Some new book chapters :)

2015-03-29 Thread Hilaire
Hello, [..] no need to list the chapters, I know the book. Le 29/03/2015 16:43, kilon alios a écrit : > The iink your provided is a reference documentation and I dont like > this kind of documentation sinking inside theory with few practical > examples. Quite the opposite of PBE and frankly a

Re: [Pharo-users] Introduction to OOP for UPBE was: Some new book chapters :)

2015-03-29 Thread kilon alios
Not really because those concepts are already explained in other chapters. Blocks and conditions and why conditions are the way they are are explained in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 explains messages in general including the use of parentheses , how messages are sent , the different kind of messages , whe

Re: [Pharo-users] Introduction to OOP for UPBE was: Some new book chapters :)

2015-03-29 Thread Hilaire
Le 29/03/2015 15:18, kilon alios a écrit : > For example message passing suppose to be this super powerful feature > , that diffirentiate from method calls in the essence that the user > does not need to know the internals of the class. But I have not seen > a class that take advantage of this feat

[Pharo-users] Introduction to OOP for UPBE was: Some new book chapters :)

2015-03-29 Thread kilon alios
I would like the opinion of the community on this. I have discussed the addition of an introduction to OOP back when I was very actively contributing to UPBE and the response I got was very positive. The plan was similar to what I mentioned, just bare basics , making sure that the reader understand