Learning REALbasic Through Applications (Book ) [With CDROM]

If you are brand new to programming, then this is a good book to start with. Think of this book as a RealBasic product brochure with examples. Working through the chapters gives you a quick survey of the kinds of things you can do with RealBasic, and it teaches you the RealBasic programming approach. Once you have worked some of the examples, you will find that you will start having your own ideas for building new programs. If you get a little more serious, then pick up Matt Neuburg's book and look closely at the documentation that RealBasic provides along with the program. The RealBasic tutorials may seem tedious, but they really are excellent for learning the basics of RealBasic programming. Reading some of the other reviews here would make me think that this book is a lemon. Not so. It has it's place for the beginning programmer, or someone who wants a fast survey of RealBasic. It's not very detailed. It won't help you very much if you want to go beyond the examples, but that's what Matt Neuburg's book and the included language reference are for.

When I purchased this book at a B & M, I was somewhat concerned after I read the reviews on this site. I decided to read the book and make my own judgements. Boy, I'm glad I did. The book has many good examples, and aside from the mistake in code for chapter 3 (the only reason it didn't get 5 stars), I think it does a good job of teaching REALbasic.Would definitely recommend it.

I really wanted this book to be great. I have been looking for up-to-date- info on RealBasic... and while I think this book is fine for the novice or the beginner RBr, in my mind it is a bit too simple.The best example that I can think of is the Chapter on Screen Saver... well, it isn't writing a ScreenSaver, it is in fact code for taking a snapshot of the desktop.The 'Web Browser' chapter is merely an examination of the ShowURL function.... useful for sure, bbut hardly in depth... in fact, the chapter can be summed with ONE LINE.I really wish that the definative guide were current, but I settled for purchasing the second edition in stead.Again, I don't feel like this book is bad, just not really living up to it's name.FH