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Date: Sun 21-Jan-1989 01:43:42 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Documentation (references) on NeXT's Interface Builder? Bruce Webster's book is slated for release in March of this year. Hopefully it will make it out on time. kean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oregon State University Kean Stump Department of Computer Science kean@cs.orst.edu Corvallis, Oregon {tektronix,hp-pcd}!orstcs!kean "OSU CS isn't my employer, so don't take me seriously" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Date: Sun 24-Jan-1989 04:46:38 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Documentation (references) on NeXT's Interface Builder? In article <806STORKEL@RICE> STORKEL@RICE.BITNET (Scott Storkel) writes: > ... If anybody out there has documentation that we >don't PLEASE let me know what you have and where you got it. Technical documentation is now available from NeXT --- you can call 415-424-8500 to order it. The two volume set is $250, I believe, and you get the 0.9 and 1.0 versions when available. The tech doc contains documentation for Objective C (from Stepstone), Display Postscript (from Adobe), TIFF (from Aldus), and RTF (from Microsoft), in addition to NeXT specific stuff (such as Application and Sound Kit classes, etc). The documentation is meant mostly for people interested in software development on the NeXT machine. It's not user documentation. It's also not for hardware developers interested in hardware info. Ali Ozer, NeXT Developer Support aozer@NeXT.com >From: eht@f.word.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer)
Date: Sun 24-Jan-1989 16:14:01 From: Unknown Subject: Re: Documentation (references) on NeXT's Interface Builder? I attended a NeXT software development course two weeks ago and came back with two four inch binders of technicl documentation and a two inch binder of course material. Along with these documents, I came back with a good understanding of how to program the NeXT using IB (the interface builder) and objective C. So, it's time for me to throw in my two cents... There is a lot of information contained in the NeXT -- a good part of the technical documentation provided at the course is on line. NeXT is not giving out any documentation that is more current than what is provided online in the 0.8 release, only augmenting it. Remember, this is release zero point eight. It is primarily for developers who need to get their hands on these machines ASAP and educational institutions that must start priming their pumps with 0.8 systems so they will be able to go full-out when 1.0 comes out. >From what I understand, the schedule is something like this: 0.8 now. pre-release for developers. not complete (missing some of bundled software and application kit objects). still buggy. needs tuning. 0.9 March(?). ``feature complete'' version. will contain all of the bundled software (mathmatica, lisp, etc.) and programming tools (e.g., DSP support). 1.0 sometime. tuned, bug-free version. I would expect that 0.9 documentation would be improved and 1.0 be very good. Yes, the IB can be very frustrating at first. It frustrated me, then something clicked (no jokes, please) and it all became clear. The course helped me a lot. I am convinced that I can transfer the knowledge required to start writing NeXT applications to any of our programmers in a very short amount of time. If you have no where else to turn, I suggest that you look into taking NeXT's course (or, for a nominal fee, I could help you:-). You must be purchasing a NeXT and tuition is something like $750.00. Contact your NeXT representitive for more info. It was clear from the course that the people at NeXT are genuinely interested in producing a quality machine. There were always NeXT people around to answer our questions and make notes of bugs and concerns. Steve Jobs went out to dinner with the class one night and had a question/answer session (very entertaining). I'm glad that NeXT didn't wait another three months to start shipping. Having 0.8 has given us the opportunity to give NeXT input on what we would like to see in later (``production'') versions. The people at NeXT have been very attentive when we have voiced concerns about the NeXT. The NeXT looks to be an excellent development platform, and if NeXT can remove some of the concerns that we have, I'm sure that we'll be seeing a lot of NeXTs on campus. Mark p.s. Anyone have any use for a talking base converter? It's very annoying:-) >From: abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell)
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