Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition) | Aaron Hillegass

Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition) | Aaron Hillegass | The Book to Read and Learn From

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	Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition) Aaron Hillegass Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 85 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Valuable update to a great book

I was first introduced to the world of COCOA and Objective C programming in Aaron Hillegass' second edition and have been looking forward to the third edition for new material on Xcode 3, Objective-C 2 and Core Animation, etc. I was not disappointed.

The third edition has retained the best of the 2nd edition and adds valuable new material on all the essential topics. Well done Aaron! I'd love to attend one of your courses at BNR ( [...] ) but your new book is the next best thing :)

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I am just starting on Cocoa programming and Objective-C and Aaron's book is one very useful guide. I recommend it 100% to everyone who wants to learn fast.

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Experiences programmer quicklies learns Cocoa using this book....

I've been programming for over 15 years and I wanted to start programming for both the MacOS and iPhone so I needed a good starting point. I've read a few others books on this subject but I was eagerly awaiting the release of this edition(3rd) for the updated sections on XCode and Objective-C 2.0. Definatly the best book on the subject. If you want to learn mac programming and iphone programming(pretty similar) this book will get you started. The one major thing I didn't like(personally but it might help others) was the fact that the same app was used for the second half of the book, I usually don't like when authors do that because it makes it impossible to jump around the book.

Who this book is for:
- People who understand the fundamentals of programming.
- People who want to start programming on the MacOS or iPhoneOS.
- People with zero or very little experience with Mac programming

Who this book is NOT for:
- People without any programming experience. The book does not explain what an array is or how memory works;both of which are needed if you're going to be a serious programmer. If you want to start programming on the Mac get a 'C' basics book first to get the fundamentals down first.
- People with Mac experience might find this book slow all though it does offer new stuff it's bloated with "Begginer" info.

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Great book for beginners

This book is a great book for teaching beginners Cocoa. It gives a broad overview of the development environment and strategies. The updated material for the third edition probably isn't enough to warrant the purchase if you've read the previous versions though. If you are already an advanced developer, you probably won't learn too much new here either.

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