Hidden powers of the Macintosh. The complete guide to Macintosh Software Development.

Autor: Christopher L. Morgan

I.S.B.N.: 0-452-25643-7

A plume/Waite book

Publisher: The Waite Group / New American Library. New York 1985

The complete guide to Macintosh Sottware Development

• A simplified approach to how the Mac really works
• Demystifies the Quickdraw and Toolbox ROM routines
• Explains GrafPorts, bit-maps, regions, clipping, shapes
• Develops actual applications programs

• Covers window and menu management, events, and resources

Over 400 built-in ROM routines give the Macintosh® a power no personal computer has had before.

But to program the Mac you must know the concepts behind these routines and howto harness them.

Using simple working program examples, this book follows a logical, step-by-step approach to explain how to access the Mac's built-in software. You'll learn how these routines are grouped into managers, like the event manager, menu manager, and window manager; about such graphics concepts as GrafPorts, bit-maps, regions, and clipping; and about events, files, and memory management. Special attention is paid to fundamental programming concepts like handles and pointers as they are used on the Mac.

Apple's own Development Pascal is used as a model, but all discussions are general enough that the book is equally applicable to software development in any language. The program examples not only demonstrate the concepts involved but can also be used to generate full-blown applications programs.

Characteristics :

Format : Softcover.

Pages : 384

Weight 803 gr.

Dimesions:

High: 23,3 cm Width: 18,8 cm. Thickness: 2,4 cm.