Re: Questions about enhancing the Learn Cocoa II app.

FROM : Steve Weller
DATE : Fri Jan 04 01:24:52 2008

On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:10 PM, David Orriss Jr wrote:

> Long time software developer (Java, C/C++) and I've done a fair 
> share of UI work (both web, Windows and Swing-based) but I'm 
> definitely new to Cocoa and OS X.
>
> I found the Learn Cocoa II is a great springboard (http://
> cocoadevcentral.com/d/learn_cocoa_two/).  Basically it's a 
> notepad.. but part of being a notepad is supporting being able to 
> write files to storage and read them back.  This isn't part of the 
> tutorial (most likely because it goes significantly outside of the 
> scope of the tutorial).
>
> What I want to do next is the following - and if someone can offer 
> some direction and help I'd appreciate it:
>
> - I want to figure how to hook into the saveDocument and 
> openDocument events from the File | Save and File | Open menu choices.
>
> - Display a file chooser.
>
> - Response to the file was selected or entered in that chooser.
>
> - Read/Write to storage.
>
> I think after I have done these things I'll have a fair handle on 
> some crucial parts of how Cocoa works.
>
> Can anyone 'throw me a bone' here?  Thanks in advance!
>


I recommend you watch all of the CocoaCast videos (http://
www.cocoacast.com/):

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?
id=160439142

These cover just about everything other than working with files. You 
should watch them in order since they build an application bit by bit.