Any good tutorials/starting points (VERY BASIC) for a beginner with little experience?

Visit the Dev Center for iOS:

http://developer.apple.com/

...locate the 'Getting Started' videos and the Obg-C/cocoa Tutorials.

Also check iTunes/iTunes U/Stanford videos.

Also iBooks for books from Apple.

Those are all valid links for learning OBJ-C, which is what you asked for. You have to start somewhere. If those exceed your reach then you shouldn't be asking for them at that level because they all represent getting started - not sure how to make it easier, sorry.

Why don't you list what you've tried so we don't waste your time suggesting resources you've already inspected.

Seen this?

iPhone Developer Beginner Resource Guide

Have you considered the fee based getting started classes at Big Nerd Ranch? Have you paid for developer access? Maybe take a course at a local college if you think that will help.

Programming in Objective-C 2.0 by Steven Kochan

Cocoa Programming in MacOS X by Aaron Hillegass

You need to learn the concepts explained in this document before you even begin to think about learning Objective-C:

http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/holowczak/classes/programming/

You wouldn't build a house without a good foundation.

You shouldn't try building an app without a good understanding of the fundamentals of programming.

Good luck!

Hey applefandan,

The comments above have given you some really useful leads to follow. I figured I should give some books that you might want to look up. I found these useful when I first started out.

For learning iPhone development from scratch & making progress fairly quickly consider any of the following:

1. http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-iPhone-Development-Applications/dp/0596803540/r ef=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303121527&sr=1-4
2. http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-iPhone-Application-Development/dp/067233220 5/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303121568&sr=1-9
   
3. http://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Absolute-Beginners-Getting-Started/dp/1430227001/re f=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303121616&sr=1-10
   
4. http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-iPhone-Development-Exploring-iOS/dp/143023024X/r ef=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303121732&sr=1-1

For understanding objective-C & some cocoa (the languages that you use to programme for IOS) consider these texts:

1. http://www.amazon.com/Objective-C-Absolute-Beginners-iPhone-Programming/dp/14302 28326/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303121845&sr=1-5
2. http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Objective-C-Mac-Scott-Knaster/dp/1430218150/ref=sr_1 _4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303121845&sr=1-4

Hope these help you with getting started. Once you are up and running - this forum is by the far the best i have used to ask for advice/help with coding. The programmers here are awesome.

james

I also had experience in Java, C++ and other languages and was looking to learn Objective-C and Cocoa.

In addition to Apple's own excellent documentation, referenced in other replies here, I found "Beginning Mac Programming" by Tim Isted a gentle introduction that you can get through fairly quickly. I found it a useful 1st introduction.