Hello. I Just need someone to Point the way !!!

Yeah, have your bosses' number handy so you can ring in sick when you can't get some trivial routine working, but can't leave it alone either.

If you smoke get an exhaust fan installed above the computer so you don't have to waste time walking outside.

 

This book is a good starting point:
http://www.bignerdranch.com/book/objective-c_programming_the_big_nerd_ranch_guide

Also join their forum and the Author, and other people in the same situation, as well as some experienced people will help there.

 

What experience do you have with programming already?

 

Once you get your developer account be sure to check out the WWDC videos. They have tons of useful information. The Stanford University iTunesU course is also a great free resource.

I found that books do a great job of telling you WHAT and HOW but don't always communicate WHY or WHERE. The videos with experts demonstrating things live help with that.

 

If you know C++, you will catch on to Objective C in roughly 2 weeks of active study and coding. Very little mobile device app code is in C++ these days.

 

you never stop learning when it comes to software development. everyone learns different so you may become proficient enough to code an application from start to finish within a few months, or it could take longer.

 

The amount of time it takes is very hard to say because everyone is different. Past programming is a huge plus.

The BigNerdRanch is a great start.

I'd also go ahead and update to the latest or lastest that your hardware will support. When I opened my dev account, Xcode 4 was just out, I passed on Xcode 3 and went straight to 4.

Some think Snow Leapord is the best setup right now, and that should work well for you.

Note that some books might not cover Xcode 4, check the dates and if you can, preview the book. A book for Xcode 3 is fine, I've used them but it might be confusing at first.

 

Best advice I can give is...
Have a project in mind, ie. your work processes you want help.

Keep a separate note book for your app (or each app) keep all you thoughts in it, dated as you go, as you work though exercises in tutorials take 10-15mins to think how that might apply to your app and write it down. Keep a note on that page about where that info was. This help you break the app up into smaller and smaller chunks until you can turn them in to objects.

Similarly I've been inspired to do the same. Look at the work I do and try to stop some of the glue or grind work I know everyone in my industry is doing.

 

My computer likes to smoke too.

Definitely have a project in mind. Plan to polish it and release it so you experience the entire publish cycle. It's better in anything but the immediate short term to use ObjC because every example uses it. Learn to love the square bracket. It's ]<[][]]. (that looked much better in 1986)