Re: Cocoa Newbie Question.

On Jun 15, 7:35=A0pm, Chris Hanson <c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> So, "piscesboy," I think you need to understand a little more about the
> type of person who typically comes to comp.sys.mac.programmr.help with
> a question and meets these criteria:
>
> - Uses a "wacky" alias instead of a name.
> - Follows unusual development practices (like using makefiles instead
> of Xcode for your first foray into Cocoa development).
> - Asks for help on an unusual issue.
>
> It often means they will be relatively green, and will not be familiar
> with the conventions and behavior of the platform.
>
> Thus assuming you might not know that just typing "test" won't run your
> program is not unreasonable. =A0In fact, if you were coming from
Windows,
> or from some Linux distributions, and you didn't have much shell
> scripting background, you probably *would* assume that just typing
> "test" should run your program.
>
> Instead of freaking out with offense, take the advice that's offered
> and move on. =A0Also, if you're going to do Cocoa development, I
strongly
> suggest starting out following some of the many tutorials that use
> Xcode and Interface Builder. =A0They're not "newbie" tools that pros
> don't use -- they're the tools that the vast majority of long-time
> professional Cocoa developers use. =A0Using makefiles and running
> everything from Terminal won't give you a better handle on what's going
> on than actually writing code and reading do***entation.
>
> =A0 -- Chris

Thanks Chris. That was a very civil response. I wish all people on
this board were as civil. And, yes, I do come with several questions
about Cocoa, about which I have 5 days and 4 hours of experience as of
now. But when I take offense at something I try to let others know
about it.

pb