ABC - An Object-oriented Instructional System

ABC is an object-oriented programming system which was designed to development instructional applications but can also be used to develop non-instructional applications. Its characteristics include:

Object-oriented

A real object-oriented programming system with types, inheritance etc.

Portable

runs on Unix/Motif, MACs and DOS/Windows platforms

Multi-media

supports graphics, imaging, audio and video

Extensible

significant programming support to develop new capabilities

Extremely cheap

Its free!

Example lessons:

• Chaos Laboratory
• Air Laboratory

The following documents are available concerning ABC:

• Loading Guide
• Installation Guide
• Getting Started in ABC Programming
• ABC Programming Fundamentals
• Exploring Types
  • The Basic Types
  • Collections
  • Processing and Storing Text
  • Graphics
  • Miscellaneous ABC Capabilities
• Designing an Application
• Designing new Types
• Designing Views outside ABC
• Designing Bitmaps
• Adding New Shapes and Behaviors
• Calling External Functions
• Using ABC Assembler
• Using System Mode
• Useful Methods