Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition)

I must admit that I never actually finish many technical books. They typically run out of steam and are rife with filler material.

I can honestly say that I eagerly did every exercise and challenge in this book. The level was perfect for someone like me who has dabbled in Cocoa but never really taken the time to learn it.

While I don't feel that I am a proficient Cocoa developer just yet, I do feel confident that I armed with the knowledge to figure out most problems.

Thanks Aaron for a great book.

I found this book to be an ideal technical book - I actually sat and read it from cover to cover in one sitting.

The depth is just right, and the topics that I was having difficulty with were well explained.

I have been recommending this book to all the interested programmers I know.

This book is great for the beginner, or those who have been out of the Cocoa game for a while. Its chapters are organized into a college course like structure. A great addition to any OS X developer's library.

This latest edition left me confused and frustrated. So many of the instructions are incomplete, unclear, and in some cases misleading. Why can't someone write a clear concise book on cocoa and object-c programming. One can find multiple tomes on C#, Pearl, Python, Ruby, Java, etc., etc. But only a handful on cocoa and object-c.

This book is just not worth the price...

This book is worth its weight in gold. Apple's online documentation is not bad, but often leaves a little to be desired for details or options other than a standard, mundane sort of example.

The code examples are _extremely_ useful. In 2 hours with this book I was able to finish a project at work that I had been trying to figure out for weeks. Google hadn't turned up what I needed. Apple's online API hadn't turned up what I needed (or I hadn't known where to look). Definitely worth it as a reference, as well as a learning tool.