Announcing: The Missing Cocoa Docs
Announcing: The Missing Cocoa Docs
- Subject: Announcing: The Missing Cocoa Docs
- From: Brock Brandenberg <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 22:54:48 -0500
Announcing: The Missing Cocoa Docs
http://www.bergdesign.com/missing_cocoa_docs/
While the name makes it sound like much more than it is, the Missing
Cocoa Docs is the beginning of a compilation of subjects that should be
helpful to beginning programmers. The pages are an attempt to supplement
existing docs and books, and to make up for the lack of concise examples
on simple topics like making an about box work and implementing simple
HTML help. In upcoming subjects, we'll attempt to add information on
more specific subjects like accessing font outlines and "gotchas" when
using NSScanner, among other tricky things.
Today, Simson Garfinkel posted an announcement about his newly revised
book, "Building Cocoa Applications: A Step By Step Guide" (which I'll
run and buy ASAP), and humorously, you'll see from his comments that
some of these missing topics will even supplement his new book very
nicely.
A few things are notably missing from this book, such as a discussion of
NSFormatter, Apple Help, and a few other technologies. But overall, we
present enough information to let people develop serious applications. .
I usually spend a lot of time editing and re-editing until things looks
right, but I don't think my ramblings always properly capture my
intentions. Please don't hesitate to write and suggest changes, or to
tell me to pull something if it sounds offending. I really don't want to
offend anyone, especially the guys and gals at Apple who have put a lot
of hard work into writing the docs. My intentions are truly to help
correct errors and instigate changes, so when you see my comments, keep
these intentions in mind and read the comments as an offer to help in
any way that I can.
Thanks,
Brock Brandenberg
----- industrial design @ bergdesign.com ------
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