NeXTSTEP is the central software of the NeXT workstation. It
combines object-oriented programming tools, interface
customizing utilities, a multitasking Unix operating system,
built-in networking, multimedia connections and Display
Postscript for showing on the screen exactly what will be
printed out on paper. It makes programming faster and
smoother than on other systems platforms. It is so unique,
that NeXT Computer, Inc., will be making the 3.0 Version of
this software available for users working on other
platforms, specifically the Intel 486 PC machines, thereby
enormously broadening the potential usership for NeXTSTEP.
The book by Garfinkel and Mahoney will be the first
comprehensive work dealing with the 3.0 Version of the
NeXTSTEP in the context of writing programming applications
with it. Garfinkel, an experienced author and Senior Editor
of NeXTWORLD magazine, has joined forces with an experienced
computer scientist and NeXT User Program Director, Mahoney,
to create this authoritative, "hands on" work for all NeXT
users and developers desiring to program in this
object-oriented environment.