I'm a professor at University of Montreal in Canada, and my lab does a
fair bit of Cocoa programming for analysis of MRI data.
It's become clear that there is much less opportunity for learning Obj-
C & Cocoa in most universities than - say - learning Java and C++.
Currently our comp-sci department offers courses in the following
programming languages: C, C++, Java, VB, C#. McGill University
offers courses in C, C++, Scheme, and Java. Concordia University
offers courses in C++ and Java, and lists required software for its
courses as Eclipse, .NET, Visual Studio, etc.
I'm in the early stages of evaluating whether a course on Cocoa and
Objective-C would be feasible at my institution, and was wondering
what's already out there - specifically:
- has anyone taken any kind of secondary (high-school) or post-
secondary (i.e. undergrad/bachelors) course in Cocoa programming?
- has anyone taken a course on Objective-C that was not specifically
about Cocoa?
- has anyone heard of such a course anywhere?
I am particularly interested in whether any such courses exist in the
Montreal area, but of course would also like to hear about them
anywhere. Any feedback on the experience (was it useful, was it well
attended, how did it come about, what department offered it) would be
greatly appreciated. I'm kind of worried that if I suggest it to our
comp-sci department, they'll laugh me out of the room.
I know there are plenty of ways to learn Cocoa and that most of us on
this list just learned it ourselves. However as the Apple platform
grows in market share, it seems like less of a crazy idea that a
university course on developing under this platform should at least be
an option. As far as I can tell there is almost a complete vacuum in
Montreal.
Cheers,
Rick Hoge
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