Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice
Edited by Glen Krasner; Addison-Wesley, 1983, ISBN 0201116693. Tells how Smalltalk was first invented, and then how it was introduced to the world, with chapters by key participants. [Amazon.com]
The Smalltalk Developers Guide to VisualWorks
By Timothy Howard; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 013442526X, has CD-ROM. Describes ParcPlace environment in terms of basic Smalltalk ideas, shows how to solve problems, develop applications. [Amazon.com]
Smalltalk Free Books
Mostly out of print, many are classics; PDF format. [online]
Smalltalk, Objects, and Design
By Chamond Liu; iUniverse.com, 2000, ISBN 1583484906. Programmer's guide integrates language with object-oriented design solutions; focus: practical alternatives, trade-offs. [Amazon.com]
Smalltalk Online
Torsten Bergmann's Online Books, each on one implementation: Dolphin Smalltalk, IBM Smalltalk, Object Studio, Pocket Smalltalk, Smalltalk Agents, Smalltalk Express, Smalltalk/MT, Smalltalk/Win95, Smalltalk/X, Squeak, VisualWave, VisualWorks.
Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment
By Adele Goldberg; Addison-Wesley, 1983, ISBN 0201113724. In depth explanation of the programming user interface. [Amazon.com]
Smalltalk-80: The Language
By Adele Goldberg, David Robson; Addison-Wesley, 1989, ISBN 0201136880. Likely the most famous, influential Smalltalk book, and one of the first, by two of its original creators; considered a Smalltalk bible. [Addison-Wesley]
Smalltalk-80: The Language
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation
Part 4: The Implementation, Chapters 26-30; defines full reference implementation for original 16-bit Smalltalk-80 Virtual Machine needed to run image. Code is all Smalltalk, written for clarity, not speed; optimizations left to implementors. [Online]
Smalltalk with Style
By Suzanne Skublics, Edward J. Klimas, David A. Thomas; Prentice Hall, 1996, ISBN 0131655493. For OO programming courses; fills gap between software engineering principles and practice of programming in OOP languages. [Prentice Hall]
Smalltalk with Style
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
A Taste of Smalltalk
By Ted Kaehler, Dave Patterson; W.W. Norton & Co., 1986, ISBN 0393955052. Uses 'Towers of Hanoi' programming example in C, Pascal, Lisp, Smalltalk; then builds on it to teach some basics of OO programming with Smalltalk. [Amazon.com]
The Art and Science of Smalltalk
By Simon Lewis; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0133713458. Introduces programming in Smalltalk, covering technical background for programmers, managers; introduces some basic philosophy of language. [Amazon.com]
The Art and Science of Smalltalk
Description with table of contents. [hp books]
The Art and Science of Smalltalk
Review of book, very positive; book introduces programming in Smalltalk, explains optimal ways to think about and work with the system.
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Brief positive review of book. [Electronic Review of Computer Books]
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
By Michael A. Hiltzik; HarperBusiness, 1999, ISBN 0887309895. By author of The Soul of a New Machine, accessible history of Xerox PARC in 1970s/80s. Purchase sources, chapter sample, author information. [publisher website]
The Design and Evaluation of a High Performance Smalltalk System
By David M. Ungar; MIT Press, 1987, ISBN 026221010X. Dissertation that became a book; focus: dynamic typing can be fast on RISC CPUs, garbage collecting need not be time-consuming. [Amazon.com]
The Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion
Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com]
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