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- Subject: First Book on Programming in NeXTSTEP Release 3.0
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- Date: 11 Jan 93 19:26:52 GMT
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- Contact: Allan M. Wylde, Publisher
- TELOS, The Electronic Library of Science
- Phone: (408) 249-9314
-
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- First Book on Programming in NeXTSTEP Release 3
- Published by TELOS
-
- Santa Clara, Calif., December 18, 1992 - TELOS (The Electronic
- Library of Science) announced today that it has released NeXTSTEP
- Programming-STEP ONE: Object-Oriented Applications, by Simson L.
- Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney, the first comprehensive instruction
- manual for new NeXTSTEP users.
-
- NeXTSTEP Programming is a hands-on book that teaches programmers how
- to write applications that take full advantage of NeXTSTEP, the
- object-oriented operating-environment from NeXT Computer, Inc. Priced
- at $39.95, NeXTSTEP Programming comes with a DOS floppy disk that
- contains complete source code for all programs used in the book and a
- tutorial for Interface Builder, the object editor bundled with the
- NeXTSTEP development environment. The disk is compatible with NeXT
- hardware and with any PC hardware running NeXTSTEP 486, the NeXTSTEP
- operating environment for 486 PCs, available in early 1993.
-
- NeXTSTEP combines object-oriented programming tools,
- interface-customizing utilities, a multi-tasking UNIX operating
- system, built-in networking, multimedia connections and Display
- PostScript for WYSIWYG capabilities.
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- About the Authors
- Simson Garfinkel is Senior Editor at NeXTWORLD Magazine and an
- experienced NeXTSTEP developer. He is also the co-author of Practical
- UNIX Security. Michael Mahoney is professor and chair of the
- Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at California
- State University, Long Beach, and is president of the Southern
- California NeXTSTEP Users Group (SCaN).
-
- About TELOS
- TELOS is an imprint of Springer-Verlag New York, with publishing
- facilities at 3600 Pruneridge Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Clara, Calif.
- 95051. Its publishing domain encompasses the natural and physical
- sciences, computer science, mathematics, and engineering. TELOS
- strives to wed the traditional print medium with the emerging
- electronic media to provide the reader with a truly interactive
- multimedia information environment. All TELOS publications
- delivered on paper come with an associated electronic component.
-
- A limited number of review copies are available. Contact Cindy
- Peterson of Springer-Verlag at (408) 249-9314 for a copy.
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- ____________________________________________________________________
-
- NeXTSTEP Programming--STEP ONE: Object-Oriented Applications
- Simson L. Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney
- ISBN: 0-387-97884-4
- Price: $39.95
- Hardbound, 672 pages, includes DOS diskette
-
- This book is about programming computers running NeXTSTEP. It is a
- no-nonsense, hands-on book that teaches programmers how to write
- application programs that take full advantage of NeXTSTEP. This book
- is the first comprehensive work dealing with the 3.0 version of
- NeXTSTEP. The floppy disk included with this book contains the
- complete source code for all programs in the book and a tutorial for
- Interface Builder. Simson Garfinkel is Senior Editor at NeXTWORLD
- Magazine and an experienced NeXTSTEP developer. Michael Mahoney is
- Professor and Chair of the Computer Engineering and Computer Science
- Department at California State University Long Beach, and is
- president of the Southern California NeXTSTEP Users Group (SCaN).
-
- To Order: Call TOLL FREE 1-800-SPRINGER (1-800-777-4643)
- 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST)
- Credit Cards Accepted: American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover
- In New Jersey: Call (201) 348-4033
- Purchase Orders To: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 44 Hartz Way,
- Secaucus, NJ 07096
- Fax Purchase Orders To: (201) 348-4505
-
- NY, NJ, MA, VT and CA residents should include applicable sales tax.
- Canadian residents should include 7% GST.
-
- Shipping: Add $2.50 for the first book; $1.00 for subsequent books.
- Foreign Airmail Orders: Add $10.00 per book.
-
- All orders are processed upon receipt. Prices quoted are payable in
- U.S. currency.
-
- For information on bulk sales, please contact Thomas Heitzman at
- (212) 460-1675. For information on 30-day examination copies for
- course adoption, please contact Lilliana Sierra at (201) 348-4033
- ext. 322.
-
-
-
- ____________________________________________________________________
- (Finally, here are some comments from the Registration Card.)
-
- NeXTSTEP Programming
- STEP ONE: Object-Oriented Applications
-
- Initial buyer reactions to this important publication:
-
- Wonderful! Can't put it down!
-
- ..I only wish I had gotten this book six months ago, as it would
- have saved me weeks, if not months, of ramp-up time.
-
- ..EXACTLY what I NEED for my research!
-
- Outstanding! Finally, an attempt to encapsulate NeXTSTEP programming.
-
- Excellent book-well written, good examples, very thorough. Also a
- nice touch to include the source code examples on disk.
-
- Long overdue...
-
- ..an excellent resource that I wish I'd had a year ago!!
-
- When are "Step Two" and "Step Three" being released? This book is so
- helpful, I look forward to the next ones. Seriously, I would order
- them today!
-
- Thanks! Well done!
-
- Excellent! Best book on the market that deals with NeXTSTEP
- programming.
-
- NeXTSTEP needs good resources like this.
-
- Excellent reference, very lucid.
-