Rhapsody - Developer?s Guide
Rhapsody Developer?s Guide provides a road map to Rhapsody technology
and the ways it can be used. Based on a modern microkernel, Rhapsody
runs on PowerPC and Intel processors, and supports traditional Mac OS
applications (in the Blue Box) as well as modern applications in the
Yellow Box. Totally object-oriented, the Yellow Box platform offers an
unparalleled development environment that permits rapid implementation
of functionality ranging from traditional personal computer
applications to media-rich, Internet-enabled, and database-driven
applications for the next century.
This book describes the architecture of Rhapsody, including its cross-
platform implementation on PowerPC and Intel. It details the Yellow
Box platform (based on OpenStep) and provides a complete description
of the core API, as well as a description of the architecture that
will be enriched in the future with additional functionality from
Apple. The languages of Rhapsody are discussed, and the API is
presented in a language-neutral way that will be convenient for C++
developers, classic and modem Objective-C users, and Java programmers.
Throughout, there is an emphasis on how Rhapsody relates to existing
investments in code and programming expertise. Screen shots and code
samples from products shipping today using Rhapsody technology provide
opportunities and challenges to new Rhapsody developers.
About the Author
Jesse Feiler is software director of the Philmont Software Mill. He is
also the author of Cyberdog and Real World Apple Guide. He has served
as a consultant, author, and speaker for many prestigious businesses,
including the Federal Reserve Bank ofNew York, Prodigy, Kodak, Young &
Rubicam, and Apple Computer, Inc.
Feiler, Jesse.
Rhapsody - Developer?s Guide.
Boston: AP Professional, 1997.
ISBN 0-12-251334-7
(528 pages, 13.3 MB PDF)
