Just starting out?
Just starting out?
- Subject: Just starting out?
- From: Marc Respass <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:54:04 -0500
I've noticed a number of posts from folks who seem enthusiastic to get
going with Cocoa and are taking on some tricky problems. I just thought
I'd throw out some ideas for getting started.
Read "Object-Oriented Programming and the Objective-C Language" at
/Developer/Documentation/Cocoa/ObjectiveC/ObjC.pdf
It's really important. Even if you know OOP (maybe you know C++ or
Java), that book will get you going with Objective-C which isn't hard
but it is a little different.
You can learn a lot by looking at the headers. In PB, that's
command-shift-D then enter the header name (like NSDocument.h).
You can learn a ton by looking at source code. I recommend the source to
OpenUp and Fire. OpenUp is a smaller application so it's easier to get
your head around. Fire has a lot of good sample code like custom views.
Also, Stepwise has some good articles and more example code.
Of course, if you can take a Cocoa course, that can really get you going
quickly. I still refer back to the examples I have from Apple's Cocoa
class.
Hope this is helpful
Marc
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