Mailing Lists: Apple Mailing Lists
Image of Mac OS face in stamp
 
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Book recommendations for newbies

> Lloyd Sargent <email@hidden> Tue, 2001 July 31 09:01:31 -0500
>> On Tuesday, 2001 July 31 at 08:06
>> I'm a newcomer to Cocoa (having programmed in C++ and Java
>> previously). While i was able to work through the examples in the
>> "Learning Cocoa" book, I felt that this book was lacking in depth...
>
> Yes, a lot of people feel the same way - it is as if the book towards
> the later (and more difficult chapters) does this and this and "then
> a miracle happens" and all of a sudden we have the program...
> Yeah, it means more writing, but heck, how many "Inside Macintosh"
> books were published?

Let's see, I have 18 volumes at hand, most of them well worn
with sticky notes & business cards coming out the edges.
I think there were 24 or more, and then at least a dozen
"independent" volumes from Harrington, Sydow, Allen, Erskine.

They'll roll out sooner or later, with some of the _IM_ replaced by
the digital-only forms. But it is very frustrating for those of us
who learn better from high resolution color printed pages*. There are
intro classes (a little pricey) from Apple and from the "Big Nerd Ranch"
(and I notice some of the MUGs doing X user classes), and hopefully
some intermediate & advanced ones will start appearing shortly.

* White space is great for advertising, but there are times in
computer books when you want to be able to see a lot of inter-
related info in one glance, so small lettering and multiple colors
all crammed on one page spread have their place. Hint hint. :B-)

John G. Otto Nisus Software, Engineering
www.infoclick.com www.mathhelp.com www.nisus.com software4usa.com
EasyAlarms PowerSleuth NisusEMail NisusWriter MailKeeper QUED/M
Will program Macs for food.



Visit the Apple Store online or at retail locations.
1-800-MY-APPLE

Contact Apple | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.