HyperCard in a Hurry is Fast Track to Multimedia Authoring

Berkeley, CA-Since its release in 1987, HyperCard has fumed thousands of
Mac users into programmers. Now HyperCard 2.3 is here, with great new
color and multimedia capabilities, and Peachpit has released HyperCard 2.3
in a Hurry. This new edition of George Beekman's popular primer (over
30,000 people have learned HyperCard from previous editions) takes
beginners on a self-paced, hands-on tutorial through the basics and
beyond. In just a few hours, nonprogrammers will have the power of
multimedia authoring in their hands -- using lively and easy-to-follow
lessons to design, build, and customize sophisticated HyperCard stacks. 

HyperCard 2.3 in a Hurry focuses on helping the reader produce results
right away. Although each illustrated session adds a layer of
understanding and skill, every level includes a variety of projects that
can be put to immediate, practical use. Advanced sessions take you "behind
the buttons" to HyperTalk, the programming language that hides under
HyperCard's friendly point-and-click interface. Sessions conclude with
summaries, exercises, and projects to reinforce learned skills and
principles. 

Sessions 1 and 2 provide the fundamentals, with a guided tour of HyperCard
features from the user's point of view and an introduction to customizing
existing stacks. Sessions 3 and 4 introduce HyperCard's most important
tools-cards, buttons, links and backgrounds-as you create dynamic,
multilayer projects. Sessions 5 and 6 explore the HyperTalk programming
language with sound effects, animation, and non-linear writing. Session 7
unlocks the impact of multimedia authoring through color, customized
soundtracks, digitized speech, and video clips all without scripting. Five
appendices and a glossary contain enough reference material to make
HyperCard 2.3 in a Hurry a valuable supplement to a college or business
training class as well as to more advanced users. 

Author George Beekman is a senior instructor in the Oregon State University
Computer Science Department. He is also the author of Computer Currents:
Navigating Tomorrow's Technology (Benjamin/Cummings), a computer science
textbook, as well as a regular contributor to Macworld. 

HyperCard 2.3 in a Hurry
by George Beekman
Price: $24.95
Size: 384 pages, 7" x 9"
ISBN: 0-201-88446-1
Publication Date: 11/95

Peachpit Press
2414 Sixth St, Berkeley, CA 94710
800-283-9444,  510-548-4393,  fax 510-548-5991
URL: http://www.peachpit.com
 
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