iOS Learning iPhone/iPad Programming?

[erichkooi]

Hi,
Is it hard to learn iPhone/iPad Programming?

I am intent to try my hand on it n basically I am from Web programming background.

 

[chown33]

Is it hard to learn iPhone/iPad Programming?

Is it hard to learn trigonometry?
It varies for each person. Some people get it right away. Others study hard and it's still never easy.

Take a look at some simple Objective-C:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-C

If it makes sense to you, then look at more complex Objective-C:
http://developer.apple.com/library/.../ObjectiveC/Introduction/introObjectiveC.html
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#DOCUMENTATION/General/Conceptual/DevPedia-CocoaCore/

Then see the links to Guides and Sticky threads at the top of this forum:
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/135/

 

[balamw]

I am intent to try my hand on it n basically I am from Web programming background.

You might also want to consider initially focusing on HTML5/JavaScript "webapps".

http://www.apple.com/webapps/

They can be wrapped as a deployable app, or served normally and cached on the device.

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[erichkooi]

Hi chown33,
Thank you for the info. The simple Objective-C link make no sense to me yet
but I intent to learn it.

I am not planning to create a game but a simple application such as retrieve information and post to the iphone (for example: cinema information).


Hi balamw,
Thank you. I will find more information on Web Apps.


EDIT: I think my requirement more approach to Web Apps need to understand iphone native app and iphone web app.
Thank you again.

 

[multinode]

Check out the books from The Big Nerd Ranch ... these guys worked at NeXT and Apple doing training ... great stuff.

Also "Advanced iOS 4 Programming" by Maher Ali. Excellent book.

The Nerd stuff is fundamental principles but it gets pretty advanced, too. Maher's book shows some real world implementations.

 

[balamw]

EDIT: I think my requirement more approach to Web Apps need to understand iphone native app and iphone web app.

I think that's true of many, if not most, non-game apps.

With PhoneGap you can turn that webapp into a native app for sale on the App Store, so it really blurs the difference.

Besides, Apple's Safari developer resources check out these books:

Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596805791

Programming the Mobile Web: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596807795

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