ix21@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (David Whiteman) (09/10/86)
How to Write Macintosh Software by Scott Knaster, an Apple Press book in the Hayden Macintosh Library, published by Hayden Book Company. This book was advertised in the third issue of the first volume of the Software Supplement. While I have no complaints about the content of the book, my copy and all the other copies delivered to the B Dalton BookSellers in my area all had some production defects: pages 19-49 were bound into the book upside down except in the copy in which I later exchanged which did not have those pages at all. If you intend to purchase this book I suggest you examine the copy before buying it. Otherwise I found the book to be very helpful. It gives a lot of hints in debugging and memory management. When I get a little more time I will post an article which reviews the book in more detail. -- David Whiteman, University of California, San Diego The America Cup, don't leave Perth without it.
jsm@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu (Jonathan Meltzer) (09/16/86)
In article <2849@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> ix21@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (David Whiteman) writes: >How to Write Macintosh Software by Scott Knaster, an Apple Press >book in the Hayden Macintosh Library, published by Hayden Book >Company. This book was advertised in the third issue of the first >volume of the Software Supplement. While I have no complaints about >the content of the book, my copy and all the other copies delivered >to the B Dalton BookSellers in my area all had some production >defects: pages 19-49 were bound into the book upside down except in >the copy in which I later exchanged which did not have those pages >at all. If you intend to purchase this book I suggest you examine >the copy before buying it. > My copy is OK - maybe the bad batch is limited to California? Looks like a very informative, useful book. Another new book from Apple Press is "Object-Oriented Programming on the Macintosh." Any comments re: its quality? Jon Meltzer Dept. of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Cornell University ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRING BACK GENE AND ROGER!
joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West) (09/22/86)
In article <162@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu>, jsm@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu (Jonathan Meltzer) writes: > In article <2849@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> ix21@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (David Whiteman) writes: > >How to Write Macintosh Software by Scott Knaster, an Apple Press > >book in the Hayden Macintosh Library, published by Hayden Book > >Company. Mine had no defects. IF YOU PLAN ON JOINING apda (Apple Programmer's and Developer's Assoc.), DON'T BUY THIS BOOK, SINCE IT COMES TO YOU FREE ONCE YOU SEND IN YOUR $20. (I got my copy Thursday.) > > Another new book from Apple Press is "Object-Oriented Programming on the > Macintosh." Any comments re: its quality? If you don't grok object-oriented, or are desperate for material on this, it's worth having. Otherwise, owning MacApp and the MacApp manuals and sources, and spending a week using it, would be more productive. -- Joel West MCI Mail: 282-8879 Western Software Technology, POB 2733, Vista, CA 92083 {cbosgd, ihnp4, pyramid, sdcsvax, ucla-cs} !gould9!joel joel%gould9.uucp@NOSC.ARPA