--- product_id: 15375574 title: "Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns" brand: "kent beck" price: "€ 108.04" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/15375574-smalltalk-best-practice-patterns store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns **Brand:** kent beck **Price:** € 108.04 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns by kent beck - **How much does it cost?** € 108.04 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/15375574-smalltalk-best-practice-patterns) ## Best For - kent beck enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted kent beck brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ybBspdM4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great foundation of best practices *by S***E on Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021* This book is mostly about object oriented programming and the Smalltalk programming language. It does have some good stuff about the basics that every programmer should know. Having a good foundation before starting a coding project is important, and this book is great for that. Nothing ground breaking here, but still pretty good for beginners who have never learned how to structure their code. ### ⭐⭐ Missable *by W***D on Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2005* I'm always looking for ways to make coding work better, at any level from nanosecond arithmetic operations to decade-long enterprise operations. I didn't find much of use here, but there were a few good points here (very few). Let me start with those.The "Execute Around Method" pattern is good idea, applicable far beyond this Smalltalk context. The Beta language has "inner" inheritance, which makes the idea easy, but most other languages lack a good mechanism for undefined logic between matched operation pairs (open/close, setup/cleanup, etc.) "Enumeration" is another good one, enshrined as "Visitor" in the Gang of Four book.Most of what's left is either trivial or Smalltalk-specific and face it, Smalltalk is mostly a cult language with nearly no commercial significance. The Smalltalk pretty-printing and variable-naming rules, fatuous at best, are just not applicable to most langages. Some of Beck's "practices" are language features (like 'super'). Other "practices", like the long chapter on Collections, seem to describe standard library classes and messages. Yet others (e.g. Type Suggesting Parameter Name) correct language defects - Smalltalk chose to give up the error detection capability offered by variable typing. Beck tries to sneak it back in with variable naming conventions sort of like Microsoft's old Hungarian naming. Some of his suggestions are just dangerous, like that one that says a constructor should "half-way construct an object in one place, then pass it off to another to finish construction. (p.23)" This distributes an object's setup responsibility across its client classes, leaves unusable and incomplete objects floating around, and causes subtle exposures in multithreaded systems - I'd rip out any code I saw built this way.The good news is that no new trees died to make my copy of this book - I got it used, and it's returning to the used market. At least my conscience is clean on that account, no matter what I'm doing to the poor guy who buys this book next.//wiredweird ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great for Communication *by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2016* this is one of the books that I reach for all the time. I use it to explain many concepts and I don't even write smalltalk. I have a hard copy and digital. I've also given a copy away as a gift. this is a must have when trying to build a common vernacular. It has improved communication of ideas for every team I've worked with. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/15375574-smalltalk-best-practice-patterns](https://www.desertcart.be/products/15375574-smalltalk-best-practice-patterns) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-04-29*