macOS How to lean Cocoa?

[barijazz]

I haven't done any programming (other than dabbling with html) and want to learn cocoa, and eventually cocoa touch. I bought a book but it is panther based and makes a lot of references to other programming languages. I've decided that I want to take a class (not college) but can't find any. Any suggestions.

 

[Eraserhead]

See the [guide]Cocoa FAQ[/guide]

 

[Cromulent]

I haven't done any programming (other than dabbling with html) and want to learn cocoa, and eventually cocoa touch. I bought a book but it is panther based and makes a lot of references to other programming languages. I've decided that I want to take a class (not college) but can't find any. Any suggestions.

You want to learn Objective-C before you think about touching Cocoa. Objective-C is the programming language that Cocoa uses while Cocoa itself is a set of APIs (Application Programming Interface).

This book will teach you everything you need to know:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/ObjC.pdf

 

[barijazz]

Thanks I didn't realize cocoa was just a set of APIs rather than a language.

 

[yeroen]

You may want to pick up an Objective-C book. The Apple Obj-C manuals are really only comprehensible if you've already programmed in C or C++.

 

[sord]

Step 1 in your journey to new knowledge - read at least 1 of the posts that get asked every day on this forum asking the same question.