Some questions about Apple IIc and Assembly Programming

[tomatos <detachment2702@gmail.com>]

Hey guys, I'm a freshmen computer science student who's interested in
learning assembly on the apple iic and I was hoping that someone could
help me get started. I've got an apple iic with green phosphor monitor
in great condition, a copy of Apple II Assembly Language by Marvin L.
De Jong., as well as DOS 3.3 and ProDOS 8 diskettes (thanks
Syndicomm!)

Unfortunately the book doesn't cover the basics of how to create an
assembly file or run it through an assembler, and I am otherwise
lacking in documentation. How do I go about doing this? I can CREATE a
file, but can't figure out how to begin editing it. Also: I have the
original 255 ROM and thus the monitor does not include the mini-
assembler; does DOS 3.3 or ProDOS have an assembler built in? If not,
how can I get one?

Any help you can give me is _greatly_ appreciated! It is hard to learn
when you must load all programs directly into memory via the monitor
in machine code.