Re: University courses in Cocoa/Objective-C?

FROM : Thomas Davie
DATE : Thu Nov 08 22:38:39 2007

> I am particularly interested in whether any such courses exist in 
> the Montreal area, but of course would also like to hear about them 
> anywhere.  Any feedback on the experience (was it useful, was it 
> well attended, how did it come about, what department offered it) 
> would be greatly appreciated.  I'm kind of worried that if I suggest 
> it to our comp-sci department, they'll laugh me out of the room.


Why does the language matter at all?  Surely you're teaching courses 
on computer science topics, rather than on languages.  I always though 
the "what language do we use?" question was rather secondary to "what 
topics do we teach them?".  If you're teaching a course on something 
that Obj-C/Cocoa does well, like proper Object Oriented coding, or 
building user interfaces, then go for it.  On the other hand, if 
you're teaching a course on functional programming, you may be on a 
loser.

Bob