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Pros:

added bonus (1)

• ...programing examples are available on his forum as well which is a nice added bonus . All in all I would suggest this book to anyone looking to...[0.8]

assortment (1)

• ...more importantly, this great book teaches you how to use the rich assortment of predefined classes that form the Foundation framework....[0.8]

companion (1)

• ...author (and readers) provide a ton of extra depth. This is an excellent companion to Hillegass's Cocoa Programming Guide Cocoa(R) Programming...[0.8]

detail (2)

• ...pre-typed so that the author could have covered material in greater detail and in a more student friendly organized fashion. Every video...[0.8]
• ...one of them, categories being another. The author goes into good detail on most of the subjects in the book but some are lacking. Overall...[0.8]

general (10)

• ...still responds to people on the book's forum site. Overall, very happy with the book. Got through it about a month and am now starting a...[1.0]
• ...on the mac or in GNUstep. It's an excellent reference and I highly recommend this book for anyone who is trying to develop their own iPhone applications...[1.0]
• ...fundamental coding knowledge. Once you get into the meat of the information, the organization is great and the explanations are well thought out. I wish some information...[1.0]
• ...this book is worth every penny I spent on it! i purchased it a little over a week ago and am...[1.0]

improvement (2)

• ...I have just now finished reading through the 2nd edition and really like the improvements Kochan has made. There were significant errata in this edition...[0.8]
• ...book! I only gave it 4 stars because there is always room for improvement, for instance it is great that it wraps everything up with creating an iPhone app, but...[0.7200000000000001]

introductions (1)

• ...A perfect introduction to Objective-C. The authors philosophy is that you don't need...[0.8]

organized (2)

• ...have covered material in greater detail and in a more student friendly organized fashion. Every video could (and should) be condensed to 1/10th...[0.8]
• ...The book is well organized . The author is very smart at using examples progressively to...[0.8]

provides (2)

• ...was really looking for something for a true newbie but would provide a good foundation to build on and have enough substance so that I felt...[0.9]
• ...beginning their work with Objective-C. It covers all the basics and provides wonderful transition into the next series of books everyone will most...[0.9]

reference (3)

• ...actually write the application with. Regardless, a must have as a reference and a great foundation to start with. ...[0.9]
• ...whenever I'm doing something on the mac or in GNUstep. It's an excellent reference and I highly recommend this book for anyone who is trying to...[0.8]
• ...Computer, downloaded from Apple developer resource center. It is a good reference book, but unfortunately, not for me, a beginner of Objective-C. I would...[0.4]

starting point (1)

• ...not enough if you want to develop an iphone app but this is a good starting point . Yes, I will recommend this book to someone who wants to learn...[0.8]

transition (1)

• ...work with Objective-C. It covers all the basics and provides wonderful transition into the next series of books everyone will most likely look...[0.8]

Cons:

customer service (1)

• ...contact info of the author in the book, and I contacted the tech support but she was utterless useless in pointing me to where it is. It's really too bad that in this...[-0.32000000000000006]

line quality (1)

• ...frustrating. New language, new OS platform, console/command line apps (visually ugly ), etc. Was it worth it? Then I switched to another book and...[-0.6400000000000001]

reliability (4)

• ...type then into Xcode. I give this book a 5 star as I cannot fault it. Some chapters I have found hard but this is not from the...[-1.0]
• ...lot of changes (tried to use a previous book for 1.0 and it just didn't work ). This book does a great job of taking you from the foundation...[-1.0]
• ...book, though is that Steve is willing to help you if you should have a problem understanding the concepts in the book. I've been in contact...[-1.0]
• ...Objective-C 2.0, I might end up writing a bad iPhone app that freezes up the device. So I was looking for a book that can TEACH me key...[-1.0]