Re: AppKit source available as reference?
Re: AppKit source available as reference?
- Subject: Re: AppKit source available as reference?
- From: Karl Goiser <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 02:13:31 +1000
I used Smalltalk for a few years. You get the source to pretty well
everything and, generally, just fairly high-level documentation.
The source provided me with invaluable insights into how to program
in Smalltalk. With a source browser, I would scan through likely
classes, finding relevant methods and who called them and why. In
the calling methods, I would find the style of usage of the methods -
examples.
I did this sort of thing when I was learning the environment AND
after becoming more proficient. This is because I would find myself
working in an area of the environment that I hadn't before or hadn't
touched for a while, consequently forgetting most of the details.
Having access to the source increased my productivity a lot.
In Cocoa, I feel lost. How do I find the methods or class that I
will want? Look at the documentation. But how do I find what I need
without reading and/or knowing the documentation of every single
class? I may know it all one day, but what about know?
The upshot is that, in order to program effectively in Cocoa, I will
have to know, pretty well, every method of every class! Then, how do
I find examples of usage of the method(s)?
Compared to Smalltalk, I feel like I am working in the dark!
Karl
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