Re: References, etc. for learning Cocoa?
Re: References, etc. for learning Cocoa?
- Subject: Re: References, etc. for learning Cocoa?
- From: Mike Beam <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:18:46 -0500
You should start by learning C, at least the syntax of it. Some good books
that I liked are Practical C Programming which can be found at
www.oreilly.com, and also The C Programming Language by Kernighan (sp?) and
Ritchie. Once you have a grasp on C read Object-Oriented Programming and
The Objective-C Language, which is by Apple and can be found in the
developer tools installation at
/Developer/Documentation/Cocoa/ObjectiveC/ObjC.pdf
You can also find this online at
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/CocoaTopics.html
This book will go over all of the concepts of OOP and ObjC you need to get
started with Cocoa. I haven't read O'Reilly's Learning Cocoa, and I've
noticed the reviews are mixed. Someone else can say something about that.
Really try and understand the OOP concepts presented in the apple book, that
will make understanding Cocoa SO much easier. You're C++ class should help
give you a better grasp on OOP. This was kind of how I learned Cocoa, so
it may work for you, may not. Anyway, I hope it helps! Best of luck to
you!
Mike Beam