Re: Books?
Re: Books?
- Subject: Re: Books?
- From: Jason Sallis <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 09:12:43 -0600
I would completely disagree. As someone who has read both editions, I
would highly recommend ditching the 2nd edition and getting the 3rd.
As Jason Stephenson pointed out, the examples are almost the same
between editions, with a number of additions on topics that were
introduced in tiger and Leopard, so you could get by on the 2nd
edition from a technical point of view. However, if you're just
getting started with Xcode, the differences in workflow and
screenshots (primarily IB, but others as well) between editions could
be enough to confuse and frustrate you to the point of dropping the
idea of learning both Cocoa and Xcode. I've seen a number of posts
from people on this list and others, where people have gotten
themselves completely turned around trying to match up Xcode 3 to the
Xcode 2.x screenshots. It's true that the Apple docs are really good
and you can learn a ton from them, but the Hillegas book is still the
best starting point.
- Jason
On 17-May-08, at 4:54 AM, Jason Stephenson wrote:
marc hoffman wrote:
is this worth getting [the 3rd edition of Hillegass' Cocoa
Programming for Mac OS X] for someone who has the 2nd edition, hasn't
really read it intensively yet, and is just getting started with
Xcode 3?
The short answer is probably "No."
The examples and screen shots are all done with Xcode 3.1,
apparently, in the 3rd edition. There are some changes in Xcode 3.0
over 2.x, particularly as regards Interface Builder integration and
wiring up delegates. If you already know these differences, then you
don't need this book.
Some of the material coverage has changed slightly. I believe that
some of the chapters have been rearranged. Some material removed,
and some material added. There looks to be more coverage of Core
data in the 3rd edition, and there is a chapter on garbage collection.
If you have a Safari account, then I'd suggest reading the 3rd
Edition on there, but if you have to spend money on it, and you
already have the 2nd edition, then don't. There's really nothing in
the 3rd edition that you couldn't pick up from the Apple docs after
doing the 3rd Edition.
Cheers,
Jason
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| | >Books? (From: Scott Ribe <email@hidden>) |
| | >RE: Books? (From: "Pistone, Joe" <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Books? (From: marc hoffman <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: Books? (From: Jason Stephenson <email@hidden>) |