Two forthcoming books

You can find more info about the books here and here.

Learn Cocoa on the Mac

You can find more info about the book here.

My personal wish-list for 2009

• Find a Cocoa-related programming job
• Make money from Photography (DONE)
• Write 100+ posts in this blog! (DONE)
• Learn the R statistics package better
• Learn Adobe Flash CS4
• Buy an Apple Wireless keyboard (DONE)

What is your personal wish-list?

Learn Cocoa on the Mac

Publisher: Apress | March 2009 | more info

Cocoa Programming. A Quick-Start Guide for Developers

Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf | March 2009 | more information

I am not alone!

I have just seen another blog post that says what I have said in my previous post.

"More amazing was how easy it was to do those things. The total amount of code for that project is 150 lines of code that do the work."

I am not alone :)

Cocoa Programming: an opinion

The first thing that I noticed about Cocoa programming is that most of the applications found in Hillegass' book require minimal code writing.

Although this also has to do with the application itself and its logic, it is a sign of how well Cocoa was designed and implemented. It also tells something about Xcode and Interface Builder.

My first Cocoa Application!

Following my previous post, this is the output of my first Cocoa application!

I have to tell you that after a long time I am enjoying GUI programming. In the past, I tried to learn Windows programming but I did not really find it delightful. Now, I am having a great time!

Cocoa Challenge

As you may already read, I am trying to learn Cocoa programming.

I am now facing my first challenge :) It is on page 90 of the Hillegass' book and I am trying to solve it. I will let you know about my progress.

Core Animation for OS X

Book Publisher: Pragmatic Bookself | End of October 2008 | more information

RubyCocoa book

Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf | November 2008 | Link

Becoming a Cocoa Programmer

Recently, I bought the 3rd edition of Hillegass' book "Cocoa Programming For Mac OS X". As I was having a quick look at its contents, I decided to fully read and study it in order to become a Cocoa Programmer. I will inform you about my progress. (Please feel free to write me the tips and advices you may have.)

A small exempt from the book (p. 417)

• "The only way to solidify what you have learned is to write applications. The sooner you start, the easier it will be."
  

PS. I am also waiting for the 2nd edition of Kochan's book "Programming in Objective-C 2.0".

Thinking Like a Cocoa Programmer

There is a great article at The CocoaHeads web site called "Thinking Like a Cocoa Programmer".

Highly recommended!

Books for the summer

Every summer I make a small list of books that I would like to read. Usually the list is big so I do not manage to read all the book that I would like.

This summer, I made a smaller list and I hope that I will succeed in reading them all.

• Programming in Objective-C
• Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, 2nd Ed.
• Statistics Hacks
• TextMate Power Editing for the Mac

What will you read during summer?

Scott Stevenson interviews Aaron Hillegass

Scott Stevenson (from CocoaHeads) interviews Aaron Hillegass. Aaron talks about the latest edition of his "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" book.

Also, visit Cocoa Dev Central if you want to learn Cocoa.

The CocoaHeads site

I recently found out the CocoaHeads web site and I have to say that I really like it.

They also have a very nice tutorial: Introduction to Cocoa.

Highly recommended!

Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, 3rd Edition

The 3rd edition of the famous Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, by Aaron Hillegass, is out.

You can find more information about the book here.

Stanford Cocoa Programming Class!

I was very surprised when I found that the famous Stanford University offers a Cocoa programming class. You can find more information about it here.

The course may help you learn Cocoa by following its assignments and reading its lecture notes! The proposed textbook is Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, by Aaron Hillegass, second edition. You can find more information about the book here and here.