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3: A First Application

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    In this chapter, we will develop a simple game: LightsOut (http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_(game)). Along the way we will show most of the tools that Pharo programmers use to construct and debug their programs, and show how programs are shared with other developers. We will see the browser, the object inspector, the debugger and the Monticello package browser.

    In Pharo you can develop in a traditional way, by defining a class, then its instance variables, then its methods. However, in Pharo your development flow can be much more productive than that! You can define instance variables and methods on the fly. You can also code in the debugger using the exact context of currently executed objects. This chapter will sketch such alternate way and show you how you can be really productive.

    The Lights Out game board.
    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): The Lights Out game board.

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