From what I've read, MPW is somewhat difficult to program in. Can't remember details, other than that it was more complicated to get things to work in it.
What I (still) plan to do is learn Pascal and use THINK Pascal (now freeware) and make fun and simple GUI apps. Eventually making games and whatnot. I was fortunate to obtain a copy of THINK Pascal 4 in box (with most of the manuals, which I am slowly digitizing,) but I've also grabbed a copy of Macintosh Pascal Programming Primer Vol. 1 (yet to find Vol. 2)
MacTech still hosts their free Macintosh Pascal book. v(2.1 for Mac OS 8.5 and v1.2 for Mac OS 7.) I also just came across this reference book and went ahead and ordered a copy. Hopefully it will prove to be useful.
RealBASIC would indeed make the process easier, as techknight mentioned the GUI can be built visually. But finding a genuine copy for the old Mac OS may prove impossible.
For me at least, I think using Pascal would be the best choice as there's still documented libraries available; which will help for reference as much as the books. (Nothing against C/C++. I like both, but there's not really any free compilers for either language on Classic Mac OS that I'm aware of.)
Good luck on your project Scott. If you need help looking for reference material I'll do what I can to help.
What I (still) plan to do is learn Pascal and use THINK Pascal (now freeware) and make fun and simple GUI apps. Eventually making games and whatnot. I was fortunate to obtain a copy of THINK Pascal 4 in box (with most of the manuals, which I am slowly digitizing,) but I've also grabbed a copy of Macintosh Pascal Programming Primer Vol. 1 (yet to find Vol. 2)
MacTech still hosts their free Macintosh Pascal book. v(2.1 for Mac OS 8.5 and v1.2 for Mac OS 7.) I also just came across this reference book and went ahead and ordered a copy. Hopefully it will prove to be useful.
RealBASIC would indeed make the process easier, as techknight mentioned the GUI can be built visually. But finding a genuine copy for the old Mac OS may prove impossible.
For me at least, I think using Pascal would be the best choice as there's still documented libraries available; which will help for reference as much as the books.
(Nothing against C/C++. I like both, but there's not really any free compilers for either language on Classic Mac OS that I'm aware of.)Good luck on your project Scott. If you need help looking for reference material I'll do what I can to help.