Re: Getting started with Cocoa
Re: Getting started with Cocoa
- Subject: Re: Getting started with Cocoa
- From: Charles Bouldin <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:20:17 -0400
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From: Michael Curtis <email@hidden>
Subject: Getting started with cocoa
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:42:43 +0100
Hi,
I would like to learn to program with cocoa. I was thinking about
learning Realbasic for starters, but as cocoa and all the tools I would
need are included with os x I thought this might be a good place to
start.
I have done some programming in the past, but a long, long time ago and
no object oriented programming. Does anyone know of some good places to
find some of the basics to start with, good books etc. I have started
to look at the Apple developer web site, but I would really like to
find a getting started resource.
I have read that all the books out there cover project builder rather
than xcode and that is a big difference. Is it worth waiting for the
books to catch up?
Am I setting my bar too high to start with? Any help most welcome.
Best wishes
Michael
From one beginner to another:
I suggest starting with Kochan's "Programming in Objective C". This is
just ObjC, not cocoa, and the compilation is done via the command line.
This is actually simpler than confronting complex GUI tools just to
learn the rudiments of C/ObjC. This will get you going with the very
basics. However, pay little attention to what he says about memory
management, which is not done via the retain/release mechanism that
you'll find everywhere else. Other than that, this is the perfect book
to start with in order to get comfortable with ObjC, which should be
done first as a prerequisite before starting with Cocoa.
If you read about half of Kochan's book, you can then start in with
Hillegass' book "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X". The 2nd edition of
this book will be out soon. It does use/cover Xcode, and it also covers
the latest Cocoa innovations, such as bindings. I suggest starting with
Kochan's book and then continuing with this one. Also, there is a PDF
file "A Quick Tour of Xcode" available on the apple web pages.
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