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Cocoa programming book
I am currently learning more about Cocoa programming from a really good book. The book is by Aaron Hillegass and it's name is "Cocoa Programming for Mac OSX (3rd ed.)".
I just finished the Objective-C/ Memory management chapters and feel that the Prag Prog Objective-C screencasts cover a bit more about Obj-C 2.0 features that make it easier to code. But I am not saying that Hillegass' book is lacking- the focus is on Cocoa programming.
To any other newbie wanting to learn more about Objective-C, I would suggest starting out with a book on C, then moving on to Apress' Obj-C book and the Pragmatic Programmer's Objective-C screencasts.
2009-07-23
Expenses App
I took a break from Cocoa programming yesterday to make a Rails business app that calculates expenses. I found a tutorial for a similar application on the Apple website but it was not for rails 2.3. I just took some of the useful info from the tutorial and got the rest of what I needed from Prag Prog's "Agile Development with Rails (3rd ed.)" book.
2009-07-25
"Animal" Cocoa App
After finishing the chapter on Core Data in Hillegass' Cocoa Programming book, I decided to make a Core Data application to get the info to really sink in. The result: a application for cataloging research info for folks who study animals in the wild.
2009-07-29
Helpful Blog I Found
I was watching a Xcode screencast on build automation and there was a mention of the "Cocoa is my Girlfriend" blog. I checked it out and I have to say that there is a lot of useful info on Cocoa programming on that particular blog.
Here is the URL:
http://www.cimgf.com/
2009-08-06
Current Projects
I am currently working on:
- jQuery effects for a new Rails site
- A Rails "Work Time- Clock" app
- A Cocoa version of the "Work Time- Clock" app
2009-08-14
Rails and Github
Started pushing projects to Github and have been focusing on Ruby/Rails/Rspec more. Earlier in the month I was spending more time on web app layout design.
Github links:
http://github.com/Calvin4/HomeworkLog
http://github.com/Calvin4/WorkClock
http://github.com/Calvin4/Drift
2009-11-26
Cappuccino Apps on Git
I recently discovered Cappuccino and Objective-J and have pushed some in progress apps to Git
2009-12-25
More Cappuccino!
I have been writing a lot of Obj-J recently and have pushed a few more simple Cappuccino app demos to Github.