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In article <webster.346.2FC285DE@ssmd.mrl.dsto.gov.au>,
Mark Webster <webster@ssmd.mrl.dsto.gov.au> wrote:
>Mac programmers
>
>You're probably wondering what I mean by sort-of newbie. Well I'm quite 
>familiar with C, and even C++ to some extent, on Unix platforms. So I don't 
>really need another book that's aimed at teaching me these languages.
>
>I am, however, completely new to programming GUIs, and of course the Mac. 
>So I really need a book aimed at someone who already has C/C++ pretty much 
>under control, but assumes no knowledge of programming GUIs, or the inards
>of the Mac OS.
>
>Any suggestions most welcome, and if this is covered in the FAQ, please point 
>me in the right direction for an archive. 
>
>I'll keep an eye on these groups, but email is even better.

I highly recommend "Macintosh C Programming Primer: " Volumes I and II, by
Dave Mark and Cartwright Reed.  You can find the source code for volume I
available for anonymous ftp at ftp.u.washington.edu/public/DaveMark.

I hear good things about Dan Parks Sydow's books, too, but I haven't bought
any of his, yet, so I can't comment on their usefulness.  

Scott Knaster wrote some really good books, but my editions are strictly 
Pascal-oriented.  You can make the shift easily enough if you have a 
background in both languages, so I would recommend them for getting a 
grounding in the Macintosh.

Lawson English, Russell Mirabelli, and Nicholas DeMello were building a
bibliography of Macintosh programming books, maybe they are ready to publish
it?

In article <webster.346.2FC285DE@ssmd.mrl.dsto.gov.au>,
webster@ssmd.mrl.dsto.gov.au (Mark Webster) wrote:

> Mac programmers
> 
> You're probably wondering what I mean by sort-of newbie. Well I'm quite 
> familiar with C, and even C++ to some extent, on Unix platforms. So I don't 
> really need another book that's aimed at teaching me these languages.
> 
> I am, however, completely new to programming GUIs, and of course the
Mac. So I 
> really need a book aimed at someone who already has C/C++ pretty much under 
> control, but assumes no knowledge of programming GUIs, or the inards of the 
> Mac OS.
> 
> Any suggestions most welcome, and if this is covered in the FAQ, please point 
> me in the right direction for an archive. 
> 
> I'll keep an eye on these groups, but email is even better.
> 
The Macintosh C Programming Primer by Dave Mark is the go.

Alex

-- 
Alexander Ardalich
Adelaide, South Australia
email: alex@charger.apana.org.au

  Some of it is sort of old-hat by now, but I learned most of what I 
know about the Mac's architecture from Stephen Chernicoff's _Macintosh 
Revealed_.  That's now up to four volumes, and you still need to 
supplement it with _Inside Mac_ for the real lowdown on some of the 
odder system calls, file routines, etc., but his leisurely explanation 
of how it all fits together helped me to form a conceptual picture into 
which all the other details could be placed.  In fact, the first two 
volumes are probably all you need for that; then get things on 
particular topics.  If you just want to write fairly straightforward 
applications, Chernicoff's treatment will take you a long way -- 
windows, menus, grafports, resources, and most of what you need.
  I was familiar with C and Pascal before I started, and that helps; but 
my previous programming had all been on an old Osborne-1, which is a 
Really Different kind of computer...

 -- Bruce

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