IBM's VisualAge for Smalltalk is a complete system for developing powerful client applications. This book shows developers how to succeed with versions 3.0 and 4.0 of VisualAge. It covers helpful background information on the Smalltalk language, the common graphics subsystem, the common widget subsystems, and visual programming in VisualAge. It serves both as an introduction to the Smalltalk language and to the base classes of IBM Smalltalk. Programmers with and without previous Smalltalk programming experience will find it useful. Code examples illustrate VisualAge, Smalltalk, and the use of graphics widgets and reusable parts on VisualAge. The book includes a disk that contains Smalltalk expressions and statements, source code segments from examples, Smalltalk classes, and descriptions of examples of visual and nonvisual parts. It provides a 90-day introductory test of IBM Smalltalk 4.0 on CD-ROM.

This book shows developers how to succeed with versions 3.0 and 4.0 of VisualAge.

Designed to enhance development acumen, this book serves as a guide to using VisualWorks to its full potential.

As Smalltalk is embraced by a growing number of corporate information systems departments, career prospects for programmers with Smalltalk development skills have never been better. This practical guide takes programmers beyond the basics, teaching them how to develop enteprise-class applications that provide real world solutions.

From exception handling to the Internet, the first guide to advanced Smalltalk programming techniques This powerful book/CD package is for experienced Smalltalk programmers who are ready to go on to the next level. Beginning where all the other Smalltalk programming guides leave off, this package arms you with advanced programming techniques and a wealth of insider tips on how to more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively develop applications in Smalltalk. While the focus throughout is on the five most popular versions of Smalltalk (VisualWorks, VisualSmalltalk, VisualAge/IBM Smalltalk, SmalltalkAgents, and Enfin), users of other, less widely used Smalltalk environments can benefit from the information in this book. Advanced Smalltalk tells you what you need to know about: * Avoiding most common Smalltalk bugs * Using patterns and frameworks * Supercharging your Smalltalk programs to make them run faster * Integrating non-Smalltalk legacy code with your Smalltalk application * Storing and retrieving information from relational and object databases * Smalltalk on the Internet and its role in electronic commerce * The Smalltalk ANSI Standard * Implementing neural nets in Smalltalk * Style for design and coding in Smalltalk * Interview guidelines for Smalltalk programmers JONATHAN PLETZKE is a consultant specializing in Smalltalk development and programming. On the CD-ROM you'll find: * An object-oriented HTTP server * An object-oriented HTTP client * A documentation generator * Development and team source code management tools * Primitive and external interface templates * A back-propagation neural net program * Two public domain Smalltalk development environments: GNU Smalltalk for Unix, DOS, Windows, and Windows/NT Little Smalltalk for Macintosh, DOS, Windows, and Unix * Two Educational/Demonstration Smalltalk development environments: * Smalltalk/X for Unix (Solaris and Linux) * SmalltalkNT for Windows/NT version 4.0 * Smalltalk archives: University of Illinois Archive (st.cs.uiuc.edu) Smalltalk Store Archive (www.smalltalk.com)

Shows developers how to develop cross-platform, distributed object-based applications quickly and effectively.