Apple Developer News

December 5, 1997, No. 85

FOR MAC OS DEVELOPERS
[1] New Inside Macintosh Chapters Posted

PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS
[2] QuickTime 3.0 Developer Preview Release Posted
[3] WebObjects 3.5 Offers Improved Java Support
[4] G3 Upgrade Information

MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
[5] Free Product Listings in Apple's Mac OS Guide

OTHER APPLE NEWS
[6] European Developer Forum Attendance Increases 30 Percent
[7] Changes in Apple Developer Relations
[8] Apple's Mac OS 8 Charity Contribution Program

EVENTS
[9] WebObjects Programming Courses, Northern Virginia
[10] CSD's Seminars for Software Entrepreneurs, San Jose

COOL STUFF
[11] Free Publicity for Macintosh Programming Web Sites
[12] The Association of Macintosh Trainers Web Site
[13] User Group Academy Awards Entries Due December 12

FOR MAC OS DEVELOPERS

[1] New Inside Macintosh Chapters Posted

Several new-and-improved Inside Macintosh chapters were recently posted to Apple's DevWorld web site:

Mac OS 8 Toolbox Reference

Text Encoding Conversion Manager

Programming With MRJ Toolkit

Networking With Open Transport
http://devworld.apple.com/techinfo/techdocs/mac/mac.html

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PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS

[2] QuickTime 3.0 Developer Preview Release Posted

Apple has posted the QuickTime 3.0 Developer Preview Release to its web site so that you can immediately begin incorporating its advanced features into your digital media products. Here are some of the new features:

All features, including digital media capture, playback, and editing, supported on both Mac OS and Windows 95/NT platforms

Support for more than two dozen industry-standard digital media file formats

A real-time special effects architecture, with over 150 built-in filters, effects, and transitions

A sophisticated sprite animation engine that makes it easy to combine graphics, 3D art, video, and special effects

A built-in software MIDI synthesizer and support for adding your own custom instrument samples
http://www.quicktime.apple.com/preview/

For more information, see "QuickTime 3.0: The Way to Do Digital Media," by Gregg Williams, at:

http://devworld.apple.com/mkt/informed/appledirections/aug97/stratmosaic.html

Lari Software Inc. has released the first product that uses QuickTime 3.0 features, LightningDraw/WEB 1.1. For details, go to:

http://www.larisoftware.com/qt3multimedia/index.html

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[3] WebObjects 3.5 Offers Improved Java Support

WebObjects 3.5, the latest enhancement to Apple's web application development platform, is now available through Apple. This new version, with its Direct-to-Web technology and improved Java support, is dramatically easier to use. Improvements in version 3.5 include the following:

More powerful Java development capabilities

Bundled tools and utilities, such as ProjectBuilder, the WebObjects Builder, and the Enterprise Objects Modeler (EOM)

Support for choosing the language or combination of languages best suited to the performance needs of an application

Support for Sun's Java Developer Kit 1.1.3

Support for working with real-time WYSIWYG views of applications as they are built
http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1998/q1/971201.pr.rel.webobjects.html

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[4] G3 Upgrade Information

G3 is Apple's name for the latest PowerPC processor from the Apple/IBM/Motorola alliance. (At MACWORLD Expo/Boston, the chip was referred to as the PowerPC 750, but Apple's official name is PowerPC G3.) The G3 processor is the first microprocessor in the industry to be optimized for an operating system, Mac OS, rather than the other way around. Included among its many new features is a "backside" cache--very fast memory that has its own high-speed connection to the PowerPC G3 processor. This cache can be accessed by the processor three to four times faster than that of previous cache designs. Real-world tests are showing a 200 percent speed improvement over the 200 MHz PowerPC 604e. To learn more about the new G3 systems, processors, and architecture, check out this web site:

http://www.apple.com/powermac/g3/

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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES

