Programming for the Newton
Using Windows
Published in August 1996
Book
Mixed media product
400 pages
978-0-12-484830-6 (ISBN)
Description
This package aims to provide would-be Newton programmers with everything they need to begin developing applications for the Newton on the Windows platform. The disk contains programming examples from the book, as well as a demonstration Newton toolkit for Windows.
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Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Illustrated edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 187 mm
Weight
799 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-484830-6 (9780124848306)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Features of a Newton application; designing a good Newton application; an introduction to NewtApp - NTK'S Newton program shell; creating an initial application using NewtApp; Newton applications and Newton views; NewtApp and creating standard views characteristics; the fundamentals of NewtonScript; inheritance and NewtonScript; NewtApp and data, creating, storing and retrieving it; debugging and using the inspector; navigating in NewtonScript; sending messages within an application; extending NewtApp - adding, filing, find, and routing to an application; communicating with the desktop. Appendices: using NTK; NewtonScript syntax; important methods; important messages; important global variables; important global functions.