Bookwatch: Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X gets updated
Way back in December, our Christmas Gift Guide featured our pick of the many OS X-related books out there. One of the recommendations was the (very excellent) Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass - commonly referred to as 'The Bible' in the Mac development community.At the time the book was a little outdated -- however in the last couple of weeks an updated third edition has been published. New sections feature Objective-C 2.0, Core Data, Garbage Collection, Xcode 3 and Core Animation, meaning this third edition is all ready for many of the new technologies in Mac OS X Leopard.
At just $32 (via Amazon.com), this updated version clearly ought to be on every developer's bookshelf (and aspiring developer's wishlist).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
moo083 said 11:10PM on 5-25-2008
I just want Aaron Hillegass to come out with a book on Cocoa Touch. Then I can be happy (very).
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lakiolen said 11:12PM on 5-25-2008
Don't forget about the updated Programming in Objective-C book that's coming out in November. The other must have book.
http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Objective-C-2-0-Developers-Library/dp/0321566157/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211771510&sr=8-3
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sachin said 12:53AM on 5-26-2008
I want one today!!!
Sachin
http://qtp.blogspot.com
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chris v said 1:05AM on 5-26-2008
Does a book such as this teach someone who is a beginner how to code using Cocoa?
I'm not very experienced in the whole programming department but would love to find a book or something that could get me started.
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lakiolen said 1:28AM on 5-26-2008
Yes, it's a good book for learning how Cocoa works. Very nice examples. But it doesn't go into much depth of Objective-C (which is what you write Cocoa in).
UnusualAspect said 7:33PM on 5-26-2008
While you're waiting for the book to arrive, you could do a lot worse than check this out...
http://andymatuschak.org/articles/2007/09/09/getting-started-with-cocoa-a-friendlier-approach/
creanium said 1:30AM on 5-26-2008
I just picked this book up on Wednesday from Amazon. I'm on page 180 already and learning quite a bit. It's been great so far. Very easy to learn and follow along and written in a rather laid-back tone. I love this book so far and Cocoa is proving to be much easier than I expected.
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Shmaff said 3:08AM on 5-26-2008
What does your silly blog post have to do with this book? Please don't spam or promote your blog here... Thanks.
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Rowan said 5:05AM on 5-26-2008
No doubt a great book - but what's the deal with the scooter on the cover?! :)
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aptmunich said 9:48AM on 5-26-2008
That's funny - I just ordered this a few hours before this was posted...
I love the scooter image on the front! A bit random, but very stylish!
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chuck said 11:07AM on 5-26-2008
Aaron is partial to scooters and has ridden one for years.
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Leonardo said 12:50PM on 5-26-2008
Ugly cover.
I won't buy that.
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Alex said 3:24PM on 5-26-2008
Just picked this up this morning. Can't wait to dig through this during this coming week
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Litebeam said 3:55PM on 5-26-2008
I expected this one and other Cocoa books needing an update as I noted in my blog at http://www.litebeam.net/litebeam/books/books.html
As an owner of the previous edition and his other book I can fully recommend it. On Cocoadev Amsterdam someone said this should be your first Cocoa book and it can replace a couple because of its clarity.
Another nice point is that a community has grown of people who really like to get into programming real applications by studying this book, and a nice podcast can be used as a companion to the reader check it out at http://www.cocoacast.com/
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krye said 8:40AM on 5-27-2008
It's about time. I've been waiting since Jan for this book!
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