heilpern@ibd.BRL.MIL (Mark A. Heilpern ) (10/06/89)
I just picked up a copy of "Inside the Macintosh" for the first time, and would like to learn about programming on the Mac. I'm concerned, however, that the copyright on the book (Vol. 1-3) is 1985. Is the information covered all current, for Mac-II current models? Thanks in advance... --Mark
marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson) (10/07/89)
In article <284@ibd.BRL.MIL> heilpern@brl.arpa (Mark A. Heilpern (IBD) <heilpern>) writes: >I just picked up a copy of "Inside the Macintosh" for the first time, and >would like to learn about programming on the Mac. I'm concerned, however, >that the copyright on the book (Vol. 1-3) is 1985. Is the information >covered all current, for Mac-II current models? > No, you should get at least volume IV (this covers the current, "hierarchical" file system call extensions). Volume V covers stuff like color and other enhancements. So, you probably should pick up two more books (?) Volumes IV & V. -Mark
jb28+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Joseph Barbose) (10/09/89)
Mark, There are 5 volumes of Inside Macintosh. Volumes 4 and 5 are 'delta documents', which means that they contain only info describing the differences and additions to the original (vols I-III). Volume 4 outlines the changes made upon introduction of the Plus Volume 5 outlines the changes made upon introduction of the SE and II (such things as pop-up menus, Color Quickdraw, etc.) Jeff
gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (10/09/89)
Inside Macintosh ($100 for I, II, IV, V) is very expensive and
nontrivial to digest. People said to me, "Buy Inside Macintosh.
You'll need it anyway," but I think this is bad advice for a
beginner. Buy books as you need them, since it's easy to WASTE $200
on macintosh programming books, and still not learn what you need to
know.
I suggest you start with a tutorial. Here are some decent tutorials:
Programming the Macintosh with TURBO PASCAL, Tom Swan (older)
Programming the Mac with Lightspeed C (or somesuch. A very recent book).
I have inside mac but haven't used it much. I mostly used the turbo
pascal book (even though I code with lightspeed C). The "Macintosh
Revealed" reference manuals (I, II, III, $75), consolidate the Inside
mac manuals and omit some out-of-date information.
Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801
ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,harvard}!uiucdcs!gilliespcmeier@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Pascal Constantin Meier) (10/10/89)
In article <8400179@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >Inside Macintosh ($100 for I, II, IV, V) is very expensive and >nontrivial to digest. People said to me, "Buy Inside Macintosh. ... >I suggest you start with a tutorial. Here are some decent tutorials: ... >Programming the Mac with Lightspeed C (or somesuch. A very recent book). > This book is called The Macintosh Programming Primer. It is a GREAT book which is dedicated to the Lightspeed C environment. Lotsa source code, lotsa good tips. Enjoy!, Pascal
heilpern@ibd.BRL.MIL (Mark A. Heilpern ) (10/10/89)
Thank you to everyone who has responded, both news and email, concerning my questions. --Mark