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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New Mac Programmer...
Message-ID: <3425@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 89 20:39:31 GMT
References: <7063@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <370003@vx2.NYU.EDU>
Reply-To: jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
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In article <370003@vx2.NYU.EDU> spector@vx2.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) writes:
)Well, if you've _never_ programmed a Macintosh before, the two best
)books are probably:
)
)	  _Programmers Introduction to the Macintosh Family_
)				and
)		      _Human Interface Guidelines_


I think there are two very different psychological effects of reading
these two books. 

The latter will impress you greatly on how well thought out the
whole user interface is, and how important the overall philosophy is to
the acceptance of the machine.  Very inspiring.

The former lays very thickly on the "Insanely Great" nonsense, and might 
erroneously lead you to believe that you have to be a cheerleading weenie
to get your code to run.  As for encouraging a professional programmer to
get involved with the Mac, I think it is almost counterproductive.

If you can't read and enjoy Inside Mac anyway, you're going to have a tough
time, from what I hear.  Go right to the meat.  Less nauseating.  Just buy
a pad of post-its to mark all the places that the subject you're studying
appears.

    Cheers.
	jimm
-- 
Jim Mackraz, I and I Computing	   	"Like you said when we crawled down
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							- Gang of Four
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