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How can I start developing a simple APP on iphone??
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Getting started with iphone dev
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Best book/article to learn iphone dev
Buy a Mac, install XCode, then go to IPhone tutorial blogs to learn. That should be it.
In my experience you are better off reading a book than browsing blogs when starting to learn a new technology from scratch.
Therefore my recommendation would be to buy a Mac, install XCode, then buy a decent book on IPhone programming.
Consider making an web-app instead. It's 80 percent of the functionality of an real app with 20 percent the effort for anyone new to iOS.
If you want to learn iOS then buy a Mac, install xCode and go with the flow. Watch Stanfords CS193P course on iTunes and do the assignments as a start.
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I'm an experienced iOS developer, and I understand the basic differences between iOS and OSX development in theory, but have not written a single app for OSX. Next week, I plan to begin my first OSX app. This weekend, I have a long road trip... so I'm hoping someone can recommend a good book for learning OSX/Cocoa development, considering my existing knowledge (eg, I'd really rather not putz around with "Here's a NSString!" or other such Hello-world-esque approaches for newbies to Objective C).
Thanks!
I would be inclined to pick up Beginning Lion OSX Apps Development (a book from Apress because I had a good experience with them for iOS). The reviews on Amazon aren't the greatest but the worst reviews have complaints about the book's poor index. Someone who had iOS development experience but wanted to switch over to mac (someone like you) gave it a 4-star rating.
In all honesty though, I would opt for guides and Apple documentation. If you are going to have access to an iPad on your road trip, I would recommend you download some of Apple's programming guides to iBooks and read them during your trip. If you want examples step-by-step however, and need help overcoming a learning curve, I find Apress books to be solid.
Hope that helps!
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Closed 11 years ago.
could anyone suggest some good (either free or commercial, web-based or desktop) iPhone / iPad apps prototyping tool?
I'm interested in creating app mockups aimed to both supporting design + development and displaying app stubs in business plans.
Thanks.
Try these Links,
http://iphoneized.com/2009/11/21-prototyping-mockup-wireframing-tools-iphone-app-development/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/228247/what-are-possible-good-ways-to-prototype-iphone-applications
http://lesscode.co.nz/interface
Hope this Helps!
If you have Xcode 4.2 try the built-in storyboarding tool.
Storyboard documentation
If you have an iPad, check out AppCooker. I've been using it recently and it is brilliant!
The one I use is AppCooker. It runs only on the iPad but is fun to use and you can run the prototype right away.
The simpliest you can use is MS PowerPoint but it is very low fidelity. There is also Sketch Flow from Microsoft that goes along with MS Expression Blend.
I made few tools for mobile wireframing - iPhone Wireframe Kit - Google Docs (free) http://www.vcarrer.com/2010/09/iphone-wireframe-kit-google-docs.html and Photoshop Wireframing Kit http://www.photoshopwireframingkit.com/ (commercial) I hope this tools can help you.
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I am a web developer and thus I code in xhtml, css, php, sql databases, etc. I want to create an app for a few sites which interact with my website. However, I have absolutely no knowledge of software programming (ie: C) and don't own a mac.
I have come across phonegap.com which appears to allow people like me to create these apps without any further know-how with software programming.
Before I jump in and start using there solution, I was wondering if anyone else knew any other development tools which might help be develop iphone, ipad and android apps?
It's key that I can access some way to upload files from the device.
Thanks!
there are many other frameworks
like appcelerator
but phonegap is best one I had found yet
, you can go with it, because,
supports many device. I had use it for android, iPhone and now I'm using for BB too.
you can write the HTML/CSS code as you like or choose any framework like jQueryMobile, sencha, jQtouch etc, which you cannot in appcelerator.
I suggest you to go with PhoneGap.
other thing, is for creating iPhone app, you need Apple computer (intel base) . it is necessary for any framework
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Am currently reading Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Hillegass just to get up to speed on Objective-C and the Development tools. What would be the next best step ?
Instructor led course ?
Online training?
Specific books ?
I can't ever learn a new development platform without a programming project.
I would pick a simple project that will touch on a bunch of different design and interface elements - and go to it...
-t
My recommended approach, especially with iPhone development, is 'learning by doing'.
I'd say you should get your hands dirty with a simple app, like "Hello World".
Next step would be to improve on it, making a simple flashlight app (display a image). You'd then improve on it by adding some dynamic text, etc.
Recommended resources:
http://appsamuck.com/ - really simple apps you can code in less than an hour, explained in detail
iPhone Development books: "iPhone Developer's Cookbook" and "Beginning iPhone 3 Development" (get them on Amazon)
CS193P is an excellent resource with all the lectures and homeworks.
Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK is a nice book.
I would pay a cheap freelancer.com to help me out via a remote desktop method. There are out there people who are experienced and for some money they will teach you.
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Closed 11 years ago.
Anyone have any suggestions for good iPhone development related podcasts?
Only one I've run across is http://www.mobileorchard.com/ and was looking for some others.
Just came across a reference to a new podcast, Build and Analyse.
Late Night Cocoa and other shows on the Mac Developer Network feature iPhone topics every now and then.
CocoaCast also has iPhone episodes, which tend to be a bit more practical.
The Pragmatic Programmer has some video casts, but they are $5 each. There is a two-part series on using Xcode, and five-part series on writing your first iPhone application.
NSBrief is new and is a bit more technical, though not overly so.
http://NSBrief.com
I realize this thread might be a little old and has a marked answer. However it was one of the top results when I googled "iphone podcast" which is the reason for my reply.
Stanford has a class on Iphone Development and you can view it by subscribing to it on Itunes. I've been watching these classes and they are good to get started on Iphone Dev
More info about this can be found on podcastingnews.com or at the Stanford on the itunes website