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Asked: 2026-05-11T07:04:36+00:00

I’m an embedded programmer – primarily very small systems where I deal with data

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I’m an embedded programmer – primarily very small systems where I deal with data as bits, not objects.

I’d like to learn how to program for Mac and PC using their native libraries (Cocoa and .Net). I’ve hacked a few things together in Xcode and Visual Studio, but I feel like I’m hacking, not programming. I put things in AwakeFromNib without knowing if that is inviting a bug or bad style or just fine. There are fundamental concepts of programming for desktop applications that I need to learn, I think.

Can you recommend resources or books on the subject? I’m especially interested in how to write good code for this scale of program – collections of best practices, coding standards, etc.

Edit: There are lots of resources available on good code in general. Those are definitely must-reads, but I am looking here for resources that are specific to writing desktop applications. Resources that would say, for instance, what typically belongs in AwakeFromNib, not just when this callback is triggered.

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  1. A good book on design patterns will take you a long way in getting a feel for how to work with some of the built in structures in cocoa, like awakwFromNib, windowDidLoad, etc.

    Here’s one recommendation:

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/0201633612/

    After you’ve read a couple of chapters in that book, you might want to pick up a good book that goes specifically into the framework and development environment you want to start learning about.

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