iPhone SDK Development

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hiral jani — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:30:12 GMT

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?

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hiral jani — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:01:46 GMT

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

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Kurt — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:03:50 GMT

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.

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Dan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:12:52 GMT

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!

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levous — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:56:02 GMT

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)

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Steve — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:41:55 GMT

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

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rustomchinoyatgmaildotcom — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:11:23 GMT

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

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Andy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:39:00 GMT

To: Chris

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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!

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CompiledMonkey — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:50:10 GMT

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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Abhang — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:32:04 GMT

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?