Tutorial Visualworks Core Libraries Timers And Durations

Summary

A look at the Announcement framework - the replacement for both trigger events and change/update. A look at the Web Support package, and how it makes programmatic usage of web resources (such as forms) simpler. A basic introduction to file handling in Smalltalk, looking at class Filename, and at basic Stream protocol. Here's the code I used in ... A look at using "TGZ Archives" files from Smalltalk. A look at how to move to the SUnitToo tools without having to migrate all of your existing SUnit tests. A look at some file and stream i/o A look at some of the other (non file/directory) convenience methods in class Dialog. A look at the APIs for class String - or more properly, gives a few examples and shows you how to discover them for yourself. A look at the differences between Strings and Symbols in Smalltalk. A look at using File Dialogs (native and emulated). A look at how to format objects when rendering them as strings - using the PrintPolicy class.