Beginning REALbasic: From Novice to Professional

Ford J.L.978-1-59059-634-0, 1-59059-634-X

If you’re just getting into programming, or you’re already an experienced VB programmer who wants to quickly learn a programming alternative, then REALbasic is the ideal language for you. REALbasic is an easy-to-learn, powerful, cross-platform programming language that allows you to write powerful applications that may be distributed across Windows, Mac, and Linux.Beginning REALbasic is an ideal beginners’ title: it starts off with a detailed introduction to REALbasic and its interface and basic functions to get you settled in comfortably. The book continues by exploring the fundamentals of programming with REALbasic – creating interfaces, menus, and toolbars, and working with conditional logic, loops, databases, object-oriented programming, sound, graphics, and more.Each chapter provides essential background knowledge, without wasting any time on unnecessary theory. The book also features step-by-step tutorials that help you build real-world expertise.

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Table of contents :
Beginning REALbasic: From Novice to Professional……Page 1
Contents……Page 8
Introduction……Page 23
PART 1 Introducing REALbasic……Page 26
CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to REALbasic……Page 28
CHAPTER 2 Navigating the REALbasic Integrated Development Environment……Page 60
PART 2 Learning How to Learning How to……Page 90
CHAPTER 3 Creating an Application’s User Interface……Page 92
CHAPTER 4 Working with REALbasic Menus…….Page 128
CHAPTER 5 Storing and Retrieving Application Data……Page 160
CHAPTER 6 Making Decisions with Conditional Logic……Page 188
CHAPTER 7 Iterative Processing……Page 212
CHAPTER 8 Object-Oriented Programming……Page 234
PART 3 Advanced Topics……Page 266
CHAPTER 9 Processing Text Files……Page 268
CHAPTER 10 Working with Databases…….Page 298
CHAPTER 11 Working with Graphics and Audio……Page 326
CHAPTER 12 Debugging REALbasic Applications…….Page 348
PART 4 Appendixes……Page 386
APPENDIX A Migrating Visual Basic Projects to REALbasic……Page 388
APPENDIX B What’s on the CD-ROM?……Page 392
APPENDIX C What’s Next?……Page 394
INDEX……Page 370