I�ve been writing a bot for a while now, with the purpose of learning proper Smalltalk and OOP idioms/techniques (I�ve been using C-ish languages for a long time now, and I�m trying to cure myself :D). I must say that the process has been quite enlightening so far, I never really understood OOP until now.

So far I have a bot that works fine for my needs, but I�d like to contribute back, so I�ll just list some thoughts and you can comment on them. All constructive criticism and pointers on how to do them are welcome!

I�m writing in on Pharo 3.

I want to split the code I currently have in 3 parts:

- part 1: a couple of classes IRCClient/ZdcSecureIRCClient mirroring POP3Client/ZdcSecurePOP3Client, with the intention of contributing them back to Pharo

- part 2: an IRCBot framework, which I�ll likely name 'Chromia', to be released under MIT license too

- part 3: my own bot using that framework, which would add all the extras like games

Does that sound reasonable?

At this point my code is quite messy, so I�m deciding whether to put it on SThub or not yet.

I�m depending on�http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~PharoExtras/JSON for reading some JSON file from a website.

Though it�s not high on my priority list, I wouldn�t mind making it as portable to other dialects as possible, too.

Cheers,

Sergi