This book will be useful to anyone learning dynamic, object-oriented programming, whether it be in Dylan, Java, Smalltalk, or Lisp.

—Andrew Shalit, author of The Dylan Reference Manual.

Contents

• Front Matter
• Preface
• Part 1. Basic Concepts
  • Introduction
  • Quick Start
  • Methods, Classes, and Objects
  • User-Defined Classes and Methods
  • Class Inheritance
  • Multimethods
  • Modularity
  • A Simple Library
• Part 2. Intermediate Topics
  • Nonclass Types
  • Slots
  • Collections and Control Flow
  • Functions
  • Libraries and Modules
  • Four Complete Libraries
• Part 3. Sample Application
  • Design of the Airport Application
  • Definition of a New Collection
  • The Airport Application
• Part 4. Advanced Topics
  • Multiple Inheritance
  • Performance and Flexibility
  • Exceptions
  • Macros
• Source Code of Program Examples
• Resources on Dylan
• Dylan Object Model for C and C++ Programmers
• Glossary

• Index

• Search Page