[5] Free Product Listings in Apple's Mac OS Guide

Apple's Mac OS Software and Hardware Guide is an extensive online database of Mac OS third-party products. This database is accessed by thousands of Mac OS users a day, and recent enhancements have increased its usefulness and popularity. Apple strongly encourages you to list your product information in this database. To submit a product or product update, simply click the "Submit a Product" title in the left column of this web page:

http://www.macsoftware.apple.com

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OTHER APPLE NEWS

[6] European Developer Forum Attendance Increases 30 Percent

Apple Computer Europe confirmed that attendance to its European Developer Forum (EDF97), which took place in Brussels in November, increased by more than 30 percent over last year. The increased numbers confirm a renewed and growing commitment to the Mac OS platform by European developers. Developer program membership has increased across Europe, with some countries showing significant growth, including 11 percent in the United Kingdom and 23 percent in the Sweden/Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) region.

http://www.euro.apple.com/pressReleases/nov97/pr-DevConferenceSuccess.html

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[7] Changes in Apple Developer Relations

David Krathwohl is resigning his position as vice president of Apple's Worldwide Developer Relations organization. He will be replaced at the beginning of 1998 by Clent Richardson, a former evangelism manager at Apple. Clent returns to Apple from Design Intelligence of Seattle WA, where he is vice president of sales and acting vice president of marketing. Design Intelligence is an Apple developer and an early adoptor of Apple's Rhapsody operating system.

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[8] Apple's Mac OS 8 Charity Contribution Program

Apple announced that it will donate US$ 10 for every consumer purchase of Mac OS 8 software before January 15, 1998, to one of the following charities: The Humane Society of the United States, Second Harvest Food Bank, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1998/q1/971121.pr.rel.donations.html

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EVENTS

[9] WebObjects Programming Courses, Northern Virginia

Apple and BLaCKSMITH, an object-oriented software development and services company, have joined to deliver training programs on Apple's web development platform, WebObjects. Geared for corporate programmers and analysts, these courses are designed to make it easier for attendees to create dynamic web applications. The first five-day session is scheduled for January 26-30 at BLaCKSMITH's training facilities in McLean, Virginia. The cost for the five-day session is US$ 1,875.

http://www.blacksmith.com/training

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[10] CSD's Seminars for Software Entrepreneurs, San Jose

Here's the December and January event schedule for the Center for Software Development (CSD), located in San Jose, California.

December 3 One-on-One with Encompass Ventures

December 11 CSD Holiday Showcase of Hot Companies Open House

January 20 One-on-One with ONSET Ventures

January 22 One-on-One with Altos Ventures

The Center for Software Development is a nonprofit organization providing key resources that software developers need for successfully starting and expanding the next generation of technology businesses. (Apple is a "pillar partner" of this organization.) CSD offers self-service, multivendor test labs as well as business and technical seminars. Fees for CSD's facilities and events are waived or reduced for Mac OS developers.

http://www.center.org

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COOL STUFF

[11] Free Publicity for Macintosh Programming Web Sites

The Macintosh Programmers Web Ring was created to provide the Macintosh programming community with a central source for technical information. If you run a programming-related web site, consider joining as a way to increase the traffic to your web pages.

http://hannibal.ml.org/macprog

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[12] The Association of Macintosh Trainers Web Site

The Association of Macintosh Trainers aims to establish an international network of Apple Macintosh computer trainers, instructors, and educators that is easily accessible to end users. For membership and mailing list information, visit the association's new web site:

http://www.cyphernet.com/amt

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[13] User Group Academy Awards Entries Due December 12

In mid-December, the User Group Academy will meet in Washington, D.C., to select the best user group newsletters, web sites, and heroes. According to the event's organizers, awards will be presented at an event held at the User Group Academy Awards, January 7, at MACWORLD Expo/San Francisco. The deadline for submissions has been extended to December 12 (contrary to what's posted on the awards web page as of Dec. 4).

http://www.user-groups.com/UGAcademy/

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December 3	One-on-One with Encompass Ventures
December 11	CSD Holiday Showcase of Hot Companies Open House
January 20	One-on-One with ONSET Ventures
January 22	One-on-One with Altos Ventures

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