Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem

FROM : Jason Stephenson
DATE : Sun May 18 23:28:05 2008

Johnny Lundy wrote:

> Tutorials to me are pretty much useless, as I am not looking for a "step
> by step" cookbook to just getting something working, but rather a
> discussion of the why. How many times have we seen a tutorial say
> something like "control-drag from the textfield to the File's Owner
> object?" (just a random example). OK, I can do that, but it is a waste
> of my time - it's like paint-by-number when trying to learn art. Take
> the "Currency Converter With Bindings" much-touted tutorial; it actually
> uses a method that is deprecated.
>
> It's my eagerness to explore and understand all of this rich collection
> of functions that frustrates me when the documentation doesn't go into
> enough depth.


Have you read the Cocoa Fundamentals Guide?

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/Introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html

Much of what you seek is explained therein. If the Guide makes no sense
to you, I'd suggest picking up some basic books on OO programming and
design patterns. Read them, then come back to the Cocoa Fundamentals Guide.

Cheers,
Jason