Getting Started

[dooks88]

I have recently started to poke around in app development for the iphone. I just wanted to suggest a book that I have been reading/referring to.

Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone

Amazon.com: Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK: Dave Mark, Jeff LaMarche: Books


This book along with Apples excellent tutorials have really made life easier. If you are looking to develop apps or just want to understand the apps, this is a great start.


Anybody else have some suggestions about where to start?

 

[melwan]

very noobish question: I know the iPhone development platform is Objective C. Is Objective C based on C or C++? If neither, which of the 2 is closer to Objective C?

 

[logicBomb]

Erika Sadun's book is good.

Objective C is based on C and Smalltalk. It improves on C with better memory management, more dynamic features than C, and a less annoying type system. I prefer it to C++, although C++ can be better for raw speed (assuming you can fit everything in cache).

 

[rustcycle]

I have recently started to poke around in app development for the iphone. I just wanted to suggest a book that I have been reading/referring to.

Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone

Agreed, this book covers some gaps in the Apple tutorials, IMHO. Some basic XCode and Obj-C reference helps, but a lot of the devils in the details I've stumbled upon at dev blogs, dev forums...

 

[Joyce Yard]

I wanted o develop apps also how do u get started??

 

[racfreelink]

If you need Iphone SDK 4 and Xcode 3.2.2, please let me know. I will send link down load for you. I'm coder and hope can find a one to work together.

 

[iPhoneStartup]

Books is good but you have alot of data in the web

 

[Uproarmedia]

I agree that the book mentioned above is good. Personally I prefer the following:

The Pragmatic Bookshelf | iPhone SDK Development

 

[davejas]

The first book listed is very good!

The first book listed is excellent. I started with it too.
I really learned a lot from AppsAmuck and icodeblog
You have to Google them because I am new and can't post links yet.
They have lots of examples of source code so you can get in there and see
how things are done

 

[neutrinos]

I want to put a plug in here for the Stanford course available in iTunes U. There are assignments and solutions which should help aid learning outside of following books.

 

[gilroykilroy]

I want to put a plug in here for the Stanford course available in iTunes U. There are assignments and solutions which should help aid learning outside of following books.

I second this. Lynda.com (no affiliation) also offers an online iPhone course (paid.)

As for books, I find the one from BigNerdRanch (again no affiliation) to be very good (and is available as a Kindle ebook which I read on my iPad while next to my Mac doing the exercises.)

 

[Cybox]

I want to put a plug in here for the Stanford course available in iTunes U. There are assignments and solutions which should help aid learning outside of following books.

The Stanford iTUnes U course is fantastic for development. Which reminds me I need to pick up where I left off. Recommended if you can still get access to it.

 

[superaj#IM]

There are a ton of beginner videos you can watch if you just google around. My partner and I learned everything we know about developing apps by watching videos online and following tutorials.

 

[MacPeterson123]

Google and youtube is my best teacher~
of course I have borrowed some books from library also

 

[DusanCarSilni]

Go to appsamuck dot com here you have examples of tutorials...i hope this will help...

 

[Artcue]

i would try gameengines like


cocos2d for iPhone
GameSalad - Game creation for everyone ? - GameSalad
or UNITY: Game Development Tool

...the most efficient way

 

[sparkzilla]

I also recommend GameSalad, which I used to create my game from scratch in about 5 weeks with very little programming. Their forum support is excellent.