Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

by Kent Beck · 1996

A collection of programming patterns for expressing behavior, state, collections, and classes in Smalltalk.

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David Heinemeier Hansson selects Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns among his most influential programming books.

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Signal v. Noise / Basecamp · 2012-12-26 · accessed 2026-10-01

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Kent BeckBook author

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