Learn C on the Macintosh (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Dave Mark (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201484064 | ISBN-13: 978-0201484069 | Publication Date: October 11, 1995 | Edition: 2

Are you sick of pushing paper in a job that's taking you nowhere, except to thecopy machine? Did you enjoy BASIC as a kid, but feel left behind by theprogramming world and unsure how to catch up? Do you want to spend your sparetime on your computer doing something more productive than wandering the mazesof Doom? Expert Macintosh" programmer Dave Mark offers you solutionsin this completely revised edition of his bestselling Learn C on theMacintosh. With this self-teaching, easy-to-understand book andenclosed CD-ROM, you get everything you need to start programming in thiswidely used language. Learn C on the Macintosh, Second Edition, includes: *easy exercises that lead you step-by-step through programming fundamentalsand C language basics, including functions, variables, pointers, data types,data structures, and file input and output; the author makes even the mostdifficult C programming concepts easy to understand with his clear, friendlywriting style *updated and enhanced lessons, fresh code, and all new end-of-chapter reviewquestions *A CD-ROM with Metrowerks CodeWarrioraA A Lite, a special version of the mostwidely used compiler today.The CD also includes an assortment of games,shareware, graphics, demos, and other neat stuff for inspiration To use this book/CD package, you need a Macintosh computer with at least eightmegabytes of RAM and System 7. 1 or later. 0201484064B04062001

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About the Author

Dave Mark is a columnist for MacTech, and his company, M/MAC, doescustom Macintosh development. He is the author of the bestselling MacintoshProgramming Primer series, which includes Macintosh Programming Primer,Volumes I and II, and Macintosh Pascal Programming Primer allpublished by Addison-Wesley.

the Macintosh Programming Primer series (all from Addison-Wesley), and a columnist for MacTech. His company, M/MAC, does custom Macintosh Dave Mark is the author of the bestselling Learn C on the Macintosh and development.Dave Mark is the author of the bestselling Learn C on the Macintosh and a columnist for MacTech. His company, M/MAC, does Macintosh consulting.

Dave Mark is the author of Learn C on the Macintosh, Second Edition, Learn C++ on the Macintosh, and the Macintosh Programming Primer series, and he writes a column for MacTech magazine. He manages the Discover Products Division for Metrowerks.Dave Mark is the author of the bestselling titles Learn C on the Macintosh, Second Edition and Macintosh C Programming Primer, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley). He is also a columnist for MacTech magazine.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (October 11, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201484064
• ISBN-13: 978-0201484069
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,072,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dave Mark is a long-time Mac developer and author and has written a number of books on Macintosh development, including Learn C on the Macintosh, The Macintosh Programming Primer series, and Ultimate Mac Programming. His blog can be found at www.davemark.com. Jeff LaMarche is a longtime Mac developer, and Apple iPhone Developer. With over 20 years of programming experience, he's written on Cocoa and Objective-C for MacTech Magazine, as well as articles for Apple's Developer Technical Services website. He has experience working in Enterprise software, both as a developer for PeopleSoft starting in the late 1990s, and then later as an independent consultant.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good starting place, April 14, 2005

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This review is from: Learn C on the Macintosh (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

There is a new (February 2005) edition of this book available as a PDF from Spiderworks. It's an update for OS X, using the XCode software that comes free with OS X. Otherwise, the book is unchanged, including a few minor errors carried through from the 1995 edition. I don't know of any other resource for learning C on the Mac, but I don't hesitate to recommend it. It could use more programming exercises; I recommend supplementing it with Oualline's "Practical C Programming". After you've done this, read the ObjectiveC primer that comes with XCode and use a Cocoa programming book by Hillegas or Anguish.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Quasi-helpful book, May 13, 2000

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This review is from: Learn C on the Macintosh (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I have to admit, this book was very good at teaching me the concepts of programming (structures, pointers, variables, algorithm design, etc) but for learning the C language it was terrible. Very little Macintosh programming is covered at all, it's just the dry ANSI C. Needless to say, I did not know how to program after using this book. However, it was a useful guide (albeit a bit confusing at times) to learning the basics of programming.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No better source to begin C on the Macintosh, July 17, 1998

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This review is from: Learn C on the Macintosh (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

This book is an excellent source to begin learning the C language on the Macintosh. I wholly recommend pairing this book up with Metrowerks Codewarrior Discover Programming Edition and Macintosh Programming for Dummies to get the most out of it. When you finish this book you'll be begging for more and you'll find it in his other books: Learn C++ on the Macintosh and Macintosh C Programming Primer: Inside the Toolbox Vol 1. Excellent teacher.