Mac development

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri Jan 23 20:28:52 1998

>I know that programming on the Macintosh is hell, but I would still
>like to try it, on an old one. Does anyone know where I could get
>Inside Macintosh for the Mac SE era? Also, what should I use to develop?
>I don't believe they used CodeWarrior all along! Didn't Apple sell an
>IDE?

Programming the Macintosh is not hell! It's not as easy or sloppy as
Visual Basic, but it can still be a dream machine to program. If you are
seriously interested I recommend using CodeWarrior, and Tools Plus (a
programming library that vastly simplifies things).

You can get older copies of the Inside Macintosh from Powells books.
http://www.powells.com there are two different series, the older is I
believe 4 or 6 volumes. The newest is about 30+ volumes now, I'd recommend
getting the newest on CD-ROM. Better yet, get a copy of the Magazine "Mac
Tech", and order a copy of the CD that contains all thier back issues, it
contains the current version of the THINK Reference.

I'd recommend avoiding Apples IDE, I've tried it out, and didn't like it.
Very primitive feeling. Still it's the only way to really add a CLI to a
Macintosh. IIRC it's currently either discontued or in maintence mode.

                                Zane


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