Programming in Objective-C 2.0

5 Responses to “Programming in Objective-C 2.0”

1. Andrea Leganza says:

   March 23, 2010 at 1:30 pm

   Nice book, i missed on it a deeper explanation of all the feature inside the language, as a replacement for of adding chapters about iphone developing.
   Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
2. CAW says:

   March 23, 2010 at 3:54 pm

   The book is okay. For a beginning programmer s/he will get some basic knowledge that is a excellent start, for a name who is familiar with C and/or C++ already – disappointment awaits. I was troubled in the preface when I was told that this book was written from the viewpoint of a name who hasn’t used C before. That meant I spent a lot of time skimming information about basic C that had been inherited by Objective-C. But that is not what disappoints me.

   Some of the definitions of basic C are incomplete or misleading, which makes me marvel about the Objective-C stuff. I am only on page 219 now, but still I marvel why its better for me to [[classname alloc] init] rather than [classname new]. The comment about being aware that allocation and initialization are two separate events doesn’t really seem too cool to me. If I learn that, can I save myself some typing by just using new? Or is there something that doesn’t take place. Btw, volatile is nots sort of the inverse of const. Please.

   Apart from that I do feel like I haven’t wasted my money, I now know enough to start experimenting and learning on my own, but I could have done that using Wiki and saved myself some ca$h.

   To be honest, I am an veteran programmer (I write C/C++ compilers for a living and wanted to learn something ‘new’). But I feel that even beginners need a small more in-depth explanation as to why the leader prefers one approach over another, not just the how.
   Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
3. BookReader says:

   March 23, 2010 at 6:22 pm

   Book arrived promptly, was in fantastic condition. (Tiny bend on two corners appears from shipping. Softcover.) Would use vendor again.
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
4. Redrocks Coder says:

   March 23, 2010 at 7:37 pm

   The book is just O.K. but agreed the scarce supply of books on Objective-C it’s probably one of the best available. Sorry to say but I also paid for the LiveLessons video training for this book (Available at SafariBooksOnline or soon on DVD) and they are nearly useless. See my comments not more than:

   Programming in Objective-C 2.0 LiveLessons Review:

   I’ve developed windows software for about 15 years and had a brief interlude with Objective-C (2-3 months) back in 2008. I needed a refresher for the basics I still partially remembered and training for the more intricate/intricate features of the language which I never learned. I paid for access to these videos on Safari Books Online and spent several hours going through the videos.

   I can say lacking question that I have no thought who the leader was targeting with this material. The videos take an enormous amount of time to demonstrate the simplest features of the language while never covering a fantastic deal of vital information for any agreed topic. Vital details about the language feature being taught are regularly omitted, delayed to some later point, or clarified poorly.

   You’re forced to watch as the leader types out every line of code he intends to use for his examples. All of it very similar to what you watched him type 1, 2, or 10 minutes earlier. All of the code should have been pre-typed so that the leader could have covered material in greater detail and in a more student friendly organized fashion. Every video could (and should) be condensed to 1/10th the current part to take in the same material.

   If you’re new to programming this material is nowhere near sufficient to learn the language or how to use it. If you’re an veteran programmer but new to Objective-C this course is nearly useless. You’ll learn more spending 1 hour skimming his book (or another Objective-C text).

   Wish I could say something excellent but they just unadorned suck. Disappointing. I spent hours online looking for video training on Objective-C and only establish this course and some videos from Pragmatic Bookshelf (they suck also) and I bought both. Would not recommend either.

   Hope this saves a name some money and alot of wasted time.
   Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
5. G. Norton says:

   March 23, 2010 at 9:13 pm

   I spent an evening looking through the book and returned it. I have 20 years of C experience, and having already worked through the Hillegass book’s exercises, I didn’t find much additional material here to justify $30.
   Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5