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I have subscribed to technical journals previously, connected with the various languages I have been involved in, and never before has there been such a genuine mixture of experience levels covered in one magazine.

I would be shocked if a REALBasic developer could read an issue of this magazine and not see at least something relevant to improving a project they work with, be it as a hobby, or commerically.

Lastly I'd like to stress the specific value to new developers of this magazine, they have the most directly to gain from the array of experts involved.

THE magazine for REALbasic users.
I have only one problem with this magazine. This is that it contains so much information that it will take me a while before I get to use all of it.

This magazine is designed for the RB user from beginner to advanced on all Apple and Windows platforms. Another feature is the downloadable examples to help the reader.

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This magazine is long on information and short on advertising and therefore depends on a subscription base. I would definitely recommend anyone interested in getting the most recent information about REALbasic to get a subscription.

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Technical magazines for subsets of disciplines tend to be thin, poorly written, full of in-jokes, and contain articles all written by the same three people. Realbasic Developer is on the thin side, but it is chock full of well-written articles, written by developers other than its contributing editors.

Realbasic Developer roughly follows the conventional model: letter from the editor, letters, tips and tricks, quick reviews of new products of interest to Relabasic developers, technical columns by staff writers, and feature articles by outside contributors. But there are a lot of these articles,and there is little fluff (re-printing the manual) and a lot of meat, covering a wide range of areas. Both broad, conceptual beginner topics, such as the general precepts of BASIC programming, and advanced, highly technical and very specific targets are treated.

As Realbasic wisely expands beyond its Mac roots, I wish that Realbasic Developer (explicitly separate enterprises and companies) would similarly treat Windows a bit more even-handedly ('...I'll skip the subject of DOS shell classes since I don't care much about Wintel Boxes', from 'Beyond the Limits' in the Oct/Nov 2002 issue).

I also wish that the 'ratings' ('Beginner', 'Intermediate',...) for the articles would be more willing to call advanced coding 'Advanced'.

But these are minor quibbles. The Realbasic world is vital and expanding, and this journal provides an indispensible guide to its navigation.