Smalltalk with style

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1. jhbadgerApr 2017
   Smalltalk with Style (one of the books in that page) is actually a really good book on coding style in Smalltalk. I remember reading it and taking its advice about twenty years ago when I was using Smalltalk heavily.
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2. fusiongyroFeb 2017
   A Mentoring Course on Smalltalk by Andres Valloud and Smalltalk with Style by Klimas et al.

   http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/andres-valloud/a-mentoring-co...

   http://sdmeta.gforge.inria.fr/FreeBooks/WithStyle/SmalltalkW...

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3. mhdJul 2012
   PEP 20.

   If you need something longer, the official Java Coding Style[1] is getting a bit old, but Java is probably the language where you're least surprised when you start working at a new company or project.

   Other than that, I prefer actual books that don't just focus on indentation, but go beyond that, like Perl Best Practices or Smalltalk With Style.

   [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconvtoc-136057.ht...

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4. fractallyteApr 2012
   There's a great collection of free books at: http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html

   I found the following particularly useful: 'Smalltalk by Example', by Alex Sharp; 'Smalltalk With Style', by Edward Klimas, Suzanne Skublics and David A Thomas.

   This is a great book for beginners in any OO language: 'Smalltalk, Objects, and Design', by Chamond Liu

   Also surprisingly useful (terse, but well structured): 'On To Smalltalk', by Patrick Henry Winston

   Finally, there's the excellent ProfStef interactive tutorial that's included with Pharo (http://www.pharocasts.com/2010/01/learn-smalltalk-with-profs...).

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5. igouyFeb 2025
   fyi the Cincom Smalltalk IDE New Class dialog shows these fields and checkboxes—

        Name: MyClass
        Superclass: Core.Object
        Instance Variables: anInstVar anotherVar
   
        Create methods:
            Accessors
            Initializer
            Subclass responsibilities
   
   

   "Accessors" aka getters.

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   See 1996 "Smalltalk with Style"

   page 113 get method

   page 117 set method

   https://rmod-files.lille.inria.fr/FreeBooks/WithStyle/Smallt...

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   "After the creation of the class StUser, it is highly recommended that you perform automatic creation of instance variable accessors. One possible way to do this in Squeak is to use the context menu on a class among the entry more.... There, you can find create inst var accessors. Select this command to have all accessors created."

   http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/seaside/tutorial?ch...

   etc etc

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