Comments about oreilly REALbasic: The Definitive Guide:

This book is a terrific way to learn how to write code with RealBasic. It was so easy to use this book that I can't believe I was ever intimidated by the idea of writing GUI based programs. I did have to sit down for a while and really concentrate, but with the investment of just a few afternoons, I was on my way to coding like a pro. And I have never looked back! Most of all, I like the systematic way in which this book first describes paradigms such as "classes" and "methods" and THEN gives you some sample code to type in. Once you do this for a few chapters, everything starts to make sense, and you are on your way. Again: well done book... a blessing!

Comments about oreilly REALbasic: The Definitive Guide:

This book was a BIG help. And it continues to help me write my REALbasic programs. A Big Thanks to Matt for writing it!

Comments about oreilly REALbasic: The Definitive Guide:

Excelent book, well written and put together, the section on Classes did lose me as well, but as an instructor said to me years ago in an intro to computer science class: "Eric, you will need to rereed these chapters, not 2 times but 10 times before it sinks in, or even more". Dr Margush was correct, so don't let it intimidate you, Just keep at it until you get it!

Also a great book for anyone that wants to start to learn OOP.

Comments about oreilly REALbasic: The Definitive Guide:

I am 24 years old and already in my young life I have started two computer startup companies, both of which have gone belly up! Anyway I used to pay someone to write stuff in Real Basic for me because I thought I could never do it. Suddenly I find myself in another computer startup company and I decide to finally conquer RealBasic - and conquer it I did in UNDER A WEEK! I think that RealBasic: The Definitive Guide was 100% of the reason I could do that. This book is a freakin' miracle. I had known traditonal Basic since I was 10 years old and playing with it on my Commodore 64, then later on I got an IBM and a Mac and I used Basic a little bit on both of them. This book tied in that little bit of knowledge of Basic I had in me from when I was a kid and finally made it click with today's GUI world. I also don't doubt that it's lucid explanation of objects and classes are going to also have me prepared to later take on Java and some other environments that have always interested but mystified me such as certain authoring tools for QuickTime animation sprites. Overall I give this book one heck of a great ranking for making about a hundred things I knew a little bit about but never thought I'd fully understand, into a hundred things that I either now am or feel that I can be, really fluent in. This book kicks butt.