Resources To Learn NewtonScript

Question

Today I got my Apple Newton MessagePad 2000 and then I want to start developing for it. I already downloaded and installed the Newton Toolkit, but where I can learn NewtonScript?

Answer 1

Greetings, visitor from the past! Welcome to the 21st century. All restaurants are Taco Bell. Smoking is illegal. The Newton has been replaced by the iPhone. Happily, we have frozen a specimen of the documentation you seek, which you can read by activating this magical portal--it's something like Gopher. Fare well, and watch out for Skylab debris!

Answer 2

The United Network of Newton Archives (UNNA) is a great collection for anything Newton related. For learning NewtonScript, I'd recommend checking the Development/Documentation section. As Avi commented, "Programming for the Newton" is a great starting point, and it can be found in that section as a downloadable HTML version, but I would definitely recommend reading the official "Newton Programmer's Guide" as well. Further, the NTK comes with example code which is very instructive.

Another way of digging in is to use ViewFrame (also on UNNA) which lets you inspect any existing NewtonScript application directly on the Newton. That can be very helpful if you are wondering how an application does certain things.