Mac OS X Programming

by Dan Sydow and Dan Parks Sydow

The Macintosh OS is a UNIX-based operating system. This text discusses programming for the Mac OS X. It features code snippets that allow a reader to update existing Mac code and a start-to-finish... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735711682
• ISBN13: 9780735711686
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Any PR is good

Im a newbie to the world of Macs. Just using the OS for 3 years now, it has changed my life in many ways. I am interested in learning to program on the Mac, and of course reading the reviews of this book. I fall upon the Author Dan Sydow, which was having to review his own book in order to save face (if you will, with no dis-respect). i am asking myself wether i think this book of all the ones out there on this related subject is the one that will help me the most. I answerd yes for the simple fact that if the author himself did take the time to read the reviews and cares enough to respond, this is the guy I will follow! Dan I give you my all with this venture , and then some . You've got my vote of confidence on the content oof this book. Thanks Kris Golden Greenevile, TN

A hand-holding tutorial

If you have a copy of OS X and the Apple Development tools, this book will get you started programming the Mac. Each new function call is abundantly explained and illustrated with first code fragments, and then a complete working program. Few of the example programs take more than two pages for their entire source code. This is the book's strength and weakness. As an experienced programmer and someone who has dabbled with Mac programming for years I found the pace of the book plodding and repetitive. I wished for a little less coverage on each topic so there would be room for more topics. But this will certainly stay on my shelf since, for those topics that were covered, I know I will be able to turn back and find fully worked out examples and explanations for these routines basic usage. But now I need to figure out what to read next to become a better Carbon programmer, besides, of course, Apple's reference documentation.

Carbon-based training wheels

If you've written MacOS applications or used other event-oriented frameworks, this book will get you started with Carbon-based applications and the Mac OS X Project Builder Software.The book is easy to read with great examples. It's the perfect starting point if you have a Mac OS application that needs to be converted to Carbon.

Correction from Author

I am the author of this book. I did *not* write the Editorial Review that says this is a Cocoa book. That review, at the top of this page, and by a David Wall, is not my doing. When I saw the references to Cocoa in that review of this book, I added my From the Author comment. In that comment I tried to clear things up by stating that this is a Carbon book. I also use that note to mention that it is a tutorial book (not an advanced reference). I would never misrepresent one of my books - it's not right, it leads to complaints, leads to returns, and, as John Clayton's review illustrates, bad reviews. Though I'm not responsible for the "Cocoa" review, I'll apologize for it. In the future hopefully readers will rate the book on its merits as a Carbon book. If you want to give it a low rating based on that criteria, that's one thing - but please don't review it based on it being a Cocoa book! Thanks, Dan Parks Sydow