Re: AppKit source available as reference?
Re: AppKit source available as reference?
- Subject: Re: AppKit source available as reference?
- From: Brian Howard <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:00:41 -0400
On Friday, June 29, 2001, at 01:48 AM, Scott Anguish wrote:
On Thursday, June 28, 2001, at 08:38 PM, Karl Goiser wrote:
Why are there so many tutorials on Cocoa? I contend that this is
because it is so black boxy that it is like groping around in a
darkened room!
I'd contend that those who write the tutorials are enthusiastic
about getting others involved in a great set of frameworks and dev
environment.
No doubt at all about the enthusiastic motives; however, most of these
folks couldn't teach compulsive gamblers how to lose money, judging by
the sorry state of the tutorials and books about Cocoa. Karl is right:
a monkey see, monkey do tutorial is the easiest way to _TRY_ and teach
someone something. Follow me and I will get you through the darkened
room; but once through the room, you still won't know much about what
was is the room, why the room was arranged the way it is, or much of
anything else. Answer? Grope through enough dark rooms and eventually
you'll learn enough to start guiding others through the night(mare)--by
writing yet another tutorial. I railed about this for weeks until I
finally gave up and decided it was a waste of time trying to convince
anyone of the really lousy state of documentation and training
available; it is what it is and if tutorials are all there is, then lets
have some more of the bloody things.
Brian E. Howard
Cocoa Cult Central
still trying to find a flashlight himself