See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.

12 used & new from $1.99

See All Buying Options

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Share with Friends

Customer image from David C. Newkirk

See 1 customer image

Share your own customer images

I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon.

Tell the Publisher! I�d like to read this book on Kindle Don�t have a Kindle? Get yours here.

Foundations of Mac Programming (Paperback)

by Dan Parks Sydow (Author)

4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.

3 new from $3.00 9 used from $1.99

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Learn Macintosh programming fast with Foundations of Mac Programming, the comprehensive reference and tutorial. Here you'll find easy-to-understand lessons on dozens of critical Mac programming topics. You'll start creating Mac and Power Mac applications in the industry-standard C programming language immediately and master everything from the fundamentals to the finishing touches. Whether you're a beginning programmer looking for the basics, or an advanced programmer extending your skills to the Mac platform, Foundations of Mac Programming has everything you need to know, all in one book. Plus, the bonus CD-ROM accompanying Foundations of Mac Programming features timesaving, reusable code for Symantec C++ and Metrowerks compilers.

Product Details

Paperback: 725 pages
Publisher: Wiley Publishing (December 20, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1568843496
ISBN-13: 978-1568843490
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 2 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,217,661 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search

No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Customer Reviews

7 Reviews

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

4.6 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on the Mac toolbox!, July 4, 1999

By	Andrew Schaaf (pschaaf@frontiernet.net) (New York City, USA) - See all my reviews

This book tells you how to get started making your own Mac programs.

To use this book, you should know C or C++.

I highly recommend this book to people new to the Mac toolbox.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book-, December 21, 1998

By A Customer

"Foundations of Mac Programming" is a spectacular book that will give the burgeoning mac programmer a fine backround in the subject. A minimal knowledge of C is required to understand what this book teaches. This book will indeed provide a firm foundation, though it does not get overly detailed in terms of graphics and files, thus more seasoned macintosh programmer will not benefit much from it.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

5.0 out of 5 stars The title says it all., December 3, 1998

By	Bill Allen (wwallen@earthlink.net) (Pasadena, California USA) - See all my reviews

Get the basics of C down then this book gets you going real fast. The CodeWarrior(CW) examples on the CD need to be updated for current CW but this is easy to do. Each chapter focuses on a Mac Toolbox Manager. It's up to you to start "playing around" by combining different Toolboxes together. I really got alot out of the book. The author also writes for MacTech magazine every month with Dave Marks.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 7 customer reviews...

Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but lacking a real foundation.
Teaches Mac C, but leaves out the basics of C. I recommend getting "Learn C on the Macintosh", by Dave Mark instead. When you've read that, come back to this book.

Published on July 1, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it
This book is really good after a first course in C. He reviews how pointers and handlers work in memory management. Read more

Published on September 6, 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars What beginners are looking for
This book starts from the basics -- the Mac basics like windows, events, menus, etc. This was the first (and thusfar only) book that I found which focused almost solely on... Read more

Published on June 18, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic introduction to mac programming
This is possibly the best programming book I have ever read. I started off as a complete novice to programming C applications under the Mac OS and just by working my way through... Read more

Published on October 20, 1997

› See all 7 customer reviews...

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; }