On 15 May '08, at 5:03 PM, mmalc crawford wrote:
My guidance for Cocoa's alleged "steep learning curve" is, "Why are you making it steep?" It reminds me of the clichéd joke: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this." "Well, don't do that."
I agree. There are so many questions on this list from people who are clearly Cocoa newbies, who are trying to do really difficult/advanced things.
If you're learning Cocoa, just write something straightforward like a simple app, like the CurrencyConverter or whatever. Learn the basics of how to write action methods, wire up an interface in IB, and do basic things with Foundation classes. Add features one at a time ... documents, copy and paste, drag and drop, whatever. Just don't try to start out all at once with CoreData and XML and AppleScript and accessing other apps' windows!
—Jens
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