This document discusses the Smalltalk runtime architecture and environment. It explains that the Smalltalk runtime consists of a virtual machine, image, and sources. The image contains bytecodes that are executed by the virtual machine. Sources and changes are the code files. For deployment, the sources and changes are removed from the image, which then only needs the virtual machine to run. The document also covers various Smalltalk development tools like the debugger, inspector, browser and Monticello version control system.