On Jan 16, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Richard Somers <rsomers...@awinets.com> wrote:

> On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com> wrote:
> 
>> I know someone who's developed an interest in developing for Mac. No 
>> programming experience, some HTML, so classic newbie.
>> 
>> Would Hillegass' book still be the best intro?
> 
> No that will not work. Hillegass's book assumes that you already have a 
> background in Java, C, C++ or the like. A more gentle introduction is needed.

That's true of Hillegass's book on Cocoa, but not of Hillegass's book on 
Objective-C (which is the one T.J. recommended):

http://www.amazon.com/Objective-C-Programming-Ranch-Guide-Guides/dp/0321706285

I don't have the book, but from looking at the Amazon preview, it doesn't look 
like it assumes you have a background in anything. The sample pages start with 
the standard "So you want to be a programmer" type stuff, and end with it 
explaining what the concept of a variable is.

Looking at the table of contents, it looks like it talks about variables, 
types, branches, functions, integers, floats, loops, pointers, and structs 
before it gets to anything Obj-C related.

I think the Hillegass book (on Obj-C) looks like it would be fine, particularly 
given Hillegass' reputation.

Charles

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