Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Trying to learn objective C independently with minimal programming background?

Q. The other day I ordered two books:
1) Objective C programing: The big nerd ranch guide
2) iOS Programing: The big nerd ranch guide (3rd edition)

From the reviews on Amazon, these two books got the least negative feedback and both were recommended for beginners.

Is there anything else I need? Anything I should do? My goal is to learn objective C and code iPhone apps. Is a mac required to do this or is my dell fine.

Sorry for all the questions, but I am new to programing and I feel like I will need more resources than what I have.

A. A Mac is required.

Mac mini's sell for pretty cheap though, you will need xCode to make your apps and an apple dev account to publish them. ($100/yr) i believe.

I want to program java and ios apps?
Q. Can anyone tell me all the info i need and anything i need to download what languages i'll have to learn,etc. thanks(:

Oh also i'm 14

A. Go on iTunesU and find "iPad and iPhone Application Development" for video lectures, its not enough though and there are prerequisites.

You'll need to learn Objective-C to program iOS apps, this is a great book to start:
http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Objective-C-Edition-Developers-Library/dp/0321811909/

After that move on to the Big Nerd Ranch book:
http://www.amazon.com/iOS-Programming-Ranch-Edition-Guides/dp/0321821521

Even after all that its not enough, you'll just need to do some projects as you learn I suppose.

How can I make an app?
Q. Has anyone seen the app "ifunny"? Its a great app if you find a picture that's actually funny. Most of the posts on there are reposts, kiks, rates and just really nasty crap that has no place on an app. My friends and i (sophomores-juniors in high school) all want to try and make an app that has funny pictures like ifunny (original, of course) and we would be the moderators.

We would like to know if there are any programs that help you make apps, preferably free. And exactly how much does it cost to have an app in Apple's app store? Any tips?

The programs don't have to be at a beginner level but, please, nothing designed for experts in programing areas.

A. The main app you use to develop apps for iOS is called Xcode. It only runs on the mac platform and comes with your mac on one of the cd's. I learned to develop iOS apps from these sources:

http://www.raywenderlich.com/tutorials

http://www.amazon.com/iOS-Programming-Ranch-Edition-Guides/dp/0321821521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346369098&sr=8-1&keywords=big+nerd+ranch+ios

http://itunes.apple.com/us/course/ipad-iphone-app-development/id495052415

Don't forget that Google is you best friend!

Also the people here http://stackoverflow.com/ are extremely helpful if you have a question or problem.

It is actually free to have and submit apps to the app store but to do that you have to be part of the Apple Developers program(developer.apple.com) which is currently $100.00 USD a year.

Good luck!

-Magnus




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