flanagan@apollo.COM (Kevin Flanagan) (05/02/89)
OK, I've got myself a MAC. I'm getting Lightspeed C. I'm almost ready
to make my mark on the MAC world! I've got all these visions of
{with-it | hip | neat | groovy | far-out | tubular | awesome | fresh}
(select adjective appropriate to your generation and/or locale)
applications I can write.
I've got one problem: How do I start? Any recommendations for
references, books, mags, etc. that would be good resources for a MAC
programmer? You know -- internals, conventions, tricks, gotchas and
the like. I really want to exploit the MAC to it's fullest. Any
(construtive) suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin
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=========================================================================================brian@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Brian Rauchfuss) (05/03/89)
As for magazines, MacTutor is the magazine for Macintosh
programmers, it is filled with hints and tutorials for various
languages. They also have yearly volumes for the back issues.
The Apple Tech Notes (availible from APDA and various other
places) give a lot of hints on how to properly do things.
Inside Macintosh is the reference book from Apple. I used
it to learn the toolbox, though some people seem to think it
a bit dry reading :->.
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Brian Smokefoot "I never knew I could shape my life
brian@hpfcbdr.HP.COM like the artist paints his dreams
on a canvas." - Minor Detailjb28+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Joseph Barbose) (06/09/89)
Kevin, First of all, join APDA (800-282-apda). Order Inside Macintosh from them. Inside Macintosh is a must. Also, a lot of people recommend the Mac Revealed volumes (3 of them, I think). I, too, am just starting out, drudging my way through Inside Mac. I also have Object-Oriented Programming on the Macintosh, but this deals with Object Pascal. Everything on the Mac, and programming trends in general, point to object-oriented methods of programming as the future standard, so it might be wise to pursue that from the start. I am. Hope this helps. Jeff