I didn’t find writing a tutorial very satisfactory, so I’m going to try another take on introducing Smalltalk, by talking about those features of the language that really amaze me.
Wow Smalltalk!
The SVG browser has the problem that putting text at angles seems to make Firefox start working the processor hard, even after the image is rendered. Don’t know why.
Anyway, here’s a reworking of the Class diagram with the methods all horizontal. Maybe it’s more readable too…
Here’s a mockup of a class hierarchy diagram:
Obviously, I don’t [...]
Some screenshots of the SVG browser I was playing with a while back:
A class diagram (inspired by the ‘donut’ diagrams in “Smalltalk, Objects, and Design”):
A namespace tree - the maths needs a bit of work, and the tree is way too cramped: