Re: Docs
Re: Docs
- Subject: Re: Docs
- From: Phillip Mills <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:43:40 -0400
On 8/23/01 4:33 PM, "John Hvrnkvist" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Now, if someone were to revise that book, where should the main effort
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be put?
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I'd feel better about commenting if I took some time to compare it to books
I've considered good learning tools in the past, but they're not at hand.
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Since the topic has got to this point, I believe it would be interesting to
see a survey of what tutorial-type books people regard as well written.
Maybe I'll start a thread after I have a chance to review my library.
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More short examples?
Yes, for things that are extrapolations of already presented material.
"Learning Cocoa" actually does that well in the Appendix where it layers a
few different drawing techniques without going through the overhead of
creating a project for each. Taking that farther by showing small
variations in how other things behave, and may be used, would remove a lot
of the "by rote" feeling.
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More how-to's?
Depends on exactly what you mean by that, but as I mentioned in my first
message on this topic, I think would be enough Cookbook material for a
whole, large, other volume. (Dev-list FAQ on steroids.)
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More large tutorials?
Probably not. The two "main" tutorials deal with the two PB Cocoa
application styles...seems fair.
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More explanations of "why"?
I think that's the really big one. There are far too many "type the
following implementation" instructions with no sense of purpose. I've gone
through the first three Vermont Recipes and I find them much more
informative and memorable.
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