Hidden Gems: Build It Series, Part 3
Cincom Smalltalk novices and veterans alike can benefit from the Hidden Gems screencast series. These instructional videos show how to make the most of various Cincom Smalltalk features, including several “hidden gems” that significantly increase efficiency and productivity.
This “Build-it” Series covers techniques and discussions useful to developers and demonstrates some design decisions as well as coding techniques to implement them.
Some of the things demonstrated and discussed in this episode include:
Ideas on simplification
Minimal and clear messages
printOn:
Lazy evaluation
Cache ideas
Recap
For review:
Part I – Hidden Gems: “Build It” Series discussed:
The Federal Reserve Economic Data website
Downloading data
Parsing the data
Best practices
Improving the code
Part II – Hidden Gems: “Build It” Series included:
Why an API?
APIs available
API key
Examine the API specification
Restful API
XML or JSON?
For data, we will use the Federal Reserve Economic Data website. This website supports downloading raw data and an API. We will demonstrate effective ways to use both.