BKMCPRDM.RVW   950802
 
%A   Dan Parks Sydow
%C   155 Bovet Road, Suite 310, San Mateo, CA   94402
%D   1994
%G   1-56884-173-6
%I   IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
%O   U$19.95/C$26.95/UK#18.99 415-312-0650 fax: 415-286-2740 kaday@aol.com
%P   368
%T   "Mac Programming for Dummies"
"Mac Programming for Dummies", Dan Parks Sydow, 1994, 1-56884-173-6,
U$19.95/C$26.95/UK#18.99
 
In chapter one, Sydow asserts that the Mac environment is friendlier.  In
chapter two, he states that it is easier to program under DOS than on a Mac. 
The remaining three hundred odd pages tend to prove his point.
 
Parts two, three, and four touch on resources and ResEdit, the ThinkC compiler,
and C programming.  The "touching" is superficial at best.  Concepts are
missing: the teaching is done at a "push-this-key-now-click-on-that-button"
level.  Once the book is finished you will know how to write a program that
displays a window, has a menu, and can either move a square or quit.  Not much
else.
 
In the introduction, the audience for the book is stated to be those who have
never programmed before and those who have, but never on a Mac.  Novice
programmers will likely be completely confused.  Experienced programmers will
at least be presented with some Mac-specific pointers, but will likely be a bit
confused as well.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995  BKMCPRDM.RVW   950802
 
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