Resources

Apple's Developer University brings you this course on component software. They also provide a wide range of Macintosh-specific technical training, delivered in a classroom setting, and well as self-paced course material to be accessed on CD-ROM or from the Web. Get details by phone (408-974-4897), email, or the Web.
- One relevant Web-based course is What Is OpenDoc?, which describes the fundamental user concepts and programming techniques.
- DU also offers a five-day classroom course called Creating OpenDoc Parts, which shows you how to use ODF to create one source code base from which you will be able to create part editors for both the Macintosh and Windows.
- A new course entitled Get Started Programming with Cyberdog can also be accessed from the Web.
- DU provides training on many advanced Apple technologies, including courses on AppleScript, Mac OS 8, and many others .

OpenDoc Programmer's Guide for the Mac OS, by Apple Computer, Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-201-47954-0. Every OpenDoc programmer should have a copy of this book as a reference.
Essential OpenDoc, by Jesse Feiler and Anthony Meadow, Addison-Wesley Developers Press, 1996, ISBN 0-201-47958-3.
Byte Guide to OpenDoc, by Andrew MacBride and Joshua Susser, Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1996, ISBN 0-07-882118-5.
The Essential Distributed Objects Survival Guide, by Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey, and Jeri Edwards, John Wiley and Sons, 1996, ISBN 0-471-12993-3. The best book for learning about IDL, CORBA, and distributed objects. Describes the features of OpenDoc and OLE, and directly compares the two technologies.
Object-Oriented Programming Using SOM and DSOM, by Christina Lau, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994, ISBN 0-442-01948-3. A good introduction to how to create SOM classes and meta-classes.
System 7 Revealed, by Anthony Meadow, Addison-Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-55040-7. Chapter 6 provides a good introduction to Apple Events.
Programming for System, by Gary Little and Tim Swihart, Addison-Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-56770-9. Chapter 4 provides a good introduction to Apple Events.

AppleDirections, published by Apple's Developer Services is a monthly newsletter for Apple developers, describing Apple's strategic, business, and technical directions.
MacTech Magazine, published by Xplain Corporation, is a monthly magazine for Macintosh programmers and developers.

Apple's OpenDoc web site provides information and links about OpenDoc.
IBM's Club OpenDoc is an on-line community for OpenDoc developers and users.
Write to Apple for information about OpenDoc for Macintosh. Use this address to request the latest developer release on CD-ROM.
Write to IBM for information about OpenDoc for Windows, OS/2, and AIX.
Component Integration Labs can provide information about OpenDoc as an industry standard.
The OpenDoc Interest List provides up-to-date information and technical support for OpenDoc programmers. To subscribe, send the following message to ListProc@cilabs.org
- subscribe OpenDoc-Interest your name
The ODF Interest List provides up-to-date information and technical support for programmers using ODF. To subscribe, send the following message to ListProc@cilabs.org
- subscribe ODF-Interest your name
You can point your news reader to the OpenDoc newsgroup for daily information about programming with OpenDoc.
Jim George at Los Alamos National Laboratories provides an excellent set of OpenDoc resource links.