September 25, 2008   iPhone Apps

Dear Aunt TUAW: How do I get started programming for the iPhone?

Dear Auntie TUAW,

I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at development for the iPhone (I’ve got some good app ideas already), and I was wondering where a good place to start might be. Should I mess around with learning some Objective-C first, or just spend the $99 and dive in with the dev kit? I know some PHP, Javascript, and a smattering of C++, but have never tried developing in Objective-C or Cocoa.

I have some free time this weekend to try messing around with development and see if it’s something I might be able to do. Where’s a good place to stick my toe in and see if the water’s good for swimming? Should I buy an Objective-C book and spend the whole weekend with that, or is it worth it to put down the money on a dev kit and see what I can make my iPhone do?

Let me know! Just thinking of you, there’s this scent in the air… like a mixture of 4711, hard candies and Aqua Net.

Your devoted nephew,

Mikey

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