Re: Cocoa approachable by non-programmers ?
Re: Cocoa approachable by non-programmers ?
- Subject: Re: Cocoa approachable by non-programmers ?
- From: Rob Rix <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:14:09 -0500
Hi Denis,
There is an argument that says I should learn C first. This is not a
bad idea, but I am aware that I would spend many hours learning to do
things that are given for free with Cocoa.
Then again, you don't know ObjC completely until you understand the
full capabilities of pointers et al. Some of the methods (the -get...
ones mostly) are made for use with references to stack data, so you
have to have an idea of what's happening there.
I think that a part of the problem is that there are no clear
guidelines for ObjC-without-the-C. I wrote a crash course in C for a
friend of mine to get him up to speed for ObjC, but
I am enjoying Obj-C, despite some agonizingly slow progress through
basic C stuff, but I do wonder if I'm working myself into an obscure
corner with a language that won't help my resume.
I think whether or not it helps your resumi is up to you. Learning
_anything_ should be good for you--the challenge lies in bringing that
across on the document.
And whether or not Java is the next big thing, ObjC will help your
knowledge of the whole object-oriented theory, and that can't help but
be good. I personally find it to be fairly graceful, so it could also
be viewed as an exercise in the understanding of language design.
It is my completely unsolicited, unwarranted, and uninformed opinion
that ObjC isn't about to go away. As usual, your mileage may vary.
Have a nice day,
-- Robout
Psychotropic is my middle name!
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