On to Smalltalk

£34.52

Excellently Written - Not only a good introduction to Smalltalk, but excellent technical writing. If you don t learn Smalltalk may be you ll learn something about writing instead.

Uninspiring - This book is OK for teaching Smalltalk basics and the format of very small concise chapters works quite well. However the content is dry and sorry to say boring. The example application is terse and not a great example of what Smalltalk can do. The book is based around Smalltalk Express and the URL s for downloading a copy are obsolete. I only found the first half of the book useful. A satisfactory starter but it left me with many unanswered questions.

An excellent introduction to Smalltalk - Patrick Henry Winston has done it again. Not just a very good book for the novice at Smalltalk but also a good introduction to OO programming. His unmistakeable writing style manages to make what is potentially a dry subject into a very enjoyable and worthwhile read. Highly recommended.