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REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development

ISBN: 0672328135
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 149

Authors: Mark S. Choate

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• REALbasic Cross-Platform Application Development
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• We Want to Hear from You
• Reader Services
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Introduction to REALbasic
• What s New in REALbasic 2005
• Deciding if REALbasic Is Right for You
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Who Should Read This Book
• What You Can Expect
• Chapter 2. Programming with REALbasic
• Defining a Computer Program
• REALBasic Terminology
• Quick Start: A Simple Web Browser
• Procedural Programming in REALbasic
• Flow ControlConditionals
• Flow ControlLoops
• Variants
• Modules
• Creating the StringParser Module
• Summary
• Chapter 3. Classes and Objects
• The Class Hierarchy
• Creating a New Class
• Declaration and Instantiation
• Constructors and Destructors
• Garbage Collection
• Inheritance
• Object Operators
• Adding and Overriding Methods
• Calling the Overridden Method
• Overloading
• Casting
• Oddities
• Encapsulation
• Access Scope: Public, Private, Protected
• Setting Properties with Methods
• Default and Optional Parameters
• Declaring Variables Static and Const
• Revisiting the StringParser Module
• Example: Creating a Properties Class
• Data-Oriented Classes and Visual Basic Data Types
• Advanced Techniques
• Chapter 4. Cross-Platform Application Development
• That Other Cross-Platform Language
• Compiling REALbasic Applications
• Configuring the Compiler
• The App Class
• Files and Directory Organization
• Compiler Directives
• User Interface Differences
• System Module
• Windows Registry
• RSSReader Preferences Example
• A Final Word About Macintosh
• Summary
• Chapter 5. Designing a Desktop Application
• Integrated Development Environment
• Desktop Applications: Programming Graphical User Interfaces
• Model-View-Controller
• Windows and Controls
• Managing Windows
• Controls
• Exception Handling
• User Interface Response
• Menus and Menu Handlers
• CustomTray
• Summary
• Chapter 6. XML and Advanced Text Processing
• Encoding
• XML Processing
• Regular Expressions
• StyledText
• Summary
• Chapter 7. Console Programming and the Shell
• Sample Applications
• The Shell Class
• Developing Console Applications
• Conclusion
• Chapter 8. Databases
• The No-Code Database
• The Coded Database
• SQL Equivalents
• Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Networking and Internet Programming
• A Simplified View of a Computer Network
• The Protocol Stack
• The Internet
• REALbasic Networking Classes
• Network Object
• Network Interface Class
• System Members
• TCP and UDP Networks
• IPCSocket Class
• UDPSocket
• Conclusion
• Chapter 10. Graphics
• Raster and Vector Graphics
• Picture Class
• Canvas Control
• The Canvas ControlScrolling Text and Images
• Object2D Class
• Printing with REALbasic
• Summary
• Chapter 11. Scripting and Extending REALbasic
• Scripting
• Extending REALbasic
• Summary
• Appendix A. Appendix
• Sample Code and Application
• GNU General Public License
• Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification
• How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• GNU Lesser General Public License
• Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification
• How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
• Online Resources
• Index
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