Re: Lost contents!
Re: Lost contents!
- Subject: Re: Lost contents!
- From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:24:23 -0400
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 07:25 PM, Brian Howard wrote:
I just got an answer off-list:
you did a "create files" again in IB.
it overwrites whatever you have
<RANT>
The real problem is I was thrashing around trying to solve a problem
with no good idea of what I was doing, because there is no real training
for this stuff.
It's not like InterfaceBuilder doesn't WARN you when you re-create files
that were already existing.. it asks you for each one if you want to
overwrite it.
And there most certainly IS training for this stuff. Online, offline
and books.
The problem is, and you've already stated this elsewhere, you're coming
into this with no C experience, no Obj-C experience and it would appear
little patience to learn that before reaching out and grabbing onto a
large set of frameworks, not to mention a somewhat different method of
thinking (true separation of UI and code).
Apple isn't about to pay anyone to walk in off the street and start
writing apps with no qualifications.
But I think not. I
understand that Apple's main thrust is to cater to the big developers,
but in the long run it just might be guys like me that save Cocoa.
God help us.
Not all of us are blessed with degrees in Computer
Science--some of us merely have degrees in Physics, or Chemistry, or
Medicine, or Molecular Biology! We ought to be able to pick this up
with the right help.
Hell.. some of us have NO FORMAL TRAINING AT ALL. And NO DEGREE at all.
Again, please understand I am not ragging on the programmers and gurus
who are doing the actual work--I blame management fully. Steve and
company are the ones who set the priorities, and they need to get a
clue. The f*#%king jet could have paid for a slew of documentation
experts.
Yeah Steve.. work for free
And a few dozen extra programmers to boot. And maybe a couple
of folks who do know how to teach really well.
Major reality check here..
Apple has plenty of great teachers. They offer Cocoa training on an
ongoing basis. The documentation is no where near as bad as you
continually rant about it. They offer kitchens as well.