In my earlier posts (I, II, and Intro), I explained that I’ll be using Xcode to learn Objective-C and the Cocoa Frameworks to learn about…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Tag: Objective-C
If you’re going to develop iOS or OS X applications, you’re going to be using Xcode, Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE). The blog post is…
If you want to learn Objective-C, it helps to know C. Learning C — or reviewing it — is a good way to become familiar…
As readers of this blog know, the more I delve into programming, the more convinced I am that it should be a standard school subject…
Are computer languages inherently “artificial” and “pure” — either like Esperanto or a dead language, such as Latin? Or, are computer languages as much “living”…
One reason I am writing about learning to code Cocoa apps for OS X and iOS is that I view programming languages as specialized human…
To refresh my programming skills in C and begin my Objective-C journey, I am using the following books. These books are only the beginning of…
This week I am beginning a month (and more) of intense “Cocoa” immersion. Cocoa, for those outside the OS X/iOS development realm of Apple, is…
I tend to answer questions when asked, often without pausing long enough to consider the best wording — or even if I should answer. This…
Learning to Code: Comments Count
Published by Poet Ponders on May 16, 2013I like comments in computer programming source code. I’ve never been the programmer to claim, “My code doesn’t need comments.” Maybe it is because I’ve…