REALBasic: TDG
REALBasic: TDG, Second Edition By Matt Neuburg
September 2001
Pages: 752

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapters | Colophon

Table of Contents

  1. Fundamentals

    1. Chapter 1 The Workspace

      1. The Project Window
      2. Editing Windows
      3. Adding Functionality
      4. How the Three Editors Relate
      5. Testing Without Building
      6. Online Help
      7. Shortcuts

    2. Chapter 2 The Basic Language

      1. Lines and Commands
      2. Variables and Constants
      3. Subroutines
      4. Regulating Flow
      5. Arrays
      6. Recursion
      7. Comments

    3. Chapter 3 Objects, Classes, and Instances

      1. Messages and Dot Notation
      2. Object Design Philosophy
      3. Classes and Instances
      4. Anatomy of a Class
      5. An Instance Is Born
      6. Referring to Instances
      7. The Truth About Controls
      8. Control Clones and Control Arrays
      9. Being Careful with Instance References
      10. Destruction of Instances

    4. Chapter 4 Class Relationships and Class Features

      1. New Classes and Inheritance
      2. Casting
      3. Overriding
      4. Class Interfaces
      5. Events and New Events
      6. The Class Hierarchy
      7. Global Members
      8. Advanced Class Features
      9. Example Classes

    5. Chapter 5 Datatypes

      1. Booleans
      2. Strings
      3. Numbers
      4. Variants
      5. Collections
      6. Dates
      7. Colors
      8. Memoryblocks
      9. Threads

    6. Chapter 6 Menus

      1. Menu Overview
      2. Editing Menus
      3. Special Menu Items
      4. The Menu-Enabling Moment
      5. Menu Item Functionality
      6. Dynamic Menus
      7. Menu Examples

    7. Chapter 7 The Architecture of an Application

      1. Three Pillars of Zen
      2. The Application Subclass
      3. Order of Events

    8. Chapter 8 Debugging and Building

      1. Compile Errors
      2. Exceptions
      3. The Debugger
      4. Building

  2. User Interface

    1. Chapter 9 Windows

      1. Window Types
      2. Opening and Closing, Showing and Hiding
      3. Title, Position, and Size
      4. Events
      5. Drawing in a Window

    2. Chapter 10 Abstract Control Classes

      1. Lifetime Events
      2. Appearance
      3. Position and Size
      4. Mouse Movement Events
      5. Redrawing

    3. Chapter 11 Canvases

      1. Canvas Events, Properties, and Methods
      2. Picture Class
      3. Graphics Class
      4. Backdrop Property
      5. Fun With Graphics Properties
      6. Canvas Graphics Property
      7. Transparency and Icons
      8. Speed
      9. Interaction with Other Objects

    4. Chapter 12 Buttons and Static Texts

      1. PushButton
      2. BevelButton
      3. Placard
      4. LittleArrows
      5. CheckBox
      6. RadioButton and GroupBox
      7. DisclosureTriangle
      8. StaticText
      9. Custom Buttons

    5. Chapter 13 EditFields

      1. Types of EditField
      2. EditField Events, Properties, and Methods
      3. The Focus
      4. Manipulating Text and Styles
      5. Reacting to User Input
      6. Drawing Styled Text
      7. Miscellaneous Tips

    6. Chapter 14 ListBoxes

      1. ListBox Features
      2. ListBox Events, Properties, and Methods
      3. Basic ListBox Techniques
      4. Hierarchical ListBoxes
      5. Other ListBox Features

    7. Chapter 15 Progress Bars, Sliders, and Scrollbars

      1. ProgressBar
      2. Slider
      3. Scrollbar

    8. Chapter 16 Shapes and Decorations

      1. Line
      2. Shapes
      3. Separator
      4. ImageWell
      5. ChasingArrows
      6. PopupArrow

    9. Chapter 17 Menus in Windows

      1. PopupMenu
      2. BevelButton
      3. ContextualMenu
      4. Alternatives

    10. Chapter 18 TabPanels

      1. Preparation
      2. Properties and Events
      3. Usage

    11. Chapter 19 Keyboard

      1. Keyboard Communication
      2. Keyboard Object
      3. UserCancelled

    12. Chapter 20 Mouse and Cursor

      1. Mouse Communication
      2. Polling the Mouse
      3. Balloon Help
      4. Cursor

  3. Reaching Out

    1. Chapter 21 Files

      1. Getting a FolderItem
      2. File Types
      3. File Properties and File Actions
      4. Arbitrary Data: Binary Streams
      5. Sequential Data: Text Streams
      6. Resources
      7. Predefined Data Formats

    2. Chapter 22 Databases

      1. Database Files and Classes
      2. Schemas
      3. Displaying Data
      4. Other Data Sources

    3. Chapter 23 Clipboard

      1. Clipboard Class
      2. Usage

    4. Chapter 24 Drag-and-Drop

      1. Beginning a Drag
      2. Receiving a Drop
      3. Finder Drop
      4. Internal Drag-and-Drop
      5. Limitations and Workarounds

    5. Chapter 25 Time

      1. Ticks and Microseconds
      2. Timers
      3. Yielding Time

    6. Chapter 26 Sound

      1. Beep
      2. Sound Object
      3. MIDI Notes

    7. Chapter 27 Movies

      1. Movie Class
      2. MoviePlayer
      3. Movie Usage
      4. Making Movies
      5. Analyzing Movies

    8. Chapter 28 Animation

      1. Configuring the SpriteSurface
      2. Basic Sprite Techniques
      3. Basic Background Techniques
      4. Improving the Classes
      5. Intelligent Sprite Behavior
      6. Responding to Keys
      7. Intelligent Collisions

    9. Chapter 29 Printing

      1. Page Setup
      2. Proceeding To Print
      3. Measurement Problems
      4. Printing Text

    10. Chapter 30 TCP/IP Communications

      1. Socket Properties, Methods, and Events
      2. Client
      3. Server

    11. Chapter 31 Interapplication Communications

      1. Sending Apple Events
      2. Receiving Apple Events
      3. Apple Event Classes, Properties, and Methods
      4. Apple Event Inadequacies
      5. AppleScripts
      6. Shell

    12. Chapter 32 Language Extensions

      1. Direct Toolbox Calls
      2. XCMDs
      3. Shared Libraries
      4. Plug-ins

  1. Appendix A Growing an Application

    1. Principles of Approach

    2. An Example Project: Tic-Tac-Toe

    3. Exercises

  2. Colophon

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