RE: What framework & language is good for an old C++ mule.
RE: What framework & language is good for an old C++ mule.
- Subject: RE: What framework & language is good for an old C++ mule.
- From: "Kenny Millar" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:38:42 -0000
- Organization: Kenny Millar
Also, ignore the O'Reilly 'Learning Cocoa' the ADC recommended title, and
read Aaron Hillgas's most excellent book instead.
I too was an old C++ mule, and didn't lile Objective C at first because I
had a run in with SmallTalk many years back and did NOT like it.
I read the O'Reilly Book and still hated Objective-C, and gave up on
learning it. It just didn't make sense to me after reading the O'Reilly
book. But I saw the good work coming from Cocoa developers and decided to
try again, this time I bought "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X' by Aaron
Hillegass, and it made much more sense. Even though I'm not connected with
Aaron or the Big Nerd Ranch at all, I cannot recommend this book enough,
especially to beginners.
-Kenny
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[mailto:cocoa-dev-bounces+kennymillar=email@hidden] On Behalf Of
Michael Rothwell
Sent: 13 March 2006 12:23
To: cudrnak
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Re: What framework & language is good for an old C++ mule.
Objective-C is a nice language once you get used to it, and the
learning curve is not steep. If you know both C and object-oriented
programming principles, you should be doing well in a few days. Get
the O'Reilly Objective-C Pocket Reference. Read up on "categories"
and how messaging really works. Realize that there are no namespaces
in Objective-C, beyond adding a prefix of your choosing to all of
your class names. There ya go. Now it's just another framework to learn.
John Stiles typically recommends doing your "back end" coding in C++,
and building a Cocoa/Objective-C/Objective-C++ GUI. That may actually
be the best route for you, since you already know C++. You should
still learn Objective-C and Cocoa, of course, because it'll make your
GUIs better, and easier to create for you.
-M
On Mar 12, 2006, at 6:02 PM, cudrnak wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am looking to learn to write software for Mac OS X.
>
> Can anyone suggest a good route for me?
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Michael Rothwell
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