Item    5822413                 93/04/28        12:27 
From:  CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway 
Subject: Object Lesson and Prentice Hall Announce NEXTSTEP Programming Book

News:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
        Alex Duong Nghiem
        Object Lesson, Inc.
        Phone: (403) 270-4497 (temporary)
        Email: uunet!oolesson!alex
         -or- oolesson!alex@uunet.uu.net (NeXTMail)
        -or- 75040.3647@compuserve.com (no NeXTMail here please)


Object Lesson and Prentice Hall Announce New NEXTSTEP Programming Book

Object Lesson, Inc. and Prentice Hall are proud to announce the release of
NEXTSTEP Programming: Concepts and Applications (ISBN 0-13-605916-3), a 600+
pages programming textbook specifically aimed at programmers who wish to write
object-oriented applications in NEXTSTEP 3.0. This up-to-date text introduces
object-oriented design along with Objective-C, the AppKit, InterfaceBuilder,
ProjectBuilder, HeaderViewer, and other new features of NEXTSTEP 3.0.   Other
topics include:

# object-oriented design tools including CRC cards, message diagrams,
  etc. # porting applications to NEXTSTEP/Intel

# debugging techniques using Gdb # an extensive list of resources including
addresses and contacts for
  user groups around the world, archive sites, newsgroups, etc. # and much
much more!

This book is classroom tested and is being adoped by major universities in
North America and Europe. Praise for the book include:

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"A great introduction to developers interested in object-oriented programming,
object-oriented  design, and the NEXTSTEP development environment. If you want
to start writing applications for NEXTSTEP, get this book."
        Ali Ozer, Application Kit Software Engineer
        NeXT Inc.

"NEXTSTEP Programming: Concepts and Applications is well-written, meticulously
organized and easy to follow. It provides a great introduction to NEXTSTEP
programming, and I can recommend it without reservation to developers just
getting started with the NEXTSTEP environment."

        Bruce F. Webster (author of The NeXT Book)
        Chief Technical Officer, Pages Software Inc

"Finally, some useful and readable documentation for NEXTSTEP!  Every NEXTSTEP
programmer needs this book."
        Glenn Reid, author of PasteUp
        RightBrain Software, Inc.

"...one of the best, complete and up-to-date programming tutorials for
NEXTSTEP...a veritable treasure-house for the budding NEXTSTEP developer. Alex
has packed it full of nuggets of information and insights that usually takes
NEXTSTEP developers years to acquire."
        Jiro Nakamura, Publisher
        NeXTWatch Magazine

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We will be at the NeXTWorld Expo on May 25-27 at the Moscone Center in San
Francisco with sample copies. The source code is available from sonata under
submissions as AlexNeXTSTEPSource.tar.Z. The table of contents and list of
figures are available under submissions as AlexNeXTSTEPBook.tar.Z

To order the book, please visit your local bookstore or contact Prentice Hall
at (800) 922-0579 (phone) or (515) 284-6719 (fax). For corporate accounts,
please contact Mark Puma at (201) 592-2863 (phone) or (201) 592-2249 (fax).

Object Lesson, Inc. is a Dallas-based corporation that specializes in object-
oriented solutions and training. Its list of clients include Fortune 500
corporations and universities throughout North America and Europe.



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