Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

This has been an interesting couple of years for both the Newton and us. Just as Newton has entered its second generation, so this book has as well. While we would have liked to have the second edition available when the new system released, it was impossible.We particularly apologize to the few readers who found themselves with a version of demo NTK that wouldn't work with their specific Macintosh. While this new version of demo NTK addresses those problems, we're sorry for the wait nonetheless.

Why the wait? Well, because we have been very busy teaching Newton classes and doing a lot of other mysterious stuff. Please realize, however, that there is some benefit to having a bit of a pause between product launch and book. We have had a few months to see what types of problems 2.0 programmers are having and have tried to address those issues here.

We have added brand new chapters and rewritten the rest to reflect the needs of a Newton 2.0 programmer. We have also learned from the many suggestions we received from the first book and have included more information on optimization and routing. We have made no real effort to separate out material that is new to 2.0, however. One important reason for this is because almost every area of the OS was touched in the update.

Plus, this book comes with a CD-ROM that was not around for the first edition. We have put a bunch of useful stuff on it:

We think that everyone will find at least one gem amid this collection of stuff.

The Structure of the Book
This is a 2.0-specific Book

An online version of Programming for the Newton using Macintosh, 2nd ed. ©1996, 1994, Julie McKeehan and Neil Rhodes.

Last modified: 1 DEC 1996