Noob to Apple programming

[Peter Mount]

Hi

I'm currently studying for my Bachelor Degree in Business Information Systems and I've completed a Diploma in IT.

I'm interested in learning to develop apps for the iPhone. How does this compare to developing apps for the Mac Desktop? So far I've learned to program in ANSI C, Java J2SE, VB6, VB.NET, Turbo Pascal for DOS.

The most recent one being VB.NET, that was last semester. The most "furthest back one" was Turbo Pascal for DOS so I'm very rusty with that.

I have Snow Leopard on my Mac as well as an iPhone 3G.

I guess I just don't know where to start. I got ideas of learning iPhone programming while I'm my break from study but I don't know how that compares to programming for the Mac desktop. If somebody could give me a comparison both in terms of programming and job prospects I'd be interested.

Thanks

[johnnyp]

Go to developer.apple.com, download iPhone SDK, lots of docs there. And use google. Good luck.

[raptalk]

Im in the same boat. Lots of ideas, no where to start. Hopefully the fine folks on these forums can help with specific questions. Thanks everyone!

[Peter Mount]

Originally Posted by johnnyp

Go to developer.apple.com, download iPhone SDK, lots of docs there. And use google. Good luck.

What happened to "Product Evangelism". Presumably you've had enough experience on the subject to at least offer you own opinion on the matter. Really, I thought answers like "rtfm" were mainly the preserve of Linux User Groups.

As an Apple user myself I won't give up but I will look for other iPhone Developer forums.

[youngcoder]

i learned alot from this book

howtomakeaniphoneapp.com