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From: anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Is MacApp worth getting
Keywords: MacApp
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.012953.10334@verity.com>
Date: 15 Feb 91 01:29:53 GMT
References: <5918@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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In-Reply-To: agc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jeff Smith)

In article <5918@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, agc@mentor (Jeff Smith) writes:
>
>I have heard about MacApp and was wondering if it was worth getting to
>help write programs.  

In my opinion, yes.

>What does it do?  Is it like an interface builder,
>can it link code or does it just make resources?

MacApp is an object-oriented interface toolkit, which provides a lot
of framework for building Macintosh applications.  For example, if
you're going to have a window which displays some sort of drawing, you
need only write a routine which does the actual drawing, and
incorporate it into the framework - MacApp takes care of dealing with
updates and events, etc.  It helps to be versed in object-oriented
programming, but it is not 100% necessary, because it's pretty easy to
pick up.


>
>Who sells it?
>

You can buy it from APDA, and perhaps the Developer Tools Express.