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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.
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?
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 So nearly everything out there is outdated.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.
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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!
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
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
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)
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!
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.
can u please let em know what is better to choose?.net or iphone developmetn?
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?
to go a little off topic, I'm eagerly awaiting the full blown release of windows mobile 7. With silverlight integration. If done right, this should help us all get on track to some easier phone app programming. I'm banking on that right now! (call me lazy)
Hi all,
M a fresher(average student) n am given to work wid iphone development but am finding it a little difficult to work wid as the syntax is completely different from c,c++,java and not much of help available for objective C.
Am planning to switch to .net, kindly suggest whether should i switch or not.Is there a future of iphone or microsoft is good.Thanks in advance.
I thought Microsoft was going to address a way inside of the Visual Studio during WWDC 2010. Can any comment about this?I love windows but I would love to dev for iPhone/iPad too :-)
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Many thanks for turning attention on useful info.