Re: cocoa mentoring (was Re: Bypassing Interface Builder)

FROM : Torsten Curdt
DATE : Thu May 15 16:51:30 2008

On May 15, 2008, at 15:47, Paul Bruneau wrote:

> On May 15, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote:
>

>> I have been thinking about BigNerdRanch. It would have been a great 
>> start  ...but I guess now I would be more interested in advanced 
>> topics.

>
> Although Big Nerd Ranch's Cocoa Bootcamp is great for people just 
> starting in Cocoa, it does have sections on Bindings, Core Data, 
> Applescript-enabling your app, custom views, and other advanced 
> topics.


Yeah ..but I have done all that already. At least basic examples. No 
need to build RaiseMan in class again.

> I can tell you that your head is chock full when you leave. In my 
> experience, even though I had already read Kochan's Obj-C book and 
> Aaron's book before I went to his Boot Camp, the camp very much "set 
> in place" the ideas of Cocoa in my head in a way that I can't 
> imagine a book doing. It was an amazing week.


I bet it was! I mean I would love to go no matter what.
But if you pay for it from your pocket ....you really think twice (or 
even more) before spending that money ;)

cheers
--
Torsten