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iPhone SDK Development

I know it's unrelated to .NET but I'm a Mac person, so I've been really drawn in to the iPhone SDK. Am I the only one from the Microsoft developer community? I've even started up a blog and forum dedicated to the topic: http://www.iphonedevsdk.com
Posted: Apr 03 2008, 08:13 PM by CompiledMonkey | with 12 comment(s)
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# April 3, 2008 8:29 PM

kamii47 said:

No U r not the only one.At least some of my colleagues have started that in my office.

My only question was when will be microsoft take such initiative to let some functionality for developers to develop iphone application in Visualstudio with the collaboration of MAC peoples.

# April 4, 2008 2:36 AM

Abhang said:

Heyy,

I am a .NET developer working for a Microsoft partner in Chicago. I am too excited about getting to code for the iphone regardless of how much efforts I need to take to learn a new platform. Anyways whats your recommendation before touching the sdk. I am a complete newbie for Objective C and Cocoa. Any beginner books you referred?

# April 6, 2008 8:32 PM

CompiledMonkey said:

I would say having some background of both Objective-C and Cocoa is necessary.  If you're familiar with C#, Java, and/or C/C++, Objective-C will be an easy transition.  Cocoa is a different beast and has been more difficult for me to pick up.  I'm a .NET developer too, obviously, and I find Cocoa less intuitive than .NET.  I'm sure it's just because it's what I'm used to, etc.

As far as books, a lot changed when Leopard came out.  Objective-C went to version 2.0, which includes a major shift into things like garbage collection.  Xcode and Interface Builder went to 3.0 and Interface Builder really changed.  So nearly everything out there is outdated.  I would do your best to learn from Apple's documentation (which is weak compared with MSDN) and pick up a book in May/June when the new ones hit the shelves.

# April 8, 2008 9:50 AM

Andy said:

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Hey Chris, you're right, its awesome to see MS developers interested in this new platform....but I can't find one single resource out there specifically for VS .NET developers wanting to learn XCODE/Objective-C/Cocoa etc

A general high level similarities/differences would be a great start.

thanks!

# April 9, 2008 12:39 AM

rustomchinoyatgmaildotcom said:

hey chris,

i am looking for some with C/C++, iPhone SDK, Objective C and Cocoa, I can't find one single resource out there specifically. I would really appreciate it if you could get me at least one guy ready to go. mail me rustomchinoy@gmail.com.

Thanks a ton.

Rustom

# April 16, 2008 1:11 PM

Steve said:

I am and head-up  .NET /c# development efforts in Chicago.  I too am a MAC person in a PC world.   I am trying to learn the COCA/Objective-C frameworks.  What a departure from .NET....yikes.  Look forward to reading and contributing to the blog!

Thanks,

Steve

# July 13, 2008 9:41 AM

levous said:

I thought Id chime in and say "meeee, too!"

I am a dot net dude who switched to using VM on a mac this year (love that) and I'm completely obsessed with iPhone sdk dev.  

Unfortunately, Objective C is not the only stumbling block I've encountered.  Lack of documentation, inaccurate tutorials, tutorials containing poor coding practices and a general incompatibility between what I'm reading and what I'm finding/seeing is making this the hardest little project I've undertaken in years.  

I fully expect to be "the iPhone sdk expert of the south" before this is over.

I was a little to eager and confident in both myself and Apple when I entered this arena.  I am now humbled and taking things one step at a time.

Rusty (vous)

# August 20, 2008 7:56 AM

Dan said:

I'm waiting for someone to create an SDK for Visual Studio that can compile C# into Objective C/Cocoa code...That would be awesome!

# November 5, 2008 4:12 PM

Kurt said:

Don's right.  Spread yourself too thin by trying to create and support your mobile applications in two different languages/platforms, and its a recepe for disaster.  I love Apple, but their lack of convergence is frustrating.

# December 19, 2008 8:03 PM

hiral jani said:

can u please let em know what is better to choose?.net or iphone developmetn?

# October 21, 2009 4:01 PM

hiral jani said:

Actually I am a .net developer but am offered to work in iphone development.so i want to know is it wise to shift the carier line from .net to iphone?and why?i also want to know that what is the future prospects for iphone developers?

# October 21, 2009 4:30 PM
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