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Hi everyone,
I recently got a Macbook and I was thinking of developing iPhone apps. The problem is that I've never done any serious programming...like ever!
I've played around a little bit with some Windows programming e.g. visual basic, and I know a bit about developing websites eg html/css/java etc ( I used w3schools to learn and develop a website).
But that was all just out of interest to see get a taster of what programming is like. Now I have a Mac I'm serious about learning C, and objective-C and making an iPhone app.
Now, dont get me wrong, I'm not just another person who downloaded Xcode and thought that making an app is an easy way to make money, I know it isn't, that it's going to take me hundreds of hours to learn it and many more to develop an app.
Anyway, I went over to the iOS Dev Centre to do some reading, but it usually presumes that the reader has had programming experience, and in particular with C.
So to get started, for example, I need a good source to learn about C. After that Objective-C, I guess? After that I need to understand what Cocoa is. etc and after all of that I need to learn how to use Xcode 4.2. (I understand that Apple implemented some new features in 4.2).
Does anyone know of a good learning path for learning how to develop iPhone apps then? What topics must I learn in order to gain the knowledge to use Xcode properly?
Or maybe someone could recommend a good website which highlights how to go from being a complete beginner to being able to develop some decent apps?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I recently got a Macbook and I was thinking of developing iPhone apps. The problem is that I've never done any serious programming...like ever!
I've played around a little bit with some Windows programming e.g. visual basic, and I know a bit about developing websites eg html/css/java etc ( I used w3schools to learn and develop a website).
But that was all just out of interest to see get a taster of what programming is like. Now I have a Mac I'm serious about learning C, and objective-C and making an iPhone app.
Now, dont get me wrong, I'm not just another person who downloaded Xcode and thought that making an app is an easy way to make money, I know it isn't, that it's going to take me hundreds of hours to learn it and many more to develop an app.
Anyway, I went over to the iOS Dev Centre to do some reading, but it usually presumes that the reader has had programming experience, and in particular with C.
So to get started, for example, I need a good source to learn about C. After that Objective-C, I guess? After that I need to understand what Cocoa is. etc and after all of that I need to learn how to use Xcode 4.2. (I understand that Apple implemented some new features in 4.2).
Does anyone know of a good learning path for learning how to develop iPhone apps then? What topics must I learn in order to gain the knowledge to use Xcode properly?
Or maybe someone could recommend a good website which highlights how to go from being a complete beginner to being able to develop some decent apps?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.