This chapter summarizes aspects of application development in the OS/2 2.0 environment that are described in detail in the Application Design Guide in the OS/2 2.0 Technical Library. It provides an introduction to some OS/2 programming concepts, including guidance on using the System Object Model (SOM) to develop applications and create workplace objects.
See Appendix C, "Documentation" for a description of the programming tools and information contained in the OS/2 2.0 Toolkit and Technical Library.