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RE: Mac REALbasic book and Windows REALbasic

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Subject: RE: Mac REALbasic book and Windows REALbasic
From: "Mark Wallace" <mwallace at allegroinfosystems dot com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 14:06:35 -0400
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Greg,

It sounds to me that what you are looking for is books on how to
program. REALbasic is simply the tool you use to build the application.
In many ways, the real work in creating a "complete professional
application" is in the design of it, and in understanding computer
programming sufficiently to know what you will need to do in order to
build it. Once you have done this, it is simply a matter of determining
how the tool you are using, in this case REALbasic, implements those
features. Some books I would recommend as starting points include

Code Complete 
About Face 2.0
Mastering the Requirements Process
Software for Use

There are numerous others and I am sure others on this list may have
some suggestions. I am starting to use REALbasic after an extensive
background in other languages (C, C++, Delphi, Fortran, Visual Basic).
What I am finding is that the most useful document for me is the
language reference. I have the software design completed and I now refer
to the reference to learn how I use REALbasic to produce what I want. 

Sincerely,

Mark

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Subject: Re: Mac REALbasic book and Windows REALbasic


Is there a book, web page, or Real Basic pdf document that has an
outline of 
what steps are needed to create a complete professional application? I
feel 
like I am building a house, and there are hundreds of little things to
know - 
like the wiring, the plumbing, the framing, the drywall, the paint, the 
flooring. 

It seems 2 of the 4 RB books (the dummy/idiot guide, and the quickstart)
are 
good for getting started from zero. Matt's book has really excellent
details 
but seems out of date, and its hard to use as a reference since there
are 
internal cross references.

I really appreciate this list to help sort things out, and to point me
in the 
direction of what to lookup in the reference manual at times. But I
would not 
have to bother others with simple questions if there were more of a
direct 
reference. Is this other book like that?

Greg
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