Re: starting with Cocoa!
Re: starting with Cocoa!
- Subject: Re: starting with Cocoa!
- From: Rita <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:26:17 -0500
I also recommend "Developing Apps for IOS" series of video recordings from Stanford University (by Paul Hegarty) available through iTunes U at iTunes (in SD and HD). I found it very useful along with Apple's online library of documents at developer.apple.com which is very rich in content and the most up to date.
Another good resource is a pdf document called "Become an Xcoder" available free online. You can find it by simply searching online. It has several references and a great introduction to developing apps with Xcoder.
There is also a website with all sorts of information and reference materials at:
http://www.daleisphere.com/iphone-app-development-where-to-start/
Hope it helps!
Rita
On Jan 22, 2011, at 2:30, Conrad Shultz <email@hidden> wrote:
> Janos Syd Nepthali Pao wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I'm glad to find this mailing list. I'm starting with Cocoa (side by
>> side with iOS development), i wanted to learn software development (this
>> totally rocks!).
>>
>> I'd like to ask for your hints, advice and words of wisdom --anything
>> you can share for someone just beginning his journey here.
>
> It's unclear to me whether you are totally new to programming or just to
> Cocoa development, so my answers might be a bit scattershot.
> Nevertheless, in no particular order:
>
> Especially if you are new to programming in general, find a good intro
> book to help you out. For desktop work I recommend Hillegass' "Cocoa
> Programming for Mac OS X," and for iOS work, try whatever the current
> incarnation of the Mark/LaMarche "Beginning iPhone Development" is.
>
> Familiarize yourself with the documentation. Every Cocoa class is
> thoroughly (if not always coherently) documented in Xcode and on the
> Apple developer site. The "Programming Guides" (e.g.
> http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/Introduction/Introduction.html)
> are often quite good at getting your feet wet with a new set of features
> and/or classes. While the documentation may be intimidating at first,
> you will quickly come to appreciate its value. Most beginner questions
> can be addressed within the documentation.
>
> Apple provides a lot of sample code, almost all (if not all) of which is
> packaged nicely as a ready-to-build .xcodeproj. Run it. Modify it.
> Make it crash, then fix it. But beware: even Apple is known to have a
> bug or two in their code, so treat the samples as guides, not as iron laws.
>
> Learn the basics of using a debugger. GDB is currently most prevalent,
> though LLDB is the up-and-coming I believe. If you don't know what
> these terms mean yet, you will soon enough.
>
> Learn the memory management rules. Even if you plan to use garbage
> collection. Seriously. See
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/mmRules.html.
> It seems like a quarter of the questions on this list boil down to
> forgetting, ignoring, or improperly implementing these rules. (I
> certainly have done so myself on occasion.)
>
> Even if you're working alone, choose and use a revision control system.
> I use mercurial (http://mercurial.selenic.com). Most I think use git
> (http://git-scm.com). Some use Subversion
> (http://subversion.tigris.org). They're all free, and have their own
> strengths and weaknesses. Corollary: keep your computer backed up,
> especially given how old your hard drive probably is from your
> description below.
>
> Most of all, have fun! Don't be afraid to experiment. You won't break
> your computer, and you will learn a lot.
>
>> Before anything else, i would also like to point out that i have several
>> software hindrances (but i'd like to call them challenges). I own an old
>> Macbook (this is the first generation macbook, 13inch white), it's still
>> running on Tiger (i haven't updated to Leopard yet). I think the XCode
>> that came with this OS is already obsolete?
>
> What Seth said.
>
> And: You have probably already discovered this, but there is a wealth of
> developer tools (including the latest version of Xcode) at
> developer.apple.com. A not insignificant amount of material (esp.
> pre-release stuff) requires an iOS or Mac developer program membership,
> a _very_ small financial investment you will want to make if you start
> doing this at all seriously.
>
>> but the bottom line is i really wanted to join the team and this is
>> passion. I wanted to meet great people all over the world working with
>> software development.
>
> Great to have you! As a relatively recently minted Cocoa developer I
> know where you are coming from and have found the helpfulness and
> welcoming nature of the community quite pleasant.
>
> --
> Conrad Shultz
>
> Synthetiq Solutions
> www.synthetiqsolutions.com
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