newbie to mac programing questiong....
hi
i want to build nice looking apps like rapidweaver for my engineering courses and was wondering where to start.....
i have had one c++ course a couple of years back but in windows....and am currently reading "learn c in the mac" form spiderworks...link here:
http://www.spiderworks.com/books/learncmac.php
where do you guys recomend i go after this?
i read something a big nerd ranch course for cocoa programming....it's expensive 3.5k but i am sure it's worth it...
has anyone done that course or have any other recomendations on wehre to go from here
thanks a lot
jtarud
i want to build nice looking apps like rapidweaver for my engineering courses and was wondering where to start.....
i have had one c++ course a couple of years back but in windows....and am currently reading "learn c in the mac" form spiderworks...link here:
http://www.spiderworks.com/books/learncmac.php
where do you guys recomend i go after this?
i read something a big nerd ranch course for cocoa programming....it's expensive 3.5k but i am sure it's worth it...
has anyone done that course or have any other recomendations on wehre to go from here
thanks a lot
jtarud
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Originally posted by hkbaq
hi
i want to build nice looking apps like rapidweaver for my engineering courses and was wondering where to start.....
i have had one c++ course a couple of years back but in windows....and am currently reading "learn c in the mac" form spiderworks...link here:
http://www.spiderworks.com/books/learncmac.php
where do you guys recomend i go after this?
i read something a big nerd ranch course for cocoa programming....it's expensive 3.5k but i am sure it's worth it...
has anyone done that course or have any other recomendations on wehre to go from here
thanks a lot
jtarud
I have always preferred REALbasic found here:
http://www.realsoftware.com
Much easier to program "on the side" with REALbasic (IMHO).
Dave
Are you looking to write apps for your own use? For others? Learn how to program the Mac specifically? Learn how to program computers in general? Become a professional programmer?
The answers to these will radically alter which approach you should take.
good luck.
Then
"Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" 2nd edition by Aaron Hillegass (The head of Big Nerd Ranch) to get a feel for Cocoa.
Cocoa Programming by Scott Anguish et al covers a ton of material but some things are a little out of date (no coverage of bindings for example since it hadn't been introduced yet).
Great resource
http://www.cocoadevcentral.com/
the website is very good.....reading a tuttorial as we speak
and the books sound great....
you guys are right....the course is way to much for now.....
i was already having a headache trying to think where to get that kind of cash from