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A Small Smalltalk Talk [RUG::B edition]
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Denis Defreyne
July 02, 2015
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A Small Smalltalk Talk [RUG::B edition]
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Transcript
A Small talk SMALLTALK Denis Defreyne / @ddfreyne /
[email protected]
Bad news: Smalltalk is dead. SMALLTALK
Three reasons to look into SMALLTALK
1. Smalltalk is is worth learning because of its heritage.
SMALLTALK
2. Smalltalk is is worth learning because it is weird.
SMALLTALK
3. Smalltalk is is worth learning because it encourages exploration.
SMALLTALK
HERITAGE
is like Ruby SMALLTALK RUBY
is like Ruby RUBY SMALLTALK
Smalltalk ’s model of object orientation is identical to ’s
RUBY SMALLTALK
'Hello'.upcase 'Hello' asUppercase. RUBY SMALLTALK
person = Person.new person.first_name = 'Denis' person := Person
new. person firstName: 'Denis'. SMALLTALK RUBY
research_paper.respond_to?(:complete?) research_paper.send(:add_random_paragraph) researchPaper respondsTo: #isComplete. researchPaper perform: #addRandomParagraph. SMALLTALK
RUBY
people.each { |person| self.send_spam_to(person) } people do: [ :person |
self sendSpamTo: person ]. people do: [ :each | self sendSpamTo: each ]. RUBY SMALLTALK
people.each { |person| self.send_spam_to(person) } people do: [ :person |
self sendSpamTo: person ]. people do: [ :each | self sendSpamTo: each ]. RUBY SMALLTALK
people.select { |person| person.adult? } people.select(&:adult?) people select: [
:person | person isAdult ]. people select: #isAdult. RUBY SMALLTALK
people select: #isAdult. people detect: #isAdult. people reject: #isAdult. people
collect: #firstName. people inject: 0 into: [ :memo :each | memo + each age ] SMALLTALK
is a cleaner SMALLTALK RUBY
poke = lambda { |person| person.poke } people.each(&poke) poke
:= [ :person | person poke ]. people do: poke. RUBY SMALLTALK
if students.empty? cancel_class end students isEmpty ifTrue: [self cancelClass].
RUBY SMALLTALK
as inspiration SMALLTALK
WEIRDNESS
(at all) is not like SMALLTALK RUBY
Ruby RUBY
gem RUBY
Smalltalk SMALLTALK
Smalltalk SMALLTALK
Smalltalk SMALLTALK =
Smalltalk SMALLTALK – your application =
Smalltalk SMALLTALK – your application – standard library =
Smalltalk SMALLTALK – your application – standard library – other
libraries =
Smalltalk SMALLTALK – your application – standard library – other
libraries – compiler =
Smalltalk SMALLTALK – your application – standard library – other
libraries – compiler – IDE =
Smalltalk SMALLTALK Pharo.image
Smalltalk SMALLTALK Pharo.image FRESH
Smalltalk SMALLTALK COPY Pharo.image FRESH
DEMO
EXPLORATION
DEMO
None
✓ Heritage
✓ Heritage ✓ Weirdness
✓ Heritage ✓ Weirdness ✓ Exploration
Why is wh dead? SMALLTALK
None
1. The Smalltalk environment is isolated.
1. The Smalltalk environment is 2. The Smalltalk community suffers
from NIH.
1. The Smalltalk environment is 2. The Smalltalk community suffers
from 3. Smalltalk isn’t revolutionary anymore.
Q & A
@ddfreyne
[email protected]
Denis Defreyne Former Smalltalk developer DENIS DEFREYNE
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