[moderator] Re: About Posting [ end of this thread ]
[moderator] Re: About Posting [ end of this thread ]
- Subject: [moderator] Re: About Posting [ end of this thread ]
- From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:43:03 -0400
This thread is done.
No followups to the list, on this topic, or on what I'm about to say.
You can hit the list moderation address or me personally for feedback.
For everyone's benefit.
1. Everyone's first source should be Apple documentation.
It's written by experts with the backing and review of of engineering
and with full access to the source. It's reviewed by an editorial
staff that knows more about punctuation than a compiler.
But every single one is human. Mistakes can be made. File feedback,
file bugs. We do our best to address what we can.
2. Search sample code (searched as part of the docs typically)
Written by DTS, Engineering, and DevPubs Engineers. Peer reviewed in a
process that requires significant care. But again, humans. Sample code
is improving as tools such as clang do.
3. Google/cocoabuilder.com, Stack Overflow etc.
There are hundreds of bloggers out there writing excellent cocoa
articles, tips, open source frameworks, etc. Not everything is up to
date (u-hmm.. Stepwise.com as a prime example of something out of date
but still useful to some, I'm sorry) but you can still get ideas and
sometimes all it takes is a small push to get you going.
4. Only as the last resort should the mailing lists be hit for
questions. 90% have been asked, and the cocoabuilder.com archives of
the list are excellent (it hurts to say, but better than our's at
Apple's)
5. And remember, no NDA material here. There are devforums.apple.com
for that, and as another entirely viable, and supported and monitored,
self-support.
With particular respect to Idiot Savant. Email can easily convolute
nuance. While he posts with a screen-name rather than his "real" name,
he knows his stuff. I understand why he doesn't use his real name, and
as a moderator I accept it. Further, he's as kind and considerate an
individual as I've met (*like virtually every list member I've had the
opportunity to meet over the years*).
Ultimately, we're a community. A family. We're working together to
make our products and the platform better.
And yes, I believe that.
Scott Anguish
Apple Employee
Cococa-dev moderator
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