Thanks Wally, As you know since then (2010), things have moved on in terms of MT.D for MT, as someone that has moved over from Microsoft C# (many years of programming), the differences in Xcode from Microsoft are massive, so for people in my position MT.D on top of MT cuts through a lot of that complexity, this is an area that should provide a quicker route to getting up and running rather than learning the whole Xcode/IB way of doing things.
I have to say that MT and MT.D are great products and I can't wait to become productive with them. ATB Alex On 8 Jun 2012, at 21:55, Wally McClure wrote: > Just to comment on this. Hope I'm not too late to the party. > > The book was finished in April, 2010 and shipped around the end of June, > 2010. IIRC, we used MD 2.4 and MT 2.x. > The book contains support for the iPad. I love Craig Dunn for digging in and > doing a great job there!!!!! > > The content from the book still runs as is, except for a root view controller > message. Almost everything is accurate and still works as is. > > There are 4 MT books that I am aware of. These are mine/ours, Mike > Bluestein, Bryan Costanich, and Dmitris' book. IIRC Dmitris' book has a > chapter on it. > > I always want to take a moment to thank Craig and Chris Hardy for their work > on the book. They deserve most of the credit for the success of the book. > Both now work for Xamarin. I feel like I was just the pretty face of the > book. > > Wally > > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:59:20 +0100 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] is the downloadable code in McClure's "iPhone > Programming with MT..." compatible with current version of MT/MD? > > Unfortunately this is what happens with reasonablly new products, they change > shape frequently as they mature, I have been frustrated with the samples or > the lack of with the current version of MT and MT.D, I am sure with time we > will get some up to date samples. I remember the the version 1 release of > .net and the quantity of changes in the next version. > > IMHO, when a new version of something is released samples showing the new > features and changes should be released at the same time. > > > On 8 Jun 2012, at 18:59, Jason Awbrey wrote: > > GC is Garbage Collection > > there are at least 4 books available - Wally's is the oldest (I believe it > predates the iPad, as well as the complete redesign of XCode) and both iOS > and MT have changed a lot since then. > > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=monotouch > > the "root view controller" issue is related to a change Apple made is iOS 5. > See this > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8038236/monotouch-and-applications-are-expected-to-have-a-root-view-controller-at-the-e > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:49 PM, jGoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Pardon my ignorance on some of this. I'm new to Monotouch & C#, but I'll push > my way through anyway. > > In my test I was trying to build and run the app in debug mode. > > I was getting a non-fatal build-time error, but the app did make it to the > iPhone simulator. When I would try and move the picker dial, I would get an > immediate crash. If I then would try to run the app directly from the > simulator, it would work fine. > > Your 3 line modification does fix the runtime error, so we must be looking > at the same problem. > > However, I'm still getting a non-fatal build time error: > > PickerView01[25059:1507] Application windows are expected to have a root > view controller at the end of application launch. > > How do I get rid of it (not sure what it's talking about)? > > The funny thing is that by flailing about, I too was able to get the > original code to run. Specifically, I went into the Xcode designer and > created a dummy Outlet and then I deleted it. This forced Monodevelop to > build a more robust version of MainWindow.xib.designer.cs. > > I don't know what any of this means, but I think books are really important. > So if it were up to me, I would fix MT/MD so it's compatible with the book > instead of vice versa. I don't think there are too many books out there. > Is there a better one than the one by McClure et al.? > > BTW, is the original C# in the book valid or not? And what is a "GC"? > Thanks in advance for your feedback and time. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://monotouch.2284126.n4.nabble.com/is-the-downloadable-code-in-McClure-s-iPhone-Programming-with-MT-compatible-with-current-version-of--tp4655242p4655269.html > Sent from the MonoTouch mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > > _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected]http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
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