[Moderator] Re: University courses in Cocoa/Objective-C?

FROM : Scott Anguish
DATE : Thu Nov 08 23:15:56 2007

On Nov 8, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Thomas Davie wrote:

>> 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.


Please do not take this in the direction of a language debate.

That will lead to moderation-ville.