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Mac Programming For Dummies 3rd Edition 1999

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Mac Programming For Dummies, third edition, is a 1999 book by Dan Parks Sydow, published by IDG Books Worldwide of Foster City, California, ISBN 0-7645-0544-0, Library of Congress card number 99-61115. Its technical editor was Dennis Cohen, and it came with a CD-ROM that included CodeWarrior Lite.[1] The Library of Congress record gives xxiv, 402 pages and the CD's requirements as a PowerPC Macintosh with Mac OS 7.5, 24 MB of RAM and a CD-ROM drive; the scan has 433 pages.[2]

The book teaches Macintosh Toolbox programming in C for Mac OS 8.5-era machines, using ResEdit for resources and CodeWarrior as the compiler, with a chapter and an appendix on the iMac.[3]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[3]

  • Introduction, p. 1
  • Part I: Introducing the Macintosh Basics, p. 9: chapters 1-5, including Using and Programming the iMac (p. 33)
  • Part II: Resources: This is Programming!, p. 59: chapters 6-8, What Are Resources?, ResEdit, 'MBAR' and 'WIND' resources
  • Part III: Using a Compiler, p. 103: chapters 9-11, the CodeWarrior compiler, creating, compiling and running source code
  • Part IV: Learning the C Language, p. 145: chapters 12-16, data types and variables, the basics of C, the Toolbox, drawing
  • Part V: The Moment of Truth: Writing a Program!, p. 203: chapters 17-21, a simple Mac program, menus and windows, a Mac-like program in two parts, where to go next
  • Part VI: The Part of Tens, p. 315: ten steps to a Mac program, ten Toolbox functions, ten common mistakes
  • Part VII: Glossary and Appendixes, p. 335: C language reference (337), Toolbox reference (345), if something should go wrong (353), glossary (361), iMac programming and movie playing (365), what's on the CD-ROM (373)
  • Index, p. 379; licence agreement, p. 404; installation instructions, p. 406

What this book does not contain

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It is a programming book. It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or electrical data for the Macintosh; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The CD-ROM is not included with the scan.

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Download: Mac Programming For Dummies 3rd Edition 1999.pdf

References

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  1. ↑ Dan Parks Sydow, Mac Programming For Dummies, 3rd ed. (IDG Books Worldwide, 1999), title and copyright pages and acknowledgments (PDF pp. 6-11). Hosted as File:Mac Programming For Dummies 3rd Edition 1999.pdf.
  2. ↑ Open Library, Mac programming for dummies, 3rd ed., record OL53064M (from the Library of Congress MARC record). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sydow, Mac Programming For Dummies, 3rd ed., Contents at a Glance, pp. ix-xi (PDF pp. 12-13).
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