Re: *That* book
Re: *That* book
- Subject: Re: *That* book
- From: brian hook <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:33:52 -0700
I just wanted to pipe in and mention that I agree with Bill's comments
100%. Learning Carbon was a waste of time, but Learning Cocoa has been a
very good book so far. I'm an experienced C++/Wintel programmer, and I'd
also read the Objective-C book, so Learning Cocoa was really the next
logical step up for me since it explained PB, IB and Cocoa somewhat equally.
If I wasn't familiar with OOP concepts or at least the basics of Obj-C, it
would have likely frustrated me. If I already knew bits of Cocoa and
PB/IB, I think it would have bored me. As such it, it was "just right" for
me. I wish it had more topics, more examples and more in-depth discussions
on many other topics (e.g. NSOpenGLView, etc.), but alas, that's not happening.
Even with its problems, it's the ONLY book out right now that you can get,
and it's definitely good enough if you have very little familiarity with
Cocoa. It's not a reference manual, and it doesn't cover a lot of major
concepts, but it's what we have =/
If there was a proper reference manual I think we'd all be better off, but
given the horrifying state of Apple documentation (which is why "RTFM" is a
joke), it's all we have and, for developers just learning Cocoa/PB/IB, I
think it's better than nothing.
There's probably a reasonably good market for a more comprehensive book on
Cocoa, that's for sure. Same goes for a book on IB and PB. Thankfully
Obj-C is simple enough that I think Apple's book is sufficient.
Brian