Lingo Sorcery: The Magic of Lists, Objects and Intelligent Agents - Softcover

Small, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047196302X ISBN 13: 9780471963028

Publisher: Wiley, 1996

Synopsis

Lingo Sorcery is the book that can give you an important programming edge. With this book you will find out how to: manipulate list structures, create intelligent objects, build helper objects, build objects which build other objects, design intuitive navigators with memories, create advisors, build information organisers, design interrogators which find out what a client needs, assemble information on the fly, create objects which learn from experience and build servants which anticipate user requirements. Moving beyond the syntax of this deceptively simple language to the conceptual framework of object-oriented programming, the author leads you towards thinking in Lingo, thus giving your imagination powerful vehicle for producing truly creative multimedia product.

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Review:

Most books on Lingo, the scripting language in Macromedia Director, focus on syntax and guide you through basic tasks using that syntax. This book is different. The author, Peter Small, explains the concepts of object-oriented programming so that you can better take advantage of Lingo's built-in flexibility. You learn how to understand and create linear and property lists, simple and complex objects, messages and menus, and movies within a window. Small assumes that readers are already fairly familiar with Lingo and that they are ready to learn much more about object-oriented programming techniques. Lingo Sorcery covers Director 5 for Macintosh and Windows.

From the Back Cover:

Have you wanted to acquire that essential programming edge which will allow you to harness the full power of lists and objects? Are you looking to create innovative Director products for the Internet at the highest level of technical expertise? Have you reached that stage of using Lingo where the only next step you can take is to finally understand object-oriented programming?

If you have said "yes" to any of the above, you have the right book in your hands. It is the first choice of both professionals and learners alike and is the most frequently recommended book on the Director User Internet forums for understanding the black art of OOPS and taking Lingo programming to areas the manuals never reach.

What readers said about the first edition...

· ...for my money it's the best Director book in the market.

· Lingo Sorcery is amazing. It's not a "how to" book per se, (though it has lots of how to in it) it's a "how to" book with a lot of accompanying thoughts on how most effectively to think about OOP and multimedia design from an organic point of view.

· In my opinion, Lingo Sorcery is easily the best info on OOP for Lingo.

· I am finally starting to get the hang of OOPing, but I heard Peter's book is awesome.

· See some crazy (but interesting) examples of ways to use OOP with Lingo, read Lingo Sorcery by Peter Small. It's amazing. It will really get your creative juices flowing.

This second edition covers two major advances in Director which have opened up new vistas to users. Behaviors are easy to conceptualize, and allow those who have very little programming knowledge to design in an object-oriented programming (OOP) style. The new Application Programming Interface (API) introduced along with a set of Net Xtras has transformed Director from a closed application into an open system-allowing it to become the new killer app for the Internet and the Web.

Peter Small has again employed his unique powers of explanation and analogy to help Director users who have no technical, programming background, to think and understand Lingo's OOP functionality, expanding the envelope of Director even beyond the visions of its creators.

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Peter Small is also the author of the groundbreaking book Magical A-Life Avatars and the award winning cult CD-ROM How God Makes God.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 047196302X
• ISBN 13: 9780471963028
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 478