Re: Newbie - Buy book(s) or read free documentation, which is best ????
Re: Newbie - Buy book(s) or read free documentation, which is best ????
- Subject: Re: Newbie - Buy book(s) or read free documentation, which is best ????
- From: Jonathan Jackel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 13:23:10 -0500
The books in print are a little less helpful than they were pre-10.3,
but not much. XCode looks different from ProjectBuilder, but it mostly
does the same things in mostly the same ways. Interface Builder works
almost exactly the same as pre-10.3.
If you think you'd benefit from another perspective to help you "get
it," I wouldn't be too concerned about the changes in the developer
tools. The basic concepts still work, and very, very few parts of
Cocoa have been deprecated.
The main new thing in Cocoa is the controller layer, which builds on
the basic concepts in Cocoa. You are probably better off learning how
to write "glue code," and then having the pleasant experience of being
able to (very frequently but not always) avoid it by using bindings,
rather than learning to depend on the controller layer in limited,
beginner-oriented projects and then having to figure out what glue you
need in more complicated situations.
You'll probably find this faq helpful.
http://www.alastairs-place.net/cocoa/faq.txt
Jonathan
On Dec 20, 2003, at 9:20 AM, Persson Mats wrote:
Dear all,
I'm a newbie to Cocoa development, and as such I've been looking for
books to help get me up to speed faster.
However, considering Xcode and OS X.3 most books available seems 'out
of date' now.
So, should I splash out on a/some book(s) now, or wait till Xcode
updates comes along, whenever that is?
If so, which books are recommended and why ??
Or should I just concentrate on reading the available Apple
documentation, and save the money ??
What do you, more experienced guys & gals think ???
Kind regards,
Mats
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