Smalltalk, Objects, and Design (Paperback)

A programmer's guide to Smalltalk integrating its language with object-oriented design solutions. Consultant Liu focuses on practical alternatives and trade-offs, introducing Smalltalk basics in objects, classes and inheritances, and explaining topics in abstract classes, containers, object identity, the use of polymorphism to improve design, patterns and frameworks in Smalltalk, the consistent nature of metaclasses, building a basic application, and effective user interfaces. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.