Learning Objective-C

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HDawg86

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

Topic # 81862 19-Apr-2011 13:49

Hi can someone suggest tips for learning Objective-C?
I am wanting to use xcode.

Are there any institutions in NZ that teach it?
What are the best sites for tutorials?
what about privet tuition?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

jbard

1364 posts

Uber Geek
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Reply # 460505 19-Apr-2011 14:05

What programming experience do you have?, do you know any other programming languages?

HDawg86

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

Reply # 460507 19-Apr-2011 14:13

some VBA and am currently learning python at UC

pc

77 posts

Master Geek
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Trusted

Reply # 460719 19-Apr-2011 23:16

some docs available at:

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#referencelibrary/GettingStarted/Learning_Objective-C_A_Primer/_index.html

some good ios development tutorials in the itunes store.

theres a couple of objective-c books in the wgtn library http://www.wcl.govt.nz/

search for books on amazon and read the reviews for the best ones.

AstonAMV

19 posts

Geek

Reply # 467905 11-May-2011 12:49

Stanford University released video lectures for there iPhone Application Development course on Itunes U. But each video is over 600MB and there are 23-25 videos the last time I checked.

theRocknRolla

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Geek
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Reply # 475869 30-May-2011 18:41

AstonAMV: Stanford University released video lectures for there iPhone Application Development course on Itunes U. But each video is over 600MB and there are 23-25 videos the last time I checked.

Yea the Stanford lectures are great. Many of the lecturers featured in them are Apple employees who directly work on developing iOS and it's libraries. Highly recommended.

tomhenderson

26 posts

Geek

Reply # 481384 15-Jun-2011 11:08

Programming in Objective-C (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) is a good reference book.

If you're looking for something a bit less dry (with tutorials), and are specifically interested in programing for OSX or iOS, I can highly recommend the Big Nerd Ranch books. iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide or Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition). I worked my way through the iPhone book with zero Objective C experience and now feel confidant enough to start my own projects (with plenty of help from the documentation!).