Comments on: Baby steps in iPhone development http://blog.mkeefe.com/2009/02/14/baby-steps-in-iphone-development/ From the mind of Developer, Author & Trainer, Matthew Keefe Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:18:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kyle http://blog.mkeefe.com/2009/02/14/baby-steps-in-iphone-development/#comment-31467 Kyle Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:36:50 +0000 http://mkeefedesign.com/blog/?p=291#comment-31467 I just decided a few days ago myself that I wanted to get into this whole Cocoa stuff. I'll be aiming more for desktop stuff at first, but hopefully I'll have some time to play around with iPhone too. I'll have to say, coming from a lot of Flex stuff myself, Cocoa is kind of a slap sideways. Obj-C is a really weirdly formatted language and the interaction with the Interface Builder is kinda odd. But I'm enjoying it, it's so nice to have real performance behind apps (unlike my bout with WPF a year ago). I might recommend you check out <a href="http://readernaut.com/kneath/books/0321503619/cocoa/" rel="nofollow">Cocoa</a> at first. I can only imagine jumping straight into iPhone SDK is going to be a lesson in pain if you want to get past the tutorial-mode. I just decided a few days ago myself that I wanted to get into this whole Cocoa stuff. I’ll be aiming more for desktop stuff at first, but hopefully I’ll have some time to play around with iPhone too.

I’ll have to say, coming from a lot of Flex stuff myself, Cocoa is kind of a slap sideways. Obj-C is a really weirdly formatted language and the interaction with the Interface Builder is kinda odd. But I’m enjoying it, it’s so nice to have real performance behind apps (unlike my bout with WPF a year ago).

I might recommend you check out Cocoa at first. I can only imagine jumping straight into iPhone SDK is going to be a lesson in pain if you want to get past the tutorial-mode.

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