Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.265
EAN: 9780201781229
ISBN: 0201781220
Label: Peachpit Press
Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: December 20, 2002
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Studio: Peachpit Press
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REALbasic is one of the most popular programming platforms for Macintosh users. It's powerful, inexpensive, easy-to-use, and allows programmers to create applications for Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Windows. REALbasic has been described as "Visual Basic for the Macintosh" and indeed, REALbasic's visual, drag-and-drop interface is easy enough for beginners to learn, while still powerful enough for professionals to use. REALbasic for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide shows how to develop applications for the Macintosh and Windows platform, with plenty of screenshots to guide readers along. This book covers REALbasic version 3.5, which adds supports for Mac OS X, powerful new 3D graphics, Microsoft Office automation, an internal scripting language, and much more. Ideal for beginning programmers as well as those with more programming experience.
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This was a good book. But it is way out of date. First off, it only covers the Macintosh version of REALbasic. Second, it only covers a very old version of REALbasic. So you will not learn anything about REALbasic 2006 from this book. Lastly, there is no coverage of Windows or Linux.
Unless the publisher comes out with a new edition, I'd stay away from this one and go with one of the newer REALbasic books.
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Book is currently out-of-date. After updating, it may become a good reference.
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Although the text is lightweight and friendly, I found the amount of information in "REALbasic for Macintosh" to be quite sparse considering the page count. Although the book is intended to have a limited (introductory) scope and is priced accordingly, there is a good deal of blank space at the end of most topic sections, and many common steps in the tutorials are repeated ad nauseum. I was left thinking that much more could be covered in the same amount of pages.
I don't know if the Visual Quickstart format assumes that the reader needs to be told each and every step EACH and EVERY time, but I found the ongoing repetition to be tedious and a bit insulting. The text should provide shorthands to these common procedures after the reader has done them a few times.
Worse than that are the numerous typos in both the examples and main text. I spent a good deal of my time being distracted by errors and emailing the author to request that he revise his erratum web page for ... Read More
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I like this series of books, and its an admirable attempt in this case, but i was tearing my hair out because the several examples I tried failed to work. at various points there are key details left out, and a number of typos or incorrect diagrams. The author has a website with the errors, and seems to make a conscientioius effort to address the problems, but i think the truth of the matter, is that this book needs a re-write and re-release. I find it still useful to have to get another opinion after reading the real manuals. I have had some frustrating days with RB, but now that I am getting the hang of it, it can be quite fun. There does not seem to be a single good reference. The manuals are either too general (the users guide) or too sparse and lacking in detail (the reference manual). I suppose if you keep plugging along and look at the manuals AND the books, it will be come clearer and clearer.
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If REALbasic is to be your very first venture into the world of computer programming, and you don't even know what an IDE, a compiler or a stream is, this book could very possibly provide you just the orientation you need to start writing a simple application. In this sense, the book is true to the Visual QuickStart concept. However, so is REALSoftware's own Quickstart.pdf, and the latter is free and you probably already have it (if you already bought RB). Go through Real's quickstart tutorials, and if you're still not getting anywhere, consider this book.
If you've programmed in any other environment at all, particularly any of the "visual" ones or even Flash, then you will find yourself quickly looking past the back cover of this book wondering where the in-depth content is. I'll tell you where it is, it's in Matt Neuburg's book, the REALbasic book that you should be purchasing if you already have ANY programming experience. Don't let the "Now covers version 3" on Matt's book ... Read More
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