Beginning iPhone Development

Question

I'm the type of person who usually learns by doing. I have an idea for an app but am conflicted if I should just start development and when I come across something just look it up in my book (the popular apress grapefruit book) or just go through the book first getting the fundamentals down! Any suggestions? I'm already through chapter 5.

What have some of y'all done to get started in iPhone development?

Answer 1

I've found it very fruitful to go through the Stanford iPhone Programming Class CS 193P. You can effectively audit the class for free, watching each lecture downloaded from iTunes and follow along with the people taking it for credit by doing the homeworks and reviewing the class handouts. I've done the first three homeworks at this point and learned a lot from that experience.

If you learn well from in class teaching and targeted assignments it's an excellent choice.