Inside Macintosh: Programmer's Guide to MacApp /

Preface - About This Book

Who Should Read This Book

The Programmer's Guide is written primarily for programmers who want to take advantage of MacApp to develop robust Macintosh applications. This book assumes that

• you understand the basic concepts and terminology of object-oriented programming, including terms such as class, method, and inheritance
• you are familiar with the C++ programming language
• you have some familiarity with the Macintosh Toolbox, as described in Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials and Inside Macintosh: More Macintosh Toolbox
• you have some familiarity with the basic look and feel of Macintosh applications, as described in the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines
• you can use a development environment, such as Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW), and other tools, to edit, examine, compile, link, and debug an application