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Pharo By Example 5 · Pharo 5 edition, 29 September 2018 · College introduction

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Syntax in a nutshell

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Syntactic elements

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Pseudo-variables

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Conditionals and loops in a nutshell

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Primitives and pragmas

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Understanding message syntax

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Identifying messages

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Three types of messages

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Message composition

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Hints for identifying keyword messages

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Expression sequences

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The Pharo object model

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The rules of the model

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Everything is an Object

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Every object is an instance of a class

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Instance structure and behavior

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The instance side and the class side

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