Front Cover; Programming for the Newton: Software Development with NewtonScript; Copyright Page; Apple Computer, Inc. Software License; Table of Contents; Foreword by Walter Smith; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1. Newton Application Design; Overview; A Newton Glossary; The Life Cycle of an Application; Newton Application Designs; Designing an Application-WaiterHelper; Summary; Chapter 2. Views on the Newton; Everything Is a View; Views on the Newton and Templates in NTK; View Hierarchies; View Classes; Linking Templates; Naming Templates; Creating the Views of WaiterHelper; Summary

Chapter 3. Skeleton of a ViewWhat's in a View; Common View Slots; Why Use Justification?; Using Justification; Modifying the WaiterHelper Application; Summary; Chapter 4. Protos; Introduction to Protos; The System Protos; Creating and Using User Protos; Protos in WaiterHelper; Summary; Chapter 5. The Fundamentals of NewtonScript; A Brief Overview of NewtonScript; Frames; Arrays; Symbols and Path Expressions; Iterating with foreach; Types; Methods; Additional NewtonScript Features; The Benefits of NewtonScript; Writing Code for WaiterHelper; Summary; Chapter 6. Inheritance in NewtonScript

Overview of NewtonScript InheritanceProto Inheritance; Parent Inheritance; Combining Proto and Parent Inheritance; NewtonScript, Newton Toolkit, and the Newton; Summary; Chapter 7. View System and Messages; How Views Are Created; Other Messages the View System Sends; View Messages You Send; Declaring Views; InstallScript and RemoveScript; Adding Code to WaiterHelper; Summary; Chapter 8. Newton Data Storage; Introduction; Description of Methods and Functions; Samples in the Inspector; Handling Soups in Your Application; Adding Soups to WaiterHelper; Summary

Chapter 9.Debugging Your ApplicationThe Inspector; Printing; Tracing; Debugging Functions; Exceptions; The Debugging Process; Summary; Appendix A: Important Methods; Methods Covered in This Book; Methods Not Covered in This Book; Appendix B: Important Messages; View/Proto Messages; Store Methods; Soup Methods; Cursor Methods; Appendix C: Important Global Functions; Global Functions Covered in This Book; Global Functions Not Covered in This Book; Appendix D: Important Global Variables; Variables Covered in This Book; Variables Not Covered in This Book; Appendix E: NewtonScript Syntax

About the GrammarPhrasal Grammar; Lexical Grammar; Operator Precedence; Appendix F: Application Issues; Setting Application Bounds Based on the Screen Size; Creating Unique Application Symbols and Names; Appendix G: Using Newton Toolkit; Installing NTK; NTK Menus; Creating a Project; Creating a Layout; Linking Layouts; Creating a User Proto; Creating and Modifying Templates; The Slot Editor; Additional Parts of Your Project; Building and Downloading; Index; Companion Disk Order Form