Sure, you can get those books from the iBook Store that Esther indicated. I think they are the first I came across when I wanted to learn Objective C. However, the unfortunate thing is that Voiceover on IOS has no punctuation settings where you can control how much should be spoken, especially if you want to hear those end of statement semicolons and braces. So you can Sync or transfer the books to your PC and read in Firefox using the EpubRead extension. When you get a Mac, you will find Stanza an excellent app for opening these epub books., plus most text formats around
Well, I have got some PDF books which I can send you if you contact me off lists. Some are for IOS development and others for the desktop. A few are for AppleScript (the native scripting solution for Mac). If you can, the Bookshare solution indicated by Esther may be viable. Of course, here where I am, I can't think of joining Bookshare as we do no't have PayPal or any other authorised dealer in the country. The reasons are mainly political though as we are considered an economic risk by some international companies. Anyway, if you can, I think it is a worthy investment. If you once played with PERL and JAVA, you will find Objective C easier to master. I think Objective C, especially working in XCode, closely shows the relationship of language objects to the computer ones. As for money, I think you only need to worry about it once you are a professional developer and needs to post an app in the App Store or attending Developer Conferences. In the mean time, you can just flirt around with creating small apps that may answer your immediate needs and developing your skills. Apple has got the AppleScript which is more like English than the Windows flavours of PowerShell or even JAWS script. The advantage with this AppleScript is that it can not only tweak Voiceover, but any other app on your system. Cheers, On 18 Apr,2011, at 5:05 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Tony, > > You mentioned in your Intro post that you have an iPod Touch. Go to the > iBooks Store and pick up some of the free Apple Developer Publications. > There are 6 of them, with 3 covering iOS specific topics (Human Interface > Guide, Application Programming, and Technology Overview), and 3 more on > general programming topics (Objective C Programming, Object-Oriented > Programming, and a Guide to Cocoa Fundamentals -- which is the basis of the > OS X programming environment). Just put "Apple Developer" into the search > field. The other thing you can consider doing longer term, is joining > Bookshare, but that's $50/year. It includes access to all the computer books > published by O'Reilly. Those books are also all available for international > Bookshare memberships. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Apr 18, 2011, at 04:10, Tony Hernandez wrote: > >> Hi. Thanks again. >> >> I don’t have much money; in fact I think I’m done spending much on anything >> but food and clothing and shelter after buying the Mac. Is there good >> documentation on Objective C for someone with some programming experience? I >> have done a little bit of PERL programming and a very small amount of C++, >> as well as plenty of JAWS scripting and some Java in school. I understand >> the concept of objects and know HTML pretty well. It will probably be a >> somewhat uphill slope learning Objective C, but I believe I can do it. I >> just need a boost. This Mac is a business investment, as I’m sure those of >> you who are reading this thread have already gathered. >> >> Again, Thank you. >> >> Tony Hernandez > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
