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Benjamin Jack
1,096 PointsStruggling with Objective-C
I have some experience with PHP and Java, but it has so far been pretty difficult for me to decipher lines of code in Objective-C, even after the Crystal Ball App project. Does anyone have suggestions for basic references for Objective-C? The issue for me mostly just seems to be syntax, so a quick guide I could check while looking through lines of code would help.
5 Answers
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherI don't know about quick guides but I've only heard good things about this book.
I taught myself iOS dipping in and out of some books and videos. But most of the learning was building a project of my own.
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher@Benjamin
Here are some online resources and books to learn Objective-C:
- https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#referencelibrary/GettingStarted/Learning_Objective-C_A_Primer/_index.html
- https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/Introduction/Introduction.html
- http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Objective-C-Edition-Developers-Library/dp/0321811909
- http://www.amazon.com/Objective-C-Programming-Ranch-Guide-Guides/dp/0321706285/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z
Benjamin Jack
1,096 Points@Amit
Thanks! The apple developer pages were very helpful.
Mostafa Elsayed
2,336 Points@Benjamin Objective-c is indeed a hard language to understand, I believe because its not the code that makes it hard but the concept. To fully understand OC try and understand that you need to use the classes and methods provided by apple as @Amit provided and the best way to learn Is by practice. Hope that helps.
Frank Fu
2,999 PointsI personally enjoyed Ray Wenderlich's iOS tutorials.
They are superb.