Cocoa design patterns

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1. hackrocketMay 2012
   For an absolute beginner a good way to start is by following an online course in iOS development:

   http://www.hackrocket.com Will soon launch an immersive three-month program to teach absolute beginners how to build iPhone and iPad apps

   http://teamtreehouse.com/

   http://www.lynda.com/iOS-tutorials/iOS-SDK-Essential-Trainin...

   http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/ipad-iphone-application-dev...

   http://codelesson.com/courses/tag/Mobile

   You can also try to learn on your own. Here are some of the best books:

   - iPhone Programming : The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

   - Cocoa Design Patterns

   - iPhone App Development : The Missing Manual

   - The iOS Developer's Cookbook

   - Cocoa Design Patterns

   - Head First: iPhone Development

   Once you start developing http://www.stackoverflow.com is an invaluable resource

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2. hackrocketMay 2012
   Here are some great resources for learning iOS:

   [1] Online courses:

   http://www.hackrocket.com

   http://teamtreehouse.com/

   http://www.lynda.com/iOS-tutorials/iOS-SDK-Essential-Trainin...

   http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/ipad-iphone-application-dev...

   http://codelesson.com/courses/tag/Mobile

   [2] Blogs/tutorials:

   http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#referencelibrary/Get...

   http://www.raywenderlich.com/

   http://cocoawithlove.com/

   http://mattgemmell.com/

   http://mobile.tutsplus.com

   [3] Books:

   Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

   iPhone Programming : The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

   Cocoa Design Patterns

   iPhone App Development : The Missing Manual

   The iOS Developer's Cookbook

   Cocoa Design Patterns

   Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK

   [4] Forums/Q&A

   http://stackoverflow.com

   http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/

   [5] Videos

   http://www.youtube.com/user/MilmersXcode?ob=0&feature=re...

   [6] Email newsletters

   http://tinyletter.com/hackrocket

   http://iosdevweekly.com/

   http://iosdesign.co/

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3. AdnanChowdhuryJan 2012
   Thanks.

   I am looking over the Apple documents now. I haven't come across Cocoa Design Patterns until you mentioned it. It seems like a good book.

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4. jsmartonlyDec 2011
   Reading document from Apple is the best way to start.

   For books, I found the following are very helpful:

   1) Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (by Aaron Hillegass) 2) Cocoa Design Patterns (by Erik M. Buck and Donald A. Yacktman)

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5. ivanzhaoJun 2010
   Objective-C is fairly simple, while Cocoa is vast and complex. The distinct is important.

   It might take you awhile to get familiar with Cocoa and all its patterns built on top of NSObject.

   "Cocoa Design Patterns, by Buck and Yacktman" is a very good book to get the big picture right, but might be slightly overwhelming at the beginning (as there are many patterns/ways to solve the same problem in Cocoa).

   Read Apple's documents: I still find it the best way to learn the details of Cocoa. The writing is dry and quite dense, so you might need to read it multiple times.

   Another thing to remember is that Cocoa is a framework: it demands to be followed and not be fought against. 

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6. wallflowerMar 2010
   > Memory management in Objective-C isn't nearly as terrifying as I thought it would be but it is very frustrating to see the non-descriptive EXEC BAD ACCESS. I always make a ton of mistakes when trying out new things. Luckily, I'm good at debugging!

   At some critical point, Objective-C/Cocoa stops being the problem (EXC_BAD_ACCESS, IB gotchas, CoreData mysteries) and starts becoming the solution. Highly recommend "Cocoa Design Patterns"

   I really like Leah's tone in this essay. It sounds like she is having fun with the jump-in-the-deep-end and start treading code method of learning.

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