I got another glimpse of the iOS development environment. What David Malan talked about was how to use the Interface Builder to build an iPhone app vs. the full code way of doing it. Not to say which one is right and which one is wrong but I think my long term prospects will be dependent on at least understanding the coded way vs. while using the IB way. From some posts by Apple developers, it appears that Apple embraces those who use the IB and it makes sense to me as it standardizes things.
With regard to the latest lecture, I have to say I took a lot of notes, much more than from the books. This primarily due to the fact that I can always leave the text behind in a book and then use the book as an easy reference. Videos, on the other hand, have no glossary and are therefore difficult references at best.
David (and also Paul Hegerty of Stanford) embrace the dot syntax that Kochan eschews. I can see why. Dot syntax is very convenient and very easy to read and maintain. I may break with Kochan on this but the jury is still out.
Today I will move into the Harvard Lecture 10 which is concerned with IOS provisioning, view controllers, gestures and data. This is mostly new territory and I will take the viewing as more of an introduction for what is to come via the two iOS books that are currently collecting dust in my office. I am starting to itch to look into these books but I want to see a few more videos over the next few days (btw, that is my goal, a video per day) and possibly first go through the entire Xcode 4 Unleashed book by Fritz Anderson.
I am 36% of the way toward my goal.
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