Programming Starter Kit for Macintosh/Book and Cd-Rom

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Summary: Great book, but dated
Review: For those frustrated users (& reviewers) who have some problems using this book, note that it was written in 1995! This is ancient history for programming. The amazing thing is how much Trudeau writes is still useful.

As others have noted, & despite what Trudeau says, you should at least have an aquaintance with C before you start. Assuming that (& noting the age of the book) this is still the best programming book available in any language, for any platform. We need to pry Trudeau away from Metrowerks, where he worked last time I looked, long enough to update his book for OSX.

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Summary: Good book, with some help
Review: I have read this book, and continue to use it most fo my mac programming adventures. It is more of a desk reference for me, but if you know C, have read through this, and then look at the Apple Inside Mas books for stuff the book dosent explain, you will be well off at mac programming

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Summary: Best code examples I've found!
Review: Why are there so few GOOD books on programming? Because good programmers are generally too busy writing good programs to write books. Thankfully, Jim took some time out for us! I have trouble staying awake with most tutorial-oriented books, and I feel they waste a lot of space... One of the beauties of this book is that the code is VERY WELL COMMENTED! Just open the final versions and read the comments: They're right in place (i.e. contextual) and don't force you to run back to the book. Once you've looked over the code (and perhaps started making your own changes), go to the book for details. I did have troubles with the init that came with CodeWarrior Lite, but it runs fine without it. I'm now using CodeWarrior 5.