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A quick look at AJAX

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

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Chapter summary

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Reflection

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Introspection

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Browsing code

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Classes, method dictionaries and methods

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Browsing environments

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Accessing the run-time context

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Intercepting messages not understood

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Objects as method wrappers

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Pragmas

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Regular expressions in Pharo

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

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Tutorial example — generating a site map

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

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Regex syntax

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Regex API

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Implementation Notes by Vassili Bykov

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Chapter Summary

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Classes and metaclasses

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

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Rules for classes and metaclasses

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

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Revisiting the Pharo object model

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

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Every class is an instance of a metaclass

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

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The metaclass hierarchy parallels the class hierarchy

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Every metaclass inherits from Class and Behavior

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Junior extension: words and numbers

15 selected units on vocabulary, word formation, arithmetic and percentages. Intended for confident English readers with teacher or dictionary support. These selections do not reclassify the full books as junior textbooks.

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Questions in philosophy

Explore arguments, knowledge, ethics, mind, religion and aesthetics through six introductory philosophy books. Start with a topic that interests you; listening is available only where the chapter shows a listening option.

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Mathematics and computing

A route from arithmetic and everyday mathematics to functions, statistics, algorithms and open source collaboration. Check each book's prerequisites; the algorithms text assumes programming experience.

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01 / A place to begin

A new way into mathematics.

Start where you are. Follow a question. Find the book that makes the next idea click.

02 / Think in code

Small steps. Powerful ideas.

A first program, a clever search, a useful question about data. Make the invisible steps visible.

03 / The examined idea

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05 / Read together tonight

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