Résumé :
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As the first book in the Inside Macintosh series,Inside macintosh:Overview provides a general introduction to the Macintosh Operating System,the Macintosh Toolbox,and other system software services that your application or other software component can use.Everyone who programs Macintosh computers should read this book.Inside Macintosh:Overview illustrates how to write a Macintosh application by gradually dissecting the source code of a very simple sample application called Venn Diagrammer.It describes the principal programming techniques you can use to develop Macintosh applications,including: -guiding program execution with the event loop, -storing application data in resources, -handling menu selections, -using relocatable blocks of memory to manage memory efficiently, -sharing processing time and the available memory with other open applications, -checking system software capabilities, -handling errors or unexpected occurrences safely.This book provides guidelines for writing software that is compatible with all supported Macintosh computers.It also provides an introduction to the available languages and platforms that you can use to develop Macintosh software.Inside Macintosh is a collection of books,organized by topic,that describe the system software of Macintosh computers. Together,these books provide the essential reference for programmers, designers,and engineers.A graphic overview of Inside Macintosh appears on the page facing the inside back cover of this book.
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