tooch%mongoose@Sun.COM (Michael J. Tuciarone) (05/20/87)
In article <6352@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes: >>I'm programming in Lightspeed Pascal. I don't have Inside Macintosh. > >Why are you trying to write Mac programs without having Inside Macintosh? I was talking to a guy yesterday who's just getting into Mac programming. He's settled on LightspeedC for price/performance (yes, we know about 68020 problems). The next step is, as he put it, to "acquire the critical mass of Macintosh documentation that enables one to write programs." Now the big question for you folks: After perusing the bookshelf at ComputerWare, he asked me if he had to pop $80+ for Inside Macintosh, or could he get by if he bought one or two of the other "Macintosh Revealed" type books. I didn't know the answer. He understands that IM is the Bible, and ultimately he's going to have to get the set. But for the time being, getting started writing fairly straightforward applications that want to draw on the screen and read/write files, is there a stopgap or primer that would fill the bill for a few months? Myself, I have IM, but no other Mac books. Is there an indipensable tome I don't own? (I would class myself as a Mac apprentice.) I'll summarize all direct replies. --Mike Tuciarone Sun Microsystems ...sun!tooch | tooch@sun.COM
tecot@apple.UUCP (Ed Tecot) (05/21/87)
I'd recommend Scott Knaster's book on programming the Macintosh. It's a good way to get your feet wet before attempting to swim in the rapids (IM). _emne
oliver@bsu-cs.UUCP (05/22/87)
In article <19319@sun.uucp>, tooch%mongoose@Sun.COM (Michael J. Tuciarone) writes: > Now the big question for you folks: > After perusing the bookshelf at ComputerWare, he asked me if he had > to pop $80+ for Inside Macintosh, or could he get by if he bought > one or two of the other "Macintosh Revealed" type books. If he is a beginner, I would recommend _both_ of the "Macintosh Revealed" books. They give good examples on how to use the toolbox without getting too detailed. After he has a firm grip on the basics (putting up windows, doing event loops, etc...), he should buy IM to get the detailed information that is needed to understand one's Mac. I would also recommend the magazine MacTutor (on that subject, I remember seeing the names David Smith and Joel West appearing in there... :-)