Who Should Read This Book
The Programmer's Guide is written primarily for programmers who want to take advantage of MacApp to develop robust Macintosh applications. This book assumes that
- you understand the basic concepts and terminology of object-oriented programming, including terms such as class, method, and inheritance
- you are familiar with the C++ programming language
- you have some familiarity with the Macintosh Toolbox, as described in Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials and Inside Macintosh: More Macintosh Toolbox
- you have some familiarity with the basic look and feel of Macintosh applications, as described in the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines
- you can use a development environment, such as Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW), and other tools, to edit, examine, compile, link, and debug an application