I’ve been continuing with my iPhone development over the last couple of days. I’ve not produced anything of my own yet, but I’ve been going through the first few chapters of Beginning iPhone Development. I wouldn’t really say it’s an easy-guide to how to produce apps for the iPhone, as it reads rather like someone is smashing me over the head with it. It’s not written with the new-starter in mind, but then I don’t think the subject lends itself very well to the absolute beginner. I’ve gone through the other two books in the series (on C and Objective-C) and I’m still finding it tough going. If you’re thinking of doing some iPhone development yourself, but have never programmed in C or Objective-C, then definitely look into those before you buy yourself this one.
However, some of it is going in. I think that once I’ve finished the book I really may be able to through something simple together. I’m sure I’ll still need to use the book’s examples as a starting point, but at least it’s beginning to make sense to me. Still a very long way to go though.
I’ve been toying with the idea of developing something for the iPhone for a while. As yet, I’m not sure what I’m going to (hopefully) produce, but I’ve been reading up on Objective-C, Cocoa Touch and the iPhone SDK. It’s been hard going, but today I produced my first iPhone app.
OK, perhaps I’m stretching it a bit by referring to it as a full app. What I actually did was produce a very, very basic program which simply changed the text of a label when you touch the button. Simple, but proof that some of it is starting to come together. It’s still going to be a steep learning curve, but I hopefully I’ll get there eventually and produce something worth buying.
