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From: roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: Programming the Mac in C
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Date: 14 Jan 90 19:30:16 GMT
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mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
> any suggestions for books that are "primers" on programming the Mac

	I used "Macintosh Programming Primer" by Dave Mark and Cartwright
Reed and recommend it strongly.  About $25 from Addison Wesley.  It's
designed specifically for use with Think C, which I found useful since
that's what I have.  For another $25 or so, you can get The Disk, which has
all the source for the examples used in the book (along with a license to
use said source as a starting point for your programs, if you desire).  One
of the examples is a pretty complete skeleton which does all the various
initializations, has a main loop, puts up some basic menus, handles events,
etc.  Just what you need to start building your own application.  I suggest
getting both the book and The Disk.

	The book assumes you know C, are familar with the Mac from a user's
point of view, and have a general feel for concepts like event-driven
programming and window management systems.  It's not a complete Mac Toolbox
reference either, you still need Inside Macintosh and the TechNotes (and
the Think C reference manual).

> Examples in Pascal aren't really helpful to me

	At least IM doesn't give examples in MIXAL, like some other
well-known series of computer reference books.
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