[comp.lang.objective-c] How to learn Objective-C?

rganesh@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Ganesh Rangarajan) (09/23/90)

%%% hironobu@sra.co.jp (Hironobu Suzuki) writes:

>> I'm now looking for Objective-C tutorial book for NeXT user.


%%% UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) replies:

>> The first book about Objective C is Brad Cox's book.  I don't have the
>> reference here, sorry.  Try Addison-Wesley or Prentice Hall, and a title
>> like _Object-Oriented Software Construction_ or some such.

   I am not sure if it is the same book or not.. but there is a book by
Brad J. COx entitled - "Object Oriented Programming - An evolutionary
approach".  Its published by Addison Wesley and the ISBN# is 0-201-10393-1
and was published first in 1986.  The copy I have is a reprint dated April,
1987.
   Although the book is not specific to Objective-C in general, it does
discuss quite a number of issues relating to Object Oriented Programming
and makes for interesting reading.  However, if you already know objective-c
to a certain extent and just want to further your knowledge about objective-c
then I would recommend the NeXT online documentation.  Another good way to 
learn Objective-C is to look at a lot of PD programs and the way they are
written.. though I am not sure this is too good an idea... How do you guys
feel about looking through source code and learning?  It seems to me like
a pretty good idea; it is being done everyday.. Anyway, thats the way I have
been learning Objective-C.  Even the NeXT documentation stops telling you
much after a certain extent.
   Hope that helps.

Ganesh 

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