Again, no one can even use Swift right now; you'll need Xcode 6, or at least a beta of it. Plus, even as Swift takes over, plenty of the tutorials you find will continue to be in Objective-C. Finally, most Cocoa and Cocoa Touch headers will be in Objective-C for quite a while, I imagine, so if you ever look at those to figure out how to do something or what a certain function expects, you'll at least need to know how to read the language in a basic way. As I said, I agree that Swift is worth learning and should be a priority, but it's hard to learn a language your computer can't yet recognize. This fall, once Yosemite comes out, that will be different, but for now Objective-C is, to my knowledge, the only language non-beta Macs can run. I'm not even mentioning C or C++. On Jul 5, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why just objective c? Why not start out with Swift? > Devin Prater > [email protected] > > > > On Jul 5, 2014, at 7:35 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Free is indeed best. :) I recommend simply googling "learn objective-c" to >> start with, and reading the tutorials you find. Some will make more sense >> than others, but which ones depend on your background, learning style, and >> so forth. For using Xcode, www.applevis.com has a few guides and forums you >> will probably find useful. I also put a podcast up there that goes through a >> "hello world" app which should help to explain things after you get through >> the basic layout stuff. Finally, I highly recommend you join the sister list >> to this one, dedicated to blind programmers on the Mac: >> [email protected] >> On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Dawn Benbow <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I've been a lurker on this list for a while now. I've become interested >>> in learning how to program, specifically to build apps for iOS, to start >>> with at least. But, I'm wondering where is a good place to start learning, >>> and where are there good educational resources for learning that don't cost >>> a lot of money. Free is best if possible! :) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dawn >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
