Re: Best book for learning Objective c and cocoa

2010-04-01 Thread Jack Nutting
Shameless self-promotion alert! ;) Learn Cocoa on the Mac http://learncocoa.org On Wednesday, March 31, 2010, Nikhil Khandelwal wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking for books to learn Objective C and Cocoa. I have good knowledge > of  oo programming. Also I did a lot of work with Objective C

Re: Best book for learning Objective c and cocoa

2010-04-01 Thread Nick Peelman
I second that. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X is an awesome resource for getting started, and remains a staple on my bookshelf. Scott Stevenson has a book coming out soon (http://theocacao.com/document.page/607); being a fan of his online writings I preordered it and got Rough Cuts access through

Re: Best book for learning Objective c and cocoa

2010-03-31 Thread Bill Hernandez
I am fortunate to live within a few miles of Nerdbooks, and always look forward to trips that take me there. I am never disappointed, they always have a wonderful selection that you can actually browse through, and today's trip was no different. Since I mentioned them, I'll point out that they a

Re: Best book for learning Objective c and cocoa

2010-03-31 Thread David Rowland
Apple's materials are usually very good, and they are free. In particular see, http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/Learning_Objective-C_A_Primer/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007594 http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/cocoa/Conceptual

Re: Best book for learning Objective c and cocoa

2010-03-31 Thread Steven Degutis
Depending on your level of experience with Cocoa and Objective-C, you may benefit from Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, by Big Nerd Ranch: http://www.bignerdranch.com/book/cocoa ®_programming_for_mac®_os_x_3rd_edition -Steven On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Nikhil Khandelwal < nikhil_khandel...@

Re: Best book for learning Objective c and cocoa

2010-03-31 Thread Eric Giguere
HI The one from Apress: Learn Cocoa on the Mac written by Jack Nutting, David Mark and Jeff Lamarche is very good. It still have some humour in it too, something I really appreciate in a programming book. I'm new to Mac programming myself and found some really usefull tricks in that book. It sh

Re: Best book for learning Objective c and cocoa

2010-03-31 Thread Bill Cheeseman
On Mar 31, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Nikhil Khandelwal wrote: > I am looking for books to learn Objective C and Cocoa. I have good knowledge > of oo programming. Also I did a lot of work with Objective C and Cocoa using > API's and reading through documentation. Please suggest some name of good > boo