radvan (Don Radvan) (02/06/91)
---- Note: I'm posting for a friend, but reply to me and I'll forward Dear Obj-C Fans: My company is starting a project on the NeXT and has no experience with Objective-C or OOP in general. Is there any other source for info on Objective-C besides the book by Cox? Books? Videos? Course notes? We find the lack of material in Obj-C must frustrating, especially as our only alternative appears to be c++ 8-(. Your expertise is well appreciated, Thomas B. Touhey TBT and Associates West Vancouver, B.C. (604) 926-9300 e-mailed by Don Radvan radvan@sun04c.mdi.com radvan@mdivax1.UUCP Motorola Mobile Data Division 11411 No. 5 Road Richmond, B.C. Canada V7A 4Z3 // ANY AND ALL DISCLAIMERS THAT YOU COULD // OR COULD NOT POSSIBLY IMAGINE EVEN IN (604) 277-1511 // YOUR WILDEST DREAMS APPLY. -- Motorola Mobile Data Division | Don Radvan speaks for himself, thank God! 11411 No. 5 Road | <insert witty yet philosophical quote here> Richmond, B.C., Canada | V7A 4Z3 | radvan@sun04c.mdi.com (604)277-1511
pbiron@weber.ucsd.edu (Paul Biron) (02/08/91)
In article <1991Feb5.175401.2707@mdivax1.uucp> mdivax1!radvan (Don Radvan) writes: > My company is starting a project on the NeXT and has no > experience with Objective-C or OOP in general. Is there > any other source for info on Objective-C besides the > book by Cox? Books? Videos? Course notes? We find the > lack of material in Obj-C must frustrating, especially > as our only alternative appears to be c++ 8-(. [I'll be replying via e-mail to the poster, but thought this would be of interest to others as well] There is a fairly good introduction to OOP, Obj C, and NeXT's mods to gbd available via anon ftp from nova.cc.purdue.edu in the file pub/next/docs/Objc.frame.Z (the OldObjc.{ps,wn} are an older version of this). The tutorial is about 50-60 pages in a FrameMaker document. It *appears* that the tutorial is a set of course notes made for an OOP programming class at purdue (tho I don't remember exactly, I haven't read it for a month or so). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fighting for peace is like fucking for viginity! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Biron pbiron@ucsd.edu (net mail) garp!pbiron@keynes.ucsd.edu (NeXT mail) Central University Library, Mail Code C-075-R (619) 534-5758 Social Sciences DataBase Project University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Ca. 92093 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STOP THE WAR IN THE GULF --- NOW !!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Biron pbiron@ucsd.edu (619) 534-5758
cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Chuck Herrick) (02/09/91)
I seem to remember that Stepstone is available for specially arranged classes/seminars on OOP and Obj-C. Still true, Brad? -Chuck -- The opinions expressed herein are mine and are in no way attributed to any of the many people for whom I work. Who they are is irrelevant.
bje@cs.brown.edu (Bill J. Etienne) (02/09/91)
In addition to the books on Objective-C, you might find Grady Booch's book on
Object-oriented design useful. The beginning of the book talks about the
object-oriented paradigm as well as the motivations for using it. In the later half of the book, five design examples are given. Each example details the
critical decisions necessary to develop a good object-oriented design.
The complete title of the book is:
Object Oriented Design with Appilications, Grady Booch
Good Luck.
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