REALbasic to Cocoa (Logical Step?)

[DSHwrd]

Hey all,

I'd like to ask a few of the programmers out there that do know Cocoa, if jumping from REALbasic to Cocoa is a logical step, or should I learn C or something else first? After reading some of the Learning Cocoa book, I feel that I can handle the step, but I want to make sure that I will be able to handle it ALL.

Should I do anything else first?

Thanks,

[mervTormel]

first, put your finger in your ear and go "tinga linga loo"...

i'd say, "jump right into X or Y". sometimes, learning one thing ( C ) then learning another thing ( objective-C ) requires an unlearning of the previous thing.

that is to say, there are many 'formalities' that are fundamentally different between modular programming ( C ) and object-oriented programming
( objective-C ) and old programmers have a problem migrating to new programming concepts. i know i did/do/does.

you'll learn the subset C by learning the superset objective-C, so skip the self-flagellation, but have the C bible handy. the C bible (K&R) is thin but contains a busload of conceptual foundation information; it's a good reference. i guess that's what it boils down to. the recognition of when you need to investigate the origins of a thingy and a good reference of that thingy.

there are 9 horrible references to every good reference (keeping with the 1:10 rule); so, unfortunately, you have to investigate what the good references are, too.