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This category holds links for books, paper or online, on the Smalltalk and Squeak programming languages, and very closely related issues.

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• Squeak

Resources in This Category

• A Little Smalltalk

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201106981
  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. [Amazon.com]

• Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

  http://www.harpercollins.com/book/index.aspx?isbn=9780887309892
  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]

• Free Online Smalltalk Books

  http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/FreeBooks.html
  Mostly out of print, many are classics; chapters are PDF format. [online]

• Inside Smalltalk, Volume 1

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0134684141
  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]

• Inside Smalltalk, Volume 2

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0134659643
  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]

• Object-Oriented Engineering: Building Engineering Systems Using Smalltalk-80

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/025611210X
  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]

• Smalltalk, Objects, and Design

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1583484906
  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]

• Smalltalk-80

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201113716
  Addison-Wesley; 1989, ISBN 0201113716. Paperback. [Amazon.com]

• Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201116693
  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]

• Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201113724
  By Adele Goldberg; Addison-Wesley, 1983, ISBN 0201113724. In depth explanation of the programming user interface. [Amazon.com]

• Smalltalk: An Introduction to Application Development Using VisualWorks

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0133183874
  By Trevor Hopkins, Bernard Horan; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0133183874. Full guide with what users must know to start writing applications. [Amazon.com]

• The Art and Science of Smalltalk

  http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/Art/artAdded174186187Final.pdf
  By Simon Lewis; Prentice Hall, 1995. Introduces programming in Smalltalk, covers technical background for programmers, managers; introduces some basic philosophy of language. Description with table of contents.

• The Design and Evaluation of a High Performance Smalltalk System

  ftp://sunsite.berkeley.edu/pub/techreps/CSD-86-287.html
  By David M. Ungar; dissertation sponsored by DARPA; read online or download PDF. [UC Berkeley SUNSITE, Online]

• The Dolphin Smalltalk Companion: A Hands-on Guide to Building Complete Applications

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201737930
  Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]

• The Smalltalk Developers Guide to VisualWorks

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013442526X
  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]

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