Re: BigNerdRanch Cocoa Bootcamp
Re: BigNerdRanch Cocoa Bootcamp
- Subject: Re: BigNerdRanch Cocoa Bootcamp
- From: David Hoerl <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 18:33:30 -0400
Trygve ,
I went on my own ticket, and I was out of work at the time!.
Here's the deal. if you want to get up to speed fast, and want to get
a really good foundation, then do it. You can plunk around a lot on
your own, learning a bit at a time and slowly getting the picture,
but after an intensive week at hte camp, I went I started going
gangbusters on my application, and after 3 months got a full time job
doing Cocoa/CLI work (through their students listserver).
Before I went I printed out and read (and re-read) Apple's
Objective-C manual (what a great document!) and I got the Kocher book
too for reference (use it occasionally). [The Kocher book is good
since provides instruction on doing CLI Obj-C programs, something I
could find no online instructions for.]
After the week you will "get it" for the most part. You can also then
post "stupid" questions on the students web site without getting
flamed, and you will often get a personal response from Aaron or one
of the other instructors.
BTW, the other instructors are **really** knowledgeable on Cocoa -
you will not believe how fast they will type a solution onto your Mac
when you get help during class.
Again, if you make the decision to jump in the pool, this is the way
to do it. Do as Aaron says - work hard, then get a good nights sleep.
Don't fight the class - go with what you are told, which often means
proceeding before you completely understand the last exercise. Trust
me, it will all fall together in the end.
I had years of C experience on the old Mac, but it didn't help me all
that much get going with Cocoa. This class will push you over the
"hump" in a week, and from then on you will be capable of going on
your own.
David
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