How learn to program in xcode 5.0?

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S.Vancoillie Author

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How learn to program in xcode 5.0?

Hi everybody

I would like to start programming in xcode, but i don't know any other programming language yet.

I once bought a book to learn it all at once (objetive c with xcode) but it was dated and it was for an old

Version of xcode.

Now i wander if i should learn the old xcode 4, or start at once with xcode 5?

If you also have good tips for (e.g. Good (free?) guides, or books, or ibooks, or videos...) i would really

Appriciate it if you could share your experienced thoughts with me!

(I apologize for my typingmistakes, but i speak Dutch as first language)

Thank you very much!

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4, Xcode 4 or xcode 5

Posted on Jun 15, 2013 5:13 AM

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msuper69

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Jun 15, 2013 5:21 AM in response to S.Vancoillie

If want to start with Xcode 5, you'll need a paid developer account to gain access to that software.

It's currently in beta, so we can't talk anymore about it here.

Find the Stanford University CS193 course on iTunes or YouTube. That's a good place to start ONCE you have an understanding of the fundamentals of programming/development. That's something you can learn at a university or on your own if you are exceptionally brilliant 🙂

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S.Vancoillie Author

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Jun 15, 2013 5:27 AM in response to msuper69

First of all, thanks for your quick reply!

The fundamentals of programming/development, is that learning objective c?

And i'm already study industrial ingeneer, and i'm thinking about following the ICT direction,

So i wanted to start experiencing with programming, and from what i've heard xcode is a really good

Tool to make very good apps at beginner level.

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msuper69

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Jun 15, 2013 5:33 AM in response to S.Vancoillie

You need to learn about things like data structures, various basic algorithms for sorting, searching...etc, program structure and design.

If you wanted to learn to be an aircraft pilot, you'd have to study the fundamentals of flight first.

Same thing.

Xcode is a great tool but you need to get a firm understanding of the basics first.

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S.Vancoillie Author

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Jun 15, 2013 5:35 AM in response to msuper69

And could you recommend any book or itunes u course? Or a language that i should learn these fundamentals?

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Jun 15, 2013 6:44 AM in response to S.Vancoillie

Start at the Apple Development Centers (one for Mac Dev Center, one for IOS iPhone Dev Center)

Lots of good information and tutorials. Get the current Xcode. Unless you get a developer account you will have to wait for Xcode 5 to be released and that code be 6 months away. You can be using that time to learn the fundamentals.

good luck

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Sep 11, 2013 8:14 PM in response to S.Vancoillie

Yea you before jumping to xcode you must learn the building blocks of programming.. but if you really want to learn it try these codewithchris.com its a great tutorial..

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useresa

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Sep 12, 2013 7:07 AM in response to S.Vancoillie

Have a look to the Mac Developer Center (developer.apple.com). There you will find a complete Mac Developer Library with lots of documents. Reading the "Getting Started" section is the best initial step to get a general knowledge.

More specific help can be found on the programming guides, always on the Developer Library (in the "Guides" section).

If you need a general overview on Objective-C, I suggest you to read the following book:

"Become An Xcoder - Start Programming the Mac Using Objective-C" by B. Altenberg, A. Clarke and P. Mougin.

It's an extremely simple and basic text, but very clear and useful at the beginning.

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