Star Become an Xcoder, Leopard Edition
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Mar 2008 12:35 UTC, submitted by Philippe Mougin
Mac OS X "Become an Xcoder is a free little eBook we wrote to help beginners with no or little programming experience to start their journey into the world of Mac OS X development with Objective-C and Cocoa. I'm glad to announce that the book has been updated for Leopard and Xcode 3, thanks to the work of Alex Clarke."
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RE[2]: Great ...
by tyrione on Thu 27th Mar 2008 17:51 UTC in reply to "RE: Great ..."
tyrione
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I found that ebook fairly useless. I guess it's useful for people who are completely new to programming. If you are an utter novice at programming, starting with Objective-C is not the best idea. On the other hand, if you are a programmer and want to learn Objective-C and the Cocoa framework, that book is too shallow and the pace is too slow.

Just read up on the documentation on Apple's website and you'll get started in no time.
Objective-C: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Objective...
Cocoa: http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/GS_Cocoa...
Xcode: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/...
Interface Builder: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/...

If you're willing to spend money on a book, a very good book I'd recommend is Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321213149/bignerdranch-20) and Advanced Mac OS X Programming (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0974078514/bignerdranch-20)


And if you are on Linux and haven't yet added OS X, buy Stephen Kochan's Book, ``Programming in Objective-C.''

http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Objective-C-Developers-Library-St...

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