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Big Nerd Ranch Objective C book - still up to date?

  • 28-04-2014 07:36PM
    #1
    parc
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    Hi, I'm thinking of getting the Big Nerd Ranch book on Objective C

    Anyone know if it's still up to date in terms of the iOS and Xcode versions that have been released since it came out - would there be much of a difference between then and now?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Colonel Panic
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    I think the Cocoa one came out aroun 10.7 time and there's been a few language additions, frameworks and some XCode changes since then.

    They offer a good, if basic foundation I guess. It depends on how good you are at filling in the blanks.


  • #3
    parc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 797 ✭✭✭parc


    I'm almost a complete beginner and would be starting with their Objective C book


  • #4
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    This one? https://www.bignerdranch.com/book/objective-c_programming_the_big_nerd_ranch_guide

    There's been a few new language additions but nothing major, just ways of making the language a bit less verbose when it comes to initialising and using data structures (Like NSArray, NSSet, NSDictionary, etc) and new ways of organising source files.

    It's nothing you couldn't pick up after you'd got a grounding in the language.


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