Customer Review: This book is by-far the best book for learning Cocoa Programming and understanding why you doing what you are. The book is based on Aaron's years of working with and teaching Cocoa programming at NeXT, Apple and his company Big Nerd Ranch. Aaron keep's the book moving with small logically laid out... more info
Customer Review: If only Apple put as much effort in its books as it does in its iPods... This text skips over all sorts of details regarding the Cocoa framework it purports to teach, while repeating many mundane details (like how to create a project) over and over. The authors focus mostly on Interface... more info
Customer Review: This book is upperquartile (as books of this type go). It has many good points. But it has one fatal drawback: there is a much better book available. Hillegass (1) is a professional trainer with oodles of classroom experience and that shines through in his book - he trained many of the Apple coders... more info
Customer Review: This is not a very good book for learning Objective C and Cocoa. The author programmes in Basic, and it shows. Get the much better introduction called Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X from Aaron Hillegass.
Customer Review: This is pretty much a must have reference book if you're programming in Cocoa. The only drawback is that a lot of the new APIs like Core Animation and Core Data are not covered. The last edition dates from 2003 and could use a Leopard update. That aside, this book is virtually indispensable for... more info
Customer Review: I am new to Cocoa & Mac OS X Development. This book is one of the fastest/easiest ways to get a Cocoa feeling. I really enjoyed this book. By following this book, you will develop a real Cocoa application. All steps are clearly documented (what/how/where etc). This book is not... more info
Customer Review: (Review written July 2004, reposting because it disappeared) This is a big book, so I was at first leery about whether I would be able to get through it without becoming depressed or lost. I did get through it, I didn't get lost, and I felt in capable hands all the way through. Furthermore, it was... more info
