I enjoyed "Learning Carbon" very much and found that since it was written by Apple Developers, I recieved a lot of inside information that I wouldn't have found elsewhere.
I'm pretty new to the application development world, so it's important to have a text that is a unbiased as possible, so I don't get too far off track. I appreciated this text's format. I felt I was getting the straight dope, but without too much extraneous info.
The book wisely, didn't bog down the student with too many examples, but rather concentrated on one application and showed some of the more widely used implementations.
Before the project began, the authors gave me a fair background of what Carbon is all about by providing the "Carbon Factory Tour."
Apple's IDE was covered, again in what I would term "fair" depth. By that, I mean it's covered enough to give the developer a launching pad to strike out on his own.
I don't think a book in application development is complete without some discussion of design and planning. I was pleased that "Learning Carbon" didn't skip this vital subject.
Lastly, the book provided resources for the developer to take the next step forward in Carbon by providing a suitable Appendix.
The book doesn't claim to be definitive, but it does provide a very reasonable starting point for the Language.
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