Since it took me a while to figure out how to learn about this stuff, I figured other people might be in the same boat.

Here’s how I got started learning about iPhone app development as a complete beginner.

1. I sent out a Twitter asking if anyone was on the same path as me. Turns out buzz was, and his suggestion was that I buy Cocoa Programming and also take a look at the code samples from the iPhone developers site.
2. I bought the book and started reading. Unfortunately, it assumes I know C, and that I’m using an older version of Xcode. Reading it anyway, as I think there will still be tons of information in there that’s relevant.
3. Watched all the videos on the iPhone developers site. The last video is especially helpful, even though it’s about desktop apps rather than iPhone apps.
4. Tried out one of the challenges in the Cocoa Programming book. The fact that my version of Xcode is newer is throwing me completely off… can’t figure out how to implement new classes.
5. Beginning to read through the Getting Started docs on the developer site. I’m gonna read them all, which seems time consuming, but is part of my total-immersion learning strategy. If I read it all, even the repetitive parts, it’ll all start to get set in my brain.
6. Downloading all the documentation through Xcode’s Developer Documentation application. It’s cool that you can subscribe to documentation and new docs will automatically get updated.
7. Downloading all of the code samples and am going to start loading them into Xcode and seeing if I can figure them out.

That’s the plan for now. I’m learning it all with an app in mind that’s simple and should focus all of the learning in a particular direction.

I’m really excited about this, if you can’t tell.