Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-22 Thread Kevin Newman
I had no trouble following this tutorial: http://cocoadevcentral.com/d/learn_objectivec/ The C one was enlightening really. Worth the read even if you don't end up developing in C or Objective-C Kevin N. On 3/11/10 10:15 AM, Matt S. wrote: Have any of you taken on the challenge of

Re: Re[2]: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-22 Thread Matt S.
Thanks, I'll check these out as well! .m On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Greg Ligierko gre...@l-d5.com wrote: I am learning ObjC for about a month. The purpose is porting and existing AS2 application to iphone/ipad. Having very poor C experence I can say, that knowing C is not something

Re[2]: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-20 Thread Greg Ligierko
I am learning ObjC for about a month. The purpose is porting and existing AS2 application to iphone/ipad. Having very poor C experence I can say, that knowing C is not something essential to familiarize and then working fore real with apple frameworks. Before I started XCode for good, I bought

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread Steven Loe
I've dabbled with iPhone development, and in a month or so, you can get familiar with the development process and the language. But to be really good, you'll probably need something like this: http://stevenloe.com/iphone/learn_iphone_development_in_5_easy_steps.jpg -Steven Loe Right, but

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread Mark Winterhalder
For those interested, iTunes-U has a Standford course for iPhone development. http://itunes.stanford.edu/ On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Steven Loe stevenloe5...@yahoo.com wrote: I've dabbled with iPhone development, and in a month or so, you can get familiar with the development process

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
hey guys i picked up several books (because you never know which one will prove to be the best to use and 4 of them are from a set) and have been flicking through them and doing some of the tutorials. From my (very) limited experience with cocoa touch i got some amazing insights into the mvc

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread .matt
So is it a fools errand to try to dive into iPhone dev without knowing C going in? Can one bypass C and dive directly into O-C? .m ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
I have heard that one should know C before diving into Obj-C. I did not do that as I wanted to dive in quicker. Once you get your head around memory management and how to manipulate NSString, etc. you'll be well on your way. The whole .h .m thing is strange, etc. I'm not sure if it would have made

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-16 Thread allandt bik-elliott
I think of the .h files as interfaces - it makes sense after that Sent from my iPhone On 16 Mar 2010, at 18:59, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: I have heard that one should know C before diving into Obj-C. I did not do that as I wanted to dive in quicker. Once you get your head

[Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-11 Thread Matt S.
Have any of you taken on the challenge of learning Objective-C (or any C-based language), coming from an AS/Scripting background? I came to AS3 from a designer origin, taking the route from design to HTML/CSS/Javascript to AS's 1,2 and 3, so while I'm pretty comfortable in an oop/coding

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-11 Thread tom rhodes
check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost identical to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you compile. i haven't used it for c++ but i've followed conversations on the mailing list about targetting the iphone. probably a good way to dip your toe in while

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-11 Thread .matt
Good to know! I'll definitely check that out. Cheers, .matt On Mar 11, 2010, at 10:28 AM, tom rhodes tom.rho...@gmail.com wrote: check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost identical to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you compile. i haven't used

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-11 Thread Merrill, Jason
check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in something almost identical to AS3 and target c++, cpp, php, javascript and neko when you compile. Right, but I thought the question was, how challenging was it to switch to Objective-C from Actionscript 3? - not can I program for other languages

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-11 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
I'll weigh in here - going for AS3 to Obj-C took me about a month to feel comfortable with, and I'm learning new things all the time. There are so many frameworks and methods, you feel overwhelmed when trying to do something and you don't know the proper framework to do it quite yet. I have grown

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-11 Thread tom rhodes
more than one way to skin a cat :) just thought it might be handy to look at given that Matt was weighing up how much of a headache diving into objective-C woudl be... On 11 March 2010 18:05, Merrill, Jason jason.merr...@bankofamerica.comwrote: check out haxe (www.haxe.org), you can write in

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 - Objective-C

2010-03-11 Thread Matt S.
Yeah, that was the question. Haxe looks interesting in its own right though, and of course whatever gets the job done However, I am fundamentally interested in the question of what Objective-C is like and how easy a transition it would be. I'm quite comfortable with OOP, within an AS3