Re: book for n00b

2013-02-03 Thread Andrew Coleman
If author is not an issue, I find "Programming in Objective-C" written by Stephen G. Kochan to be a fantastic book, covering tons of topics, and wouldn't be too tough for a novice to dive into. Hope this helps!! Thanks, Andrew Coleman On Jan 16, 2013, at 13:14, Scott Ribe wrote: > I know som

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Charles Srstka
On Jan 16, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Richard Somers wrote: > On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Scott Ribe 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

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Koen van der Drift
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Steve Mills wrote: > On Jan 16, 2013, at 13:54:03, Laurent Daudelin > wrote: > >> If the guy doesn't have any programming experience, I would strongly >> recommend he gets some basic programming training. I'm not sure books on >> Objective-C books will help non

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Richard Somers
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Scott Ribe 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 hav

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Michael de Haan
As far as I recall , yes >From Seattle On Jan 16, 2013, at 12:23 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 12:11, Michael de Haan wrote: > >> On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Laurent Daudelin >> wrote: >> >>> If the guy doesn't have any programming experience, I would strongly >>

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On Jan 16, 2013, at 12:11, Michael de Haan wrote: > On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Laurent Daudelin > wrote: > >> If the guy doesn't have any programming experience, I would strongly >> recommend he gets some basic programming training. I'm not sure books on >> Objective-C books will help no

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Michael de Haan
On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > If the guy doesn't have any programming experience, I would strongly > recommend he gets some basic programming training. I'm not sure books on > Objective-C books will help non-programmers. > > -Laurent. > -- > Kochan does a really g

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Steve Mills
On Jan 16, 2013, at 13:54:03, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > If the guy doesn't have any programming experience, I would strongly > recommend he gets some basic programming training. I'm not sure books on > Objective-C books will help non-programmers. Right. You need to learn about loops and logic

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Laurent Daudelin
If the guy doesn't have any programming experience, I would strongly recommend he gets some basic programming training. I'm not sure books on Objective-C books will help non-programmers. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat/Skype:LaurentDaudelin http://www.ne

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Erik Stainsby
I'd also recommend Scott Stevenson's "Cocoa and Objective-C: Up and Running" and follow that with Stephen G. Kochan's Programming in Objective-C" $0.02 Sent from my iCapsule somewhere in orbit On 2013-01-16, at 10:14 AM, Scott Ribe wrote: > I know someone who's developed an interest in deve

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Eric Gorr
That would be my recommendation. On Jan 16, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Scott Ribe 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? > > -- > Scott Ribe > scott_r...@e

Re: book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread T.J. Usiyan
I would suggest starting with this book by Aaron Hillegass : Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide. An alternative is Stephen Kochan's Programming Objective C

book for n00b

2013-01-16 Thread Scott Ribe
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? -- Scott Ribe scott_r...@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice