For designing astonishingly fast, full-fledged applications on the Mac, it’s hard to beat REALbasic. It is the only program for writing Mac applications that offers visual design, object orientation, and an easy language. REALbasic: The Definitive Guide not only gives you a firm grasp of the program’s essentials, but tells you things you won’t learn from the documentation alone. Even if you’ve never programmed before, you’ll be able to get going quickly in REALbasic--thanks to its visual nature. The book covers:
Fundamentals: a detailed summary of the language that quickly shows you how to think about programming and accomplish your goals in less time
User Interface: how to create a complete application using the rich classes and pre-defined tools that make life so much easier for the REALbasic programmer.
Reaching Out: Internet communications, databases, multimedia, game programming and more!
