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From: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker)
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Subject: RE: References on Event-Driven Programming?
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Date: 8 Dec 90 05:29:40 GMT
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> >I have some friends who are struggling with "event driven programming" on
> >PCs. They are clever enough to realize that that term is a complete red
> >herring, and also clever enough to realize that us Mac types have already
> >blazed this trail. So they are looking for some good books on the subject.
> >
> >...(They need)  an overview of programming theory and guidelines, including
 
> >some definitions ... like "What's an event loop?" and "How should I
> >organize my code?".
> 
> AMEN!!!  I've posted requests for references on exactly the same
> thing, roughly a year apart, on Mac newsgroups for several years now,
> and gotten nothing...and prowled technical bookstores looking in the
> index of every book on programming for entries under "event driven
> programming" and also found nothing, except the usual elementary
> advice to "initialize, then set up a wait loop, wait for events, and
> process 'em".  But how to structure an event-driven programming more
> braodly -- no luck.

Go get the latest DDJ and read the "Structured Programming" article.
If you want to do event driven programming on a PC, TurboVision sounds
like a good environment.  It's the TCL thingee that comes with Turbo
Pascal 6.0.

 

